Scheme of Work

Year 8

• What is Geography?
• Waste and its management
• Map Skills
• Energy
• Agriculture in Northern Ireland
• Weather

Year 9

• Rivers
• Flooding
• Population
• Migration
• Earthquakes & Volcanoes

Year 10

• Hurricanes
• Issues of Globalisation
• Geography of Sport
• Tourism

Assessment

The purpose of assessment is to identify the pupils’ strengths and weaknesses and from this identify specific areas that require further study and improvement.

Assessment takes a variety of formats including traditional exams in November and June, common assessment tasks and homework. Many of these are teacher assessed but some are peer and self assessed. At the end of each unit of work students are asked to evaluate their experiences in terms of what they liked or didn’t like, their achievements or lack of them and then use their conclusions to set themselves targets in the future.