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Curriculum Map
This curriculum map provides an overview of the geography journey students will experience throughout the academic year. It outlines the sequence of physical and human geography topics alongside key assessment points designed to monitor and support student progress. The curriculum is carefully sequenced to build knowledge progressively, with each unit providing the foundation for future learning, ensuring all students develop geographical understanding, spatial awareness, and environmental consciousness appropriate to their age and stage. For detailed information about the specific knowledge and skills taught in each unit, please visit our Knowledge and Skills page.
| Half Term | Unit(s) of Work | Key Assessments |
| Autumn 1 | Why are some countries more developed than others? | Mid topic multiple choice knowledge assessment |
| Extended writing task | ||
| Autumn 2 | End of unit assessment | |
| Is our climate and weather becoming more extreme? | Mid topic multiple choice knowledge assessment | |
| Spring 1 | Extended writing task | |
| End of unit assessment | ||
| Spring 2 | How does conflict shape communities and landscapes? | Mid topic multiple choice knowledge assessment |
| CO2 pipeline write up | ||
| Summer 1 | End of unit assessment | |
| Who does the C21st belong to? | Mid topic multiple choice knowledge assessment | |
| Summer 2 | China in Laos written assessment | |
| End of unit assessment |