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Year 7
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 | What skills do we need to explore fantastic places? | Mid topic multiple choice knowledge assessment |
| Describing a journey writing task | ||
| Autumn 2 | End of unit assessment | |
| Why are some volcanoes and earthquakes more deadly | Mid topic multiple choice knowledge assessment | |
| Spring 1 | Extended writing task | |
| End of unit assessment | ||
| Spring 2 | Where does our money when it is spent? | Mid topic multiple choice knowledge assessment |
| Speech writing | ||
| Summer 1 | End of unit assessment | |
| Can life really thrive in hot deserts? | Mid topic multiple choice knowledge assessment | |
| Summer 2 | Animal adaptation writing task | |
| End of unit assessment |