The Geography department at Malet Lambert aims to encourage a sense of wonder about places. We teach young people to make sense of a complex and dynamic world, and understand their place within it. We develop a variety of skills, along with the curiosity needed to prepare pupils for success at GCSE and beyond.
.For more information please contact Mrs Thompson, Head of Geography.
The Geography department comprises five classrooms, three of which are located within the Humanities area. All classrooms have projectors and whiteboards, along with regular access to class sets of chromebooks enabling geographical research, use of GIS and Google Classroom. We also have specific fieldwork equipment including anemometers, calipers, ranging poles and clinometers, as well as up to date textbooks and visualisers.
At key stage three, the topics are contemporary and introduce knowledge in a carefully planned sequence, encouraging students to answer big geographical questions.
The big questions explored in Year 7 include:
The big questions explored in Year 8 include:
The big questions in Year 9 include:
In year 10 and 11, pupils follow the Edexcel A specification:
The department offers several fieldwork opportunities, starting in the school grounds in key stage 3 studying microclimate and environmental quality. In key stage 4, we consider the impacts of coastal erosion at Hornsea and the changing urban structure in York. We also run revision sessions and enrichment activities such as Geogglebox.