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Geography

Staffing list:

  • Miss Rogers – Head of Geography
  • Miss Foote – Teacher of Geography
  • Mrs Goodwin – Teacher of Geography
  • Miss Ridgett – Teacher of Geography
  • Mr Valentine – Teacher of Geography

To contact a member of the department, please email geography-help@swanmore-sec.hants.sch.uk

 

 


 

Image shows the Swanmore College Geography logo, featuring a stylised globe in blue and green with Europe and Africa visible. A lowercase letter “a” sits over the centre of the globe, with the word “Geography” curved above and “Swanmore” curved below in bold lettering against a black background.

Vision statement:

To create a love of the world and a sense of responsibility for it.

Image shows a classroom of secondary school pupils seated at desks, all holding books up and reading. The room is decorated with world maps and international flags, and exercise books, stationery, and classroom resources are visible on the desks.Subject curriculum:

Y9 Options:

Geography – Options Page: Geography

 

Key dates

  • Iceland – Easter Break, (biennial) Y9 and Y10
  • Fieldwork to Hill Head and Whiteley Shopping Centre – June (annual), Y10

Image shows the Northern Lights illuminating a night sky with bands of green, purple, and pink light above a rocky landscape. A dark mountain rises in the foreground beneath a clear, star-filled sky

Resources to help you support your child with their studies:

Get involved with Geography at home:

Places to visit 🗺️

Image shows the natural limestone arch of Durdle Door extending into the sea. Waves break against the base of the rock formation, with turquoise water, a pebble beach, and a bright sky in the background.
Durdle Door, Dorset
Image shows the interior of the Natural History Museum in London, with a large whale skeleton suspended from the ornate ceiling above the main hall. Visitors can be seen on balconies and staircases beneath the skeleton, surrounded by arched stone architecture and patterned roof panels.
Natural History Museum
Image shows a calm wetland landscape with a narrow body of water bordered by tall reeds and greenery. Several birds are resting on a small wooden structure in the water, with trees and open sky in the background.
Tichfield Haven Nature Reserve

Activities 🌿

Programmes 📺

Films 🎥

  • The Impossible
  • Before the Flood
  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
  • Cowspiracy – The sustainability project
  • Chasing Coral
  • Slumdog Millionaire

Love this subject and want to learn more?

Reading 📖

Development

  • Factfulness by Hans Rosling
  • Prisoners of Geography: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps by Tim Marshall
  • Africa is Not a Country by Dipo Faloyin
  • The Almighty Dollar by Dharshini David

Globalisation

  • The Almighty Dollar by Dharshini David
  • The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan

Resource Management

  • There Is No Planet B by Mike Berners-Lee

Biomes

  • Wilding by Isabella Tree
  • Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
  • Brazil by Michael Palin

Urban

  • Brazil by Michael Palin

Natural Hazards

  • Tsunami Girl by Julian Sedgwick

Podcasts 🎧

Ask the geographer

80 Days: An exploration

Geography is Everything

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