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

Circular Geography logo featuring a blue swan illustrated with world map patterns across its body, wearing a yellow graduation cap, set against a globe showing continents. The word “GEOGRAPHY” appears at the top of the circle, with the slogan “inspiring a love of the world” curved along the bottom, all on a white background with a dark blue border.

Vision statement:

Inspiring a love of the world.

Subject curriculum:

Years 7, 8 and 9 – (Key Stage 3) Overview
Years 10 and 11 – (Key Stage 4) Overview

Y9 Options:

GCSE Geography - Options Page

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, 2012 (12)
Before the Flood, 2016 (PG)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, 2019 (PG)
Cowspiracy – The Sustainability Secret, 2014 (12)
Chasing Coral, 2017 (PG)
Slumdog Millionaire, 2008 (15)

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

Biomes

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

Resource Management

There Is No Planet B by Mike Berners-Lee

Urban

Brazil by Michael Palin

Natural Hazards

Tsunami Girl by Julian Sedgwick

Podcasts

Ask the geographer

80 Days: An exploration

Geography is Everything

Image shows a tall waterfall cascading over a rocky cliff into a shallow pool below, with patches of ice at the base and a bright blue sky with scattered clouds above.

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