Welcome to the Geography Department
What is the purpose of Geography at Meden School?
- To generate curiosity within our students about the world in which they live.
- To create a sense of awe and wonder about their world that inspires them to want to know more and do more to protect our planet.
- To help students develop a better understanding of how Britain links to the wider world.
- To show the importance and significance of geography in wider society.
- To help students to understand the physical and human processes that shape our world.
- To challenge stereotypes and misconceptions about the world in which they live.
- To be aware of how actions can have local, national and global impacts.
- To know what challenges we face and how we can respond to them.
- Provide students with opportunities to use skills and knowledge gained from other subject areas and apply them to real life geographical situations.
- Students can accurately interpret and analyse figures/sources of information.
- Embed geographical skills that will be useful to students later in life
- Awareness and understanding of local geography.
- Understanding the process of decision making.
- Enabling students to confidently make decisions about geographical issues.
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Geography News
- France trip
One week to go until the trip to France (25/03/2019) - France trip
Information evening (28/01/2019) - Trip to France
Second payment deadline (07/01/2019) - Trip to France
Initial letters (15/10/2018) - Year 9 trip
Geographers in year 9 will be visiting Hockerton Housing project on Tuesday (09/07/2018)