Geography GCSE

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Year 10 - (new syllabus 2010)	Year 11
Autumn Term 1. Weathering. 2. Rivers and the impact of Flooding. 3. Population Change.	Autumn Term 1. Weather and Climate / Global Warming 2. Fieldwork / Coursework in by Half term 3. Towns and Cities. 4. December Mock exams.
Spring Term	Spring Term 5. Industrial Change 6. Teacher decisions on entry to Higher or Foundation Paper. 4. Environmental Issues
Summer Term 1 day Fieldwork skills and data collection for Coursework Followed by 15 hours research and write up for this coursework	Summer Term 5. Revision. 6. Summer Examinations, two papers, each two hours long.

Homework

At least once a week, or where appropriate – when a topic has been covered and the students are able to understand the ideas they need to apply at home. The Homework is to show that students can remember and apply the ideas away from the classroom and it has to be a meaningful task that allows a student to progress. This is in addition to ongoing Coursework.

In addition the Coursework/Fieldwork is ongoing homework from its beginning at the end of the summer term until its completion by the Autumn half Term Holiday. It would be very useful to see the work as sections are completed, this highlights any problems and allows us the time to support students having difficulties. With all due respect a student who hand the work in last minute cannot be given the support that another student gets when sections of the work are regularly checked.

Marking and grading of work

This is done in two ways;
1. If a Task / Test has a distinct mark (e.g. 8/10 or 80%), a grade can be attached to this in the following way, 40%=E, 50%= D, 60%=C, 70%=B, 80%=A, 90%=A*, this is in accordance with the 4 exam regulations.
2. Any Coursework is marked according to exam board regulations, a copy of this is given to every student when the coursework begins.

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