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Year 7 Outline of the Year
Please note: Subject to term dates/changes, the number of weeks may vary slightly
Term
One
Week
One
Topic
Lesson One
Lesson Two
Introducing
Geography:
Settlement
What is a
settlement?
Two
Introducing
Geography:
Settlement
Introducing
Geography:
Settlement
What are
Physical/Human/
Environmental
Geography?
How & why do
settlements
grow?
‘Designing the
Village’ – location
of facilities
Three
Four
Introducing
Geography:
Settlement
Five
Introducing
Geography:
Settlement
Six
Introducing
Geography:
Settlement
Seven
Introducing
Geography:
Settlement
Half Term Half Term
Two
One
Exploring the UK
Two
Exploring the UK
Three
Exploring the UK
Four
Exploring the UK
‘The proposal’ –
forming opinions
about a train line
proposal based on
characters
Persuasive
writing
techniques (part
1)
Persuasive
writing task
(writing a formal
speech)
Revision
Our Place in the
World (Oceans &
Continents/
Latitude &
Longitude)
Mapping the UK
(physical & human
features of UK)
Using Maps 2
(scale, distance,
direction & grid
references)
What’s the
weather like?
(weather &
What are map
symbols?
Employment –
what job
opportunities
would there be in
a village?
‘The Village
Meeting’ – class
debate (speaking
& listening
assessment)
Persuasive writing
techniques (part
2)
Settlement
patterns &
changes through
time
End of unit test
What is the UK?
(countries,
regions and
counties)
Using Maps 1
(scale, distance,
direction & grid
references)
Using Maps 3
(scale, distance,
direction & grid
references)
Who are we?
(Immigration in
the UK)
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Christmas
Three
Five
Exploring the UK
Six
Exploring the UK
Seven
Exploring the UK
Christmas
One
Restless Earth
Two
Restless Earth
Three
Restless Earth
Four
Five
Six
Half Term Half Term
Four
Seven
Easter
Five
climate in UK)
What is
Britishness?
What do we do
for a living?
(economic
activity in UK –
job sectors)
Tour of UK
assessment
Where do we live?
(population
distribution)
Wealth & Well
being
(distribution of
wealth in UK)
Restless Earth
How the Earth
Began
The Earth in
Space
Geological
Timescales
Continental Drift
How life on Earth
Began
Structure of the
Earth
Geology: The Rock
Cycle
The Earth’s Crust
Restless Earth
Plate Movements
Restless Earth
MEDC
Earthquake
What is an
Earthquake?
LEDC Earthquake
Restless Earth
Eight
Restless Earth
Nine
Restless Earth
Ten
Restless Earth
Eleven
Restless Earth
Twelve
Restless Earth
Limiting damage
What is a
from an
tsunami?
Earthquake
Tsunami case study 1 –causes,
effects, responses
Tsunami case study 2 –causes,
effects, responses
Comparing Tsunamis – extended
writing assessment
What is a
Different types
volcano?
of Volcano
Montserrat Volcanic Eruption
Rivers & Floods
Water Cycle
River Basin
Rivers & Floods
Hydrographs
Long Profile
Rivers & Floods
Rivers at work
Four
Rivers & Floods
Five
Six
Seven
Rivers & Floods
Landforms –
lower course
Floods UK (MEDC)
Landforms –
upper course
Causes of Floods
Rivers & Floods
Floods (LEDC)
Rivers & Floods
Flood protection methods
Easter
One
Two
Three
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Half Term Half Term
Six
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Revision
Preparation for end of year exams
Investigating the
School site
Introduction to
Geographical
skills
Hypothesis, Aim
& Introduction
Data collection
Graphs in
Geography
Data
presentation
Conclusion &
Evaluation
Data
Interpretation
Investigating the
School site
Investigating the
School site
Investigating the
School site
Investigating the
School site
Fieldsketching &
annotating photos
Questionnaires
Year 7 students’ work is largely supported by the geog.1 textbook published by
Oxford University Press.
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