Geography

Geography at Palmers Green High School aims to: 

• Tackle the big issues facing the world today such as environmental responsibility, global interdependence and cultural understanding and tolerance. 
• Bring about an awareness of various human and physical environments, an understanding of their formation and the impacts they have on people and the world. 
• Equip pupils with an array of skills which can further their awareness of the subject and be applied to situations away from the classroom both now and in the future. 
• Ensure pupils possess a good knowledge of places across the world. 

All pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 study Geography for 105 minutes per week. Units of work are chosen to meet the requirements of the national curriculum as well as departmental aims. The programme of study has been purposely developed to reflect different skills. In Geography we use a variety of resources and stimulus material rather than any one particular set of core texts. 

Geography Surgeries are run for Years 7 to 11 for pupils who want to further develop their interest in this subject.  In addition, teaching and learning outside of the classroom is considered invaluable by the Geography department.  To this end, efforts are made to provide pupils with the opportunity to go on field trips and complete field work.  Pupils in KS3 participate in the Royal Geographical Society’s Young Geographer of the Year Competition.