Outdoor Classroom | Geography

Key Stage 4 (GCSE) Geography Programmes

View our draft Key Stage 4 Geography programmes for 2009

Hands on experience, including fieldwork is vital for enthusing Key Stage 4 students and supporting their understanding of GCSE geography by looking at real life case studies and examples.  It is also important that students develop their fieldwork enquiry skills, so they can maximise their performance in GCSE coursework.

FSC Key Stage 4 geography fieldwork programmes are fixed length courses with clearly stated outcomes that enable teachers to quickly and easily book a GCSE geography fieldwork trip, safe in the knowledge that it will be directly related to work taught in the classroom and will contribute to achieving the curriculum.

As well as covering specific elements of the GSCE geography curriculum all programmes also place a strong emphasis on developing personal confidence and team-building skills and an opportunity to consider aspects of Citizenship.

GCSE Three day programme:
Developing Geographical Enquiry Skills

The emphasis on this three day fieldwork programme will be using the selected core modules to develop practical enquiry skills by carrying out fieldwork and collecting group data for use in coursework. Fieldwork can be designed to meet the assignment criteria for the chosen specification, in particular ensuring ICT skills are covered.

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GCSE Five day programme:
Developing Geographical Enquiry Skills

This 5-day geography fieldwork programme focuses on collecting data for use in GCSE coursework. Fieldwork is tailored to meet the assessment criteria of your chosen specification. A longer course allows students more time to practice their fieldwork enquiry skills before they embark on their GCSE coursework.

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GCSE Three day programme:
Geography in Action

With an emphasis on developing students’ case-study knowledge for examination, Geography In Action takes an issues-based approach to fieldwork. This 3-day gepgraphy fieldwork programme allows time to look at one module in depth.

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GCSE Five day programme:
Geography in Action

With an emphasis on developing students’ case-study knowledge for examination, Geography In Action takes an issues-based approach to fieldwork. This 5-day programme allows time to look at three modules in depth.

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Cross-Currciular Options

See also our cross-curricular options at KS4, including the John Muir Award Programme, which combines fun, adventure and exploration with discovery, and conservation of wild places, and our Eco-Adventure programmes.