Students will go on a journey around the globe looking at different famous and local mountains and rivers. Students will get creative and create an image of a mountain identifying the key features through a medium of their choice. Students will have an opportunity to explore a local river to relate what they have learnt at school to a real-life example whilst having the chance to make a model of a river using a range of materials.

Upper Key Stage 2 have a humanities theme of people and places where they will be comparing the UK, Mexico, and Brazil in relation to a range of geographical concepts such as religion, topography, culture, and population. They explore cultural similarities and differences between the two countries, creating their own top trumps cards to consolidate their learning. The intended outcome for this topic is for students to have developed a broader understanding of the world and how countries located in very different parts of the world can have similarities despite some significant differences.

In Key Stage 3, students will be exploring and understanding concepts to do with preparing for disasters. Students will be looking, in depth, at how the earth is formed and how this leads to certain natural disasters. The students will then have the opportunity to learn about specific examples of natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and tornadoes; they will learn about the causes of these events and where they are more likely to occur before suggesting and discovering how to prepare for them successfully. The intended outcome for students is to have developed an understanding of how natural disasters occur and to have acquired survival skills and knowledge in the event of a natural disaster.

KS4 we are starting our GSCE learning. As such we are looking in depth at the reign of the last Tsar, the situation that he inherited, the causes of the revolution from before the reign to after. How WW1 took part and led to the end of tsarist Russia including the assentation of the Tsar.  During this time students will be given opportunities to use and improve their research skills, their ability to identify important information from sources, how to use and engage with sources correctly, Students will also be improving their use of diagrams to better explain their arguments. improve in the use of historical language and engage in debate for better understanding of the historical context.