Humanities

We study Edexcel History with the following course options/exams: 

1.  Paper One- Thematic Study.

Crime and Punishment 1000-2020. With an environment study into Whitechapel. 

2.  Paper Two- Period study and British depth study.

Henry VIII and his ministers 1509-1540.

Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91,

3.  Paper Three- Modern depth study 

Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939.

In Geography at Key Stage 4 we follow the AQA syllabus.  The main areas of study are;

Physical Geography:

• Tectonic hazards
• Weather hazards
• Climate change
• Rainforests
• Cold environments
• Coastal landscapes
• River landscapes 

Human Geography:

• The urban world
• Urban change in the UK
• Sustainable urban development
• The development gap
• Newly emerging economies
• The changing UK economy
• Resource management

In Year 10 pupils undertake Fieldwork studies off site to prepare for the final assessment, which is now entirely examination based and will assess cartographic skills, graphical skills and statistical skills.  The students look at coastal erosion at Lee on the Solent and conduct a survey to investigate the importance of Lee on the Solent to the local area.  These field studies are then used by the students as examples of geography in action.