Key Stage 4
Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
Key Stage 4 Curriculum Overview
| Key Stage 4 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Year 10 Big Picture |
Topic 1: Hazardous Earth (Tectonic Hazards) Why do the causes and impacts of tectonic activity and management of tectonic hazards vary with location? Topic 2: Development Dynamics What is the scale of global inequality and how can it be reduced? |
Topic 4: The UK’s evolving physical landscape Why does the physical landscape of the UK vary from place to place? Why is there a variety of distinctive coastal landscapes in the UK and what are the processes that shape them? What are the challenges for coastal landscapes and communities and why is there conflict about how to manage them? |
What are the challenges for river landscapes, people and property and how can they be managed? Why is there a variety of river landscapes in the UK and what are the processes that shape them? |
Topic 1: Hazardous Earth (Atmospheric Hazards) How does the world’s climate system function, why does it change and how can this be hazardous for people? How are extreme weather events increasingly hazardous for people? Topic 2: Development Dynamics How is ONE of the world’s emerging countries (India) managing to develop? |
Topic 5: The UK’s evolving human landscape Why are places and people changing in the UK? How is one major UK city (Birmingham) changing? |
Topic 6: Fieldwork River fieldwork: how and why drainage basin and channel characteristics influence flood risk for people and property along a river in the UK. Urban fieldwork: how and why quality of life varies within urban areas |
| Year 11 Big Picture |
Topic 3: Challenges of an Urbanising World What are the causes and challenges of rapid urban change? Why does quality of life vary so much within ONE megacity in an emerging country (Mumbai)? |
Topic 7: People and the biosphere Why is the biosphere so important to human wellbeing and how do humans use and modify it to obtain resources? |
Topic 8: Forests under Threat What are the threats to forest biomes and how can they be reduced? |
Topic 9: Consuming Energy Resources How can the growing demand for energy be met without serious environmental consequences? |
