Royal School, Armagh

The Department

The Department consists of 4 members of staff: Miss A Murdock Head of Department Mr C ParkerMiss H Thompson  Mr. J McCready

Examination classes are taught by Miss Murdock and Mr Parker whilst, Key Stage 3 classes are taught by all members of the department.

GCSE

The GCSE and A Level courses follow the CCEA specification.

http://www.rewardinglearning.org.uk/microsites/geography/

In Year 11 the pupils cover paper 1 (Physical Geography) which includes:

 Unit 1: Understanding Our Natural World
 Section A: The Dynamic Landscape
 Section B: Our Changing Weather and Climate
 Section C: The Restless Earth

In Year 11 they will also complete Unit 3 which is their field work investigation; this takes the form of a day trip to the river Shimna where the pupils study the changes down a course of the river. The write up for the fieldwork then takes place under controlled conditions in June of that year.

Paper 2 (Human Geography) is covered in Year 12, the pupils will learn about:

 Unit 2: Living in Our World
 Section A: People and Where They Live
 Section B: Contrasts in World Development
 Section C: Managing Our Resources