Year 7 – GEOGRAPHY

Term 1 – Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Skills Taught

  • Enquiry
  • Identifying problems
  • Offering solutions
  • Identifying arguments

Term 2 – Personal Effectiveness

Skills Taught & Used

  • Communicating clearly
  • Identifying  our strengths and areas for development

Term 3 – Creativity & Innovation

Skills Explicitly Taught & Used

  • Collaborating
  • Generating, combining and developing ideas
  • Suggesting improvements

Cynefin

Explore our local environment as we discover the wonderful city of Wrexham and our homeland Wales.  Discover what is it to be a Geographer and the skills that helps us find our way around.  Understand the importance of our sense of identity and what is to be Welsh .

Stewardship

Delve into our wonderful, but fragile world. Analyse the impact of environmental disasters close to home and further afield. Examine closely the issue of plastic in the oceans around Wales and across the globe. Investigate the options that we have to ensure that our planet will be preserved for future generations.

Change

Understand the complex issues that have led to climate change around the world. Work with your friends to explore the evidence and suggest possible solutions to help combat the serious problems that climate change is creating for our planet today and in the future.

Exciting Experiences

  • Test your fieldwork skills on our ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ full day visit to our city!
  • Explore our local area and complete Environmental Quality Surveys outside the classroom!
  • Build a contour model to demonstrate your understanding.