Humanities

Teachers for Geography, History, Religion and Sociology

• Ms J.M. Price (Head of Humanities)
• Miss C. Alecock
• Mrs J. Allward
• Ms D. Connolly
• Miss D-M McNally
• Mr I. Rickards
• Ms L. Smith
• Mrs B. Thomas
• Miss C. Woodpark

Humanities

Key Stage 3 – Years 7, 8 and 9 study Geography, History and R.E.

Key Stage 4 – students may pot to study G.C.S.E Geography, History R.E and Sociology.

Key Stage 5 – students may opt to study AS/A2 Geography, History and Sociology.

Geography – Teaches you about the Earth’s places, peoples, environments and societies. It helps you to understand the relationship between people and the environment.

Key Stage 3 Geography

Year 7 – In my own back yard, Going global, World of sport and London Olympics, Flood disaster.

Year 8 – Weather patterns over Europe, Rivers and fieldwork, Coastal environments, Shopping, Recycling, Ecosystems.

Year 9 – Tourism, Tectonic processes, Development and Brazil, Investigating Italy, Resources and the environment.

Key Stage 4 Geography

• At Childwall we offer the AQA specification A at GCSE. There are two levels of entry: Higher and Foundation. The grades awarded range from A* to D at higher level and C to G at foundation level. Assessment at GCSE – there are 2 modules and a controlled assessment.

Key Stage 5 Geography

• At Childwall we offer the AQA AS/A2 specification. The modules taught are:
  AS – Rivers, Floods and management, Coastal Environments, Population change and Health Issues.
• A2 – Plate Tectonics/Hazards, Ecosystems and World Cities.

Assessment

• AS – 2 modules (physical/ human Geography module and skills module)
• A2 – 2 modules (physical/human Geography module and Issues evaluation module)
  Fieldwork – This is an important aspect of the Geography curriculum. Examples of visits/fieldtrips include: Sand dunes at Ainsdale, Rivers in North Wales, Retail study at the Trafford centre, Land use in Liverpool City Centre, Tourist facilities in New Brighton/ Southport, Limesttone in Yorkshire and settlement study in Yorkshire.
• In year 12 the AS Geography students have the opportunity to participate in the residential fieldtrip to Iceland which includes the experience of walking up a volcano and visiting a glacier, swimming in the Blue lagoon and seeing geysers and bubbling mud pools.

Religious Education - Key Stage 3

Personal development is a vital part of the Key stage 3 curriculum and RE has a distinctive contribution to make in this area.

Religious Education in Childwall School encourages pupils to participate through discussion, debate, and group work.

The pupils enjoy exploring beliefs and practices gaining satisfaction from engaging with issues of meaning and value.

RE helps prepare pupils to become responsible citizens by raising issues of local, national and global concerns.

Key Stage 4

Many people think that RE is about saying prayers and learning about churches but that’s where they’d be wrong.

This course examines a wide variety of moral issues from abortion to racism. As well as looking at religious perspectives this course gives pupils the opportunity to compare these ideas with their own opinions. Many people think that religious education will be of no use in their daily lives but that‘s not true. Imagine a colleague was taking random days off and going home early on a Friday, would you think that he was slacking, or that he might be Jewish and observing his religion?

Religious Education gives the opportunity to understand those different faiths and cultures. RE opens a wide variety of career opportunities, particularly in the caring and law profession. It is also a good basis for various AS level and degree courses as well as vocational training, in areas such as teaching or nursing.