Autumn Year 8
The fashion industry
Through the clothes in their wardrobes pupils will study globalization. Through group work they will analyse where their clothes were made, poplar brands and distances covered. Where money spent on clothing is investigated leading onto how workers are treated in developed and less developed countries.
Spring Year 8
Using the new highly acclaimed GA resources Into Africa pupils will study aspects of the African continent that are linked to our lives. This will include tourism, food, football, mobile phones and Comic Relief.
Summer Year 8
A unit of work where pupils will study features of coastal deposition and erosion. By studying processes of erosion and deposition pupils will be able to understand how features such as spits and bars, headlands, cliffs, stacks and stumps are formed. Pupils will then study coastal management and how coastlines are protected.