Geography

The Geography Department is now situated on the floor above the new Learning Resource Centre.

There are currently 3 staff who teach Geography at Dowdales.

Mr Barton (Subject Leader)
Mrs Massicks
Mrs O'Connor

Geography at Dowdales strives to be topical, motivating, stimulating and challenginging.  We aim to give every pupil access to a relevant and interesting curriculum where they can contribute to the issues and topics being taught.  Geography should stimulate an interest from pupils in, and a wonder of the world around us, giving them a desire to participate and explore their environment.

Geography aims to provide pupils with a range of subject specific and transferable skills-graphicacy, literacy, numeracy, ICT, problem solving, team work, thinking skills, enquiry.  Pupils will be learning to make well-informed judgements about current issues e.g. decisions about the environment and sustainable development through their investigations, role-play and debate.

Geography empowers all young people to become active global citizens, feeling confident to make decisions and contribute to the community in their adult life.