A Journey to Excellence

Subject Vision

At Ivanhoe our aim is that students will be able to understand why the world is the way that it is and make predictions about how it is likely to change in the future. Students will develop an understanding of our global community and how we are connected to the world around us.
Geography equips students with the knowledge and skills they will need to tackle the social and environmental problems faced by the UK and the world in the 21st Century.

Key Stage 3 Objective Statement

In year 7, the focus is on ‘our world’, where students study their local and national geography. In year 8, students begin to explore our ‘changing world’ through study of development and globalisation. By year 9 students will understand how they can shape the world in the future by studying our ‘challenging world’.

Year 7 Topics OUR WORLD

Topics will be linked to knowledge organisers

Autumn

Spring

Summer

What is my global address?

What map skills do I need to be a successful Geographer?

Why is Ashby here?

How do settlements grow and change over time?

Will we all end up living in megacities?

Is Britain a danger zone?

How can rivers ruin lives?

What’s happening beneath our feet?

Why are some natural disasters deadlier than others?

Year 8 Topics CHANGING WORLD

Topics will be linked to knowledge organisers

Autumn	Spring	Summer
Why is Africa the least developed continent? How should we approach development?	Does everyone benefit from globalisation? What is the price of power?	Why are our coasts under threat?

Year 9 Topics CHALLENGING WORLD

Topics will be linked to knowledge organisers

Autumn	Spring	Summer
Can the world cope? (population, migration, development)	What is the problem with plastic? Is Climate change our greatest threat?	Will we ever be Carbon Neutral? What has Geography got to do with conflict?

Ashby School Options information for Year 9 Students

December 2021 Dear Year 9 student and parents, We are so looking forward to welcoming you to Ashby School in August 2022 to complete your Key Stage 4 studies. As you know, you are able to choose some of the subjects you wish to study so, to help you make these choices, we are runn...

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Christmas Concert 2021

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Christmas Card Design Winners 2021

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Student Voice News

This half term, our student leadership team have been working fantastically hard. They have met with Mr Bellmore to work through the anti-bullying policy, where they provided some brilliant feedback moving forward. We have now created an Anti-Bullying action group who will meet with Mr Bellmore regu...

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Design Competition Finalist

A huge congratulations to former Ivanhoe College student, Megan Harris, who has made it through as a regional finalist for the Royal Mail’s �–Heroes’ Stamp Design Competition 2021. Megan is one of only 120 young people to reach this stage of the competition, from a staggering 606,049 entr...

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