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Curriculum Intent and Implementation
Key Stage 3
Our KS3 History curriculum aims to provide the opportunity for students to study a variety of historical periods, issues and debates - providing them with a broad and ambitious skills base. Teaching is organised around six key themes, taught chronologically: movement and settlement; empires; conflict and co-operation; ordinary life; power, democracy, and human rights; and ideas and beliefs. Right from Year 7, we teach students of History how to interpret and judge source materials and evaluate them considering their context.
Geography is a wide-ranging subject at KS3 and the course is intended to introduce students to an extensive number of geographical issues and topics, which relate to both the human and physical worlds. Accordingly, the programme of study in each year at KS3 incorporates a variety of places, and ideas, such as those relating to sustainability, and is planned carefully to ensure the progression of skills, knowledge and understanding.
At KGGS we take RE seriously, following the aims of the Lincolnshire Agreed Syllabus, which states that students should learn about religion and explore human experience. Students study the six major world faiths during their lessons in Year 7 and 8, studying core beliefs and then applying these beliefs to the impact they have on believers' lives and actions in today's society. In Year 9, we begin introducing students to key ideas they will meet in key stage four, such as Religion and Life, to enable all students to achieve a GCSE certification in this subject.
In order to enable students to make informed choices for KS4, a taster project for Sociology is also offered in Yr9, in RE, with the intention of providing students with an introduction to sociological career paths, development of research skills, key terminology, and sociological perspectives.
Key Stage 4
Key Stage 5
History:
As a student following the A Level course you will have the opportunity to further your interest in the world around you. You will develop an enquiring mind and the ability to weigh up different sources of evidence or arguments. The qualification you will gain is highly regarded by universities and one that demonstrates your ability to be critical and analytical, and to form judgements and express your opinions. We follow the AQA History Specification, at KGGS.
Geography:
As a student following A Level Geography course, you will have the opportunity to study core human and physical geography. In each area of study, you will consider your own values and attitudes in relation to the issues being studied; and support your learning of ideas through the study of specific case studies. We follow the Edexcel Specification, in key stage five, in Geography.
Religious Studies:
Religious Studies helps students to develop their understanding of spiritual, moral, ethical, social, and cultural issues in depth. Religious Ethics develops an understanding of morality, and you will be examining and debating ethical topics from their original development through to their present-day applications. Developments in Christian Theology deepens understanding of the ways in which culture shapes and is shaped by religious belief. And you will be able to explore some of the big questions that Christians face in the modern world. We follow the OCR Specification, in key stage five, in Religious Studies.
Sociology:
A Level Sociology will give you a broad knowledge and understanding of the social processes and social change that affect your everyday life. From the start of the course, you will be encouraged to see the links between the different areas of Sociology, and to develop your own sociological awareness through active engagement with the contemporary social world. The AQA Sociology specification is followed at A Level.
Psychology:
As a student following the A Level course, you will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge to help explain people's thoughts and behaviour in light of different theories and approaches. You will learn to analyse and evaluate key studies and methodologies, effectively highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. We have chosen to follow the AQA Psychology specification, at KGGS.
For information on Humanities and all A Level courses beginning in September - please see the Sixth Form Admissions page.