I create GCSE AQA 9-1 and OCR B resources as well as AQA A level resources. I pitch to the top-end and differentiate down. My resources are designed to be followed easily by my team so they are easy to use in your classrooms. I am the HoD in a very successful state school.
75% of all GCSE geography results were at A* and A grade
90% of A Level grades were A*-B
I create GCSE AQA 9-1 and OCR B resources as well as AQA A level resources. I pitch to the top-end and differentiate down. My resources are designed to be followed easily by my team so they are easy to use in your classrooms. I am the HoD in a very successful state school.
75% of all GCSE geography results were at A* and A grade
90% of A Level grades were A*-B
This is an instruction sheet and checklist for everything they need to know in this section to study through your local place. I got pupils to create a personalised project for this part of the spec. Some of their work was fantastic. I told them they didn't need to cover the entire table since there is so much in there. Pupils uploaded their projects to share with each other after they were marked.
I gave them a few lessons in computer rooms plus a few homeworks and study periods.
This project is about Twickenham but you can change the name of your local place study.
I am HoD in a top state school and I run a PGCE Geograpy…
I created this PowerPoint for all of my taught Changing Places lessons. All lessons are in one PowerPoint and I have written notes under slides to explain them or elaborate or to give teaching strategies. It’s not completely self-explanatory in the sense that you may wish to adapt parts of it to include images of your own local area for example as further illustrations.
There are 127 slides in this resource. I consider it to be high quality and it took me many many hours (hence the price).
Best of luck with Changing Places.
This is the PowerPoint I use for about 50 students in a classroom for Easter revision session which lasts two hours at least. It is 51 slides long and includes revision tips, case study stuff, geographical skills work, past questions, recapping key terms etc.
I am going to admit it's not my best work since there's a lot of slides of just exam papers/mark schemes in there and it's not got the aesthetics of my usual work. It did the job and it's still worth £3 since there are 4 or so really good slides in there where I have written full mark answers myself and you could print them off for pupils..). If you're a good teacher you can use this as a base for revision lessons rather than re-inventing the wheel and get good outcomes. I also have a better one for SDME revision and also 'tips for doing well' which I'm quite proud of and will upload it soon!
This is a 13 page booklet which I made to prepare my year 11s for this year's Sustainable Decision-making Exam (SDME). Our students do very well in this exam each year. I am HoD in a top state school. I get between 55-75% A-A* each year, depending on students I have of course!
It includes
Tips and advice for how to do well
All past question styles for all papers
Command words
Tips for developing a point with examples
How to do well in the 16 mark essay including a very handy acronym for them to remember
Examples of past questions and markschemes for Pop and Settlement
Examples of student papers we called back
A full mark example of an essay
and finally... a checklist.
I print this in pale yellow as a booklet - they're very grateful! We go through it individually and as a class and then practice past papers using what the tips they have just learnt. I give them a paper to complete as a pair or three too afterwards which works really well.
I have created an 'all-on-one-page' revision sheet which I print off in A3 for all of my year 11s (a few times..and let them print off their own after that). There is a page for:
Rivers
Coasts
Population
Settlement
Economic Development (first part)
Economic Development (second part)
Natural Hazards
I also have a Higher Paper version listed separately.
I ask pupils first to revise using their class notes and revision guide. Then they try to complete the grids in as much detail as possible.. Then they go back to see what they missed and add to it. They create one really good perfect one and then use that as the master sheet to go back on when they try another grid again!
I have created an 'all-on-one-page' revision sheet which I print off in A3 for all of my year 11s (a few times..and let them print off their own after that). There is a page for:
Rivers
Coasts
Population
Settlement
Economic Development (first part)
Economic Development (second part)
Natural Hazards
I also have a Foundation version listed separately.
I ask pupils first to revise using their class notes and revision guide. Then they try to complete the grids in as much detail as possible.. Then they go back to see what they missed and add to it. They create one really good perfect one and then use that as the master sheet to go back on when they try another grid again!
I use these 4 ppt slides for 'everything you need to know' guides for the four OCR B Economic Development Case studies by printing them off in A4 colour. The students say they love having everything they need to reach A* on one page. Our 9 mark case study questions are our best performing question each year in comparison to national average! I also have packs for the Rivers and Coasts and Natural Hazards. In all honesty, these are the least polished of the three but they still do the trick! I print all the cards off as one pack.
I use these 4 ppt slides for 'everything you need to know' guides for the four OCR B Rivers and Coasts Case studies by printing them off in A4 colour. The students say they love having everything they need to reach A* on one page. Our 9 mark case study questions are our best performing question each year in comparison to national average!
River Tees - A river and its landforms
Jurassic Coast (Old Harry Rocks) - A coastal area and its landforms
Pevensey Bay - Coastal management
Boscastle flood 2004 - MEDC flood
Bangladesh 2004 - LEDC flood
I use these 4 ppt slides for 'everything you need to know' guides for the four OCR B Natural Hazards Case studies by printing them off in A4 colour. The students say they love having everything they need to reach A* on one page. Our 9 mark case study questions are our best performing question each year in comparison to national average!
Haiti earthquake, 2010
Mount Etna volcanic eruption 2002-3
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar, 2008