Personal Development

SMSC & Cultural Capital

Year 7

  •  Differences between the UK, British Isles and Great Britain. Discussion surrounding Ireland.

  • Issues surrounding flooding and governmental response and the value of natural environments

  • Drought & famine, moral standing. Reflect on responsibility of developed countries to respond to disasters.

  • Challenge stereotypical imagery 

  • Investigate the local area

  • Investigating different cultures and practices. Challenging stereotypical views and images.

Year 8

  • Evolution debate

  • Impact of natural disasters on countries at different levels of development.

  • Aid and support.

  • Destruction of natural environments

  • Responsibility of citizens of world

  • Sustainability

  • Local area investigation

  • Different cultures

  • Government control- population

  • Challenging stereotypes

Year 9

  • Migration

  • Challenging stereotypes and racism

  • Accepting and becoming aware of different cultures

  • Sustainability

  • Reflect on winners and losers- hard/soft engineering

  • Accepting and becoming aware of different cultures

  • Sustainability

  • Climate change

  • Individuals impact on the world

Year 10

  • Sustainability

  • Reflect on winners and losers- hard/soft engineering

  • Reflect on winners and losers- hard/soft engineering

  • Plastic pollution, overuse of resources

  • Comparison between developed, emerging and developing countries- death tolls, aid.

  • Global warming and climate change

  • Destruction of ecosystems- nature Vs economic growth moral responsibility.

  • Considering whether the enquiry location should have greater investment in flood defenses

Year 11

  • Migration, segregation and racism

  • Sustainability

  • Slave trade

  • Government policy- top down/bottom up

  • Corruption

  • inequality

  • Healthy living

  • Climate change

  • Over use of resources

Linking Curriculum to Careers

Year 7

  • Ordnance Survey

  • Environmental Agency 

  • Non-Governmental Agencies

  • World Bank, IMF

  • Meteorological Office

  • Retail

  • Planning

  • Non-Governmental Agencies

  • Statistician

Year 8

  • Geological Survey

  • Tourism

  • Non- governmental Agencies

  • Non-Governmental Agencies e.g. WWF, Greenpeace

  • Environmental Agency

  • Planning

  • Metrological Society

  • Government

  • Tourism

  • Metrological Society

  • Tourism- skiing 

Year 9

  • Urban planning

  • Demography

  • Ordnance Survey

  • Geologist

  • Environmental Agency

  • Tourism

  • Interpreter

  • Geographic Information Survey

  • Retail

  • Planning

  • Environmental Agency

  • Energy groups

Year 10

  • Ordnance Survey

  • Geologist

  • Environmental Agency

  • Planning

  • Non-Governmental Agencies

  • Forestry

  • Zoology/botanist

  • Planning

Year 11

  • Urban planning

  • Retail

  • Liverpool Council

  • Non- governmental agencies

  • NHS

  • Retail

  • Planning

  • World Bank

  • IMF

  • United Utilities

  • Shell/Esso

My Child's teachers are fantastic and communication has been excellent throughout his time in school.
Year 11 Parent