Year 10 Geography Half Year
Course Description
Head of Faculty/Teacher in Charge: Mr A. Collier.
Studying Geography will give you the chance to learn more about our world. You will learn more about the different types of landforms including volcanoes, oceans, rivers, mountains, and glaciers. You will discover how extreme natural events such as flooding, wildfires, tsunamis, and tropical cyclones affect people's lives in different locations around the world and discriminate against the poor. As part of this course, there will be a field trip to see some of the landforms that make our local environments unique.
This course is part of the Social Sciences Curriculum and if chosen will be one of your PART A selections.
Course Overview
What is taught in courses varies from year to year. This course could include:
We will be researching and learning about the world around us and comparing this to our own place in the world by going on a full day field trip to explore more about our own backyard here in Canterbury.
Pathway
Skills learned in this course will help prepare you for success in a wide range of Level 1 subjects.
Disclaimer
Please note that courses will go ahead only if student numbers, staffing, and timetabling allow it. Where a subject is oversubscribed, and there are insufficient numbers or resources to create an extra class, a ballot system may be applied.
Costs
The Board of Trustees has again asked to opt into the Ministry of Education donation scheme. Doing so resulted in the ability to waive student fee donations. Kaiapoi High School aims to deliver quality educational courses over and above those that which is funded by the Ministry. It is likely the School will opt into the donation scheme for 2025, however parental contribution for the costs of trips and activities where participation is optional, and/or components not covered by the Government grant, may be requested. We appreciate the financial support our families make to the School.