Geography
Geography is often described as........'the study of the world, its people and the interactions between the two.'
Geography has a distinctive contribution to make to the development and understanding of the world and its peoples and helps us understand the relationships between people and the environment.
It instils in students a sense of place and makes them more aware of the fact that the world in which we live is likely to change more in the next fifty years than it has ever done before. They are given a firm understanding of their world, the effect they have on it and they become aware of their responsibilities to the planet from a young age.
As a subject geography bridges the gap between the arts and sciences and builds cross curricular links between a range of subjects including biology, maths and religious studies. It deals with some of the major contemporary issues such as inequalities between nations, problems of rapid population growth, environmental pollution and sustainable resource management.