Shell Guide to the Curriculum 2025 - 2026

CORE SUBJECTS

Geography

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Geography is the study of the world around us and the ways in which people interact with it. This means that you can’t go anywhere or do anything without experiencing geography, whether it be the food that you eat, travelling on holiday, scrolling on the internet or even playing sport. Our mission as a department is to equip you with the skills to understand your daily experiences of geography and to inspire you to study it further.

57% (and growing!) of the world’s population live in cities - can we make their lives more sustainable? We will look at the people producing solutions to urban issues and you will have the challenge of designing your own sustainable city. Increasingly, we are appreciating the importance of our ecosystems. You will have the chance to explore local ecoystems and work towards developing our own Teddies nature reserve over

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Over the Shell year you will study several topics that will be divided up into termly or half termly units. You will explore the mixing of cultures and identities in the world today,

time to encourage and protect flora and fauna in our area.

investigating issues including diversity, privilege, politics and

economics. We will move on to look at international issues including the displacement of people and stateless nations.

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GUIDE TO THE SHELL CURRICULUM 2025–2026