• NCW, Whittington Road, Worcester, WR5 2JX
Inspiring, nurturing and empowering young people with a vision impairment.
A student and a member of staff explore a large tactile globe during a geography lesson. The student, wearing glasses and school uniform, sits beside the globe while the staff member points to a location on its raised surface. The classroom contains shelves with learning resources and equipment in the background.

Geography

The Geography department aims to build on the interest of students in the world, as well as develop understanding of natural events and awareness of how people affect the world around them.

The challenges in meeting the needs of students with a vision impairment include:

  • The visual nature of some topics, including the use of maps and diagrams in examination papers
  • Being able to access and carry out fieldwork
  • Grasping the size and scale of landforms and distances between places
  • Lack of the incidental learning acquired through sight.
image of maps exploring a raised map
A member of staff supports two students as they explore tactile geography models in a classroom. One student runs a hand across a raised landform model while another student examines a layered geological model. Shelves containing educational resources line the background, and the activity demonstrates hands-on learning through touch and tactile materials.
A student sits beside a member of staff during a geography lesson, holding a pen above a worksheet while exploring a large tactile globe. The member of staff turns the globe and points to geographical features on its raised surface. Shelves containing learning resources and equipment can be seen around the classroom, highlighting an accessible, hands-on approach to learning geography.

Examples of adaptations for vision impaired students

  • Year 7 students go on regular Humanities trips and students complete fieldwork activities in Years 10 – 13
  • Structured work on developing research skills, through the use of resource banks of large print, Braille and electronic materials
  • The department has a number of models of landforms to help illustrate their development
  • Use of drama activities and the creation of board games that help to develop an understanding of various topics
  • Use of kinaesthetic learning methods to develop understanding of landforms.

To read about the Geography Curriculum intent, please click the button below:

 

 

Geography Curriculum Intent
image of a raised map made out of swell paper

Courses

A Level:

  • Physical Geography – water and carbon cycles, coastal systems, natural hazards and ecosystems.

  • Human Geography – globalisation, urbanisation, population and resource security.

GCSE:

  • Physical Geography – natural hazards, living world and physical landscapes of the UK.

  • Human Geography – urbanisation, resources management and global inequalities.

Head of Department:

Stuart Snowdon, Head of Geography
Mr Stuart Snowdon
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