Welcome to the Geography Department!
Our Vision
Our department aims to help every student reach their full potential and prepare them to be active, responsible citizens and lifelong learners. We strive to foster awareness of environmental issues and encourage students to adopt lifestyles that are considerate toward others and the planet.
Through extensive outdoor fieldwork in Cyprus and overseas, we broaden our students' perspectives and develop qualities such as teamwork, data analysis, and problem-solving skills.
Departmental Aims and Ethos
Specific Geography Departmental Aims
- Develop outdoor research skills, including setting up aims and hypotheses, designing recording sheets, collecting data, sampling, analyzing, and presenting data.
- Encourage health and safety awareness in outdoor research and the ability to evaluate the validity of research results.
- Foster teamwork skills and a respectful, tolerant attitude in a multicultural society.
A. Aims for Students
The Geography Department aims to:
- Prepare students effectively for public examinations.
- Provide a stimulating and engaging learning environment.
- Raise students' awareness of current geographical and environmental issues.
- Instill a sense of environmental responsibility, encouraging them to “think global, act local.”
- Advise and guide students considering higher education in geographical and environmental studies.
- Help students develop research, analysis, and presentation skills, especially through real-world, out-of-classroom experiences.
B. Aims for Staff
The department aims to:
- Cultivate a friendly, cooperative work environment with a culture of resource sharing to maximize teachers' potential.
- Promote constructive debate, collective decision-making, and collaboration.
- Offer opportunities for professional development, including courses organized by Exam Boards.
- Encourage active participation in both the Cyprus and UK Geographical Associations, including attending conferences such as the GA annual conference in the UK.
- Create an intellectually stimulating environment for teachers to refine their classroom practices.
- Provide management experience through task delegation and responsibilities within the department.
C. Resource Aims
The Geography Department is well-resourced, with an extensive collection of books, journals, and periodicals. Key subscriptions include:
- The GA Magazine: Published three times a year, it offers articles, advice, and updates on geography education.
- Teaching Geography: A forum for sharing teaching strategies, reflections, curriculum innovations, and changes in geography, published three times a year.
- Geography – An International Journal: The flagship journal of the Geographical Association, featuring contributions from academics and specialist teachers worldwide, covering human and physical geography and curriculum developments.
In addition to these resources, we have computers and projectors in departmental classrooms to facilitate the use of ICT in our lessons.
Fieldwork Equipment: Over the years, the department has built up a comprehensive collection of fieldwork recording equipment, which is available for student use and kept in the departmental suite.
