GCSE Geography
Mae disgrifiadau'r TGAU yn Saesneg yn unig, gan eu bod wedi eu cymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
Geography asks learners to read and judge sources for bias, plan and evaluate a fieldwork enquiry, and write extended answers that reach a justified decision, all using precise geographical terms. Its numeracy is broad and applied: map scale, grid references and contours, sampling, averages and spread, percentage change, and drawing and interpreting graphs, all set out in Appendix B and used in every unit. The biggest thing Key Stage 3 should build is the habit of turning real local data into a correct graph and then a written conclusion that quotes the figures.
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2025
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Uchel
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Uchel
- Manyleb
- Agor manyleb CBAC (PDF)
Sut mae'r TGAU hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Our Physical and Human World: Written examination 1 hour 30 minutes, 30%
- Unit 2: Developing Fieldwork Skills: Non-examination assessment 7 hours (not including the fieldwork), 25%, set and marked by WJEC
- Unit 3: Our Dynamic and Diverse World: Written examination 1 hour 30 minutes, 30%
- Unit 4: Sustainable Solutions: Non-examination assessment 6 hours (3 hours research, 3 hours tasks), 15%, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Strategaethau darllen
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Reading sources and judging bias and reliability
Learners pick out key information from resource packs and secondary data, judge its reliability, spot bias and vested interest, and reference every source they use. AO3, analysing and evaluating a variety of sources, carries 25% of the qualification.
Llythrennedd: Strategaethau darllen, Deall, ymateb a dadansoddi
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils read a council tourism leaflet and a local resident's letter about Aberdare town centre, highlight facts in one colour and opinions in another, and list both sources with their titles.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils compare a developer's leaflet and a campaign group's webpage about a proposed wind farm in Rhondda Cynon Taf and write two sentences on who has a vested interest and why.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils work through a short resource pack on a local flood scheme, rate each source for reliability with a one sentence reason, and finish with a correctly set out resource list.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 4, Section 4.2.2, page 34; Unit 2, Section 2.3.3, page 21; Section 3.1, AO3, page 36
“recognising misleading or invalid information, including bias and vested interest.”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy’n gallu defnyddio sgiliau dehongli a dod i gasgliad er mwyn deall y testun, ac yn gallu ystyried dibynadwyedd yr hyn rwy'n ei ddarllen.
Rwy'n gallu gwahaniaethu rhwng ffeithiau, damcaniaethau a barn.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ffynonellau cyfeirio/digidol i ddewis, crynhoi a chyfuno gwybodaeth, gan gyfeirio atyn nhw fel y bo'n briodol.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu gwerthuso defnyddioldeb a dibynadwyedd testunau.
Rwy'n gallu gwahaniaethu rhwng ffeithiau/tystiolaeth a rhagfarn/dadleuon.
Rwy'n gallu crynhoi, cyfuno a dadansoddi gwybodaeth er mwyn magu dealltwriaeth fanwl, e.e. o achosion, canlyniadau, patrymau, gan ddefnyddio gwahanol ffynonellau.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu gwerthuso diben, effaith a dibynadwyedd testunau yn hyderus.
Rwy'n gallu deall ac ystyried yn fanwl sut y gellir dehongli testunau, gan wahaniaethu rhwng ffeithiau/tystiolaeth a rhagfarn/dadleuon.
Rwy'n gallu cyfuno a dadansoddi gwybodaeth er mwyn magu dealltwriaeth eang a chytbwys o ffynonellau a allai gynnwys safbwyntiau croes.
Da gwybod
- No marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar are mentioned anywhere in the specification. All marks sit under AO1 to AO4 (Section 3.1, page 36), and AO3 "Analyse, evaluate, or make judgements from a variety of sources" is worth 25% overall.
- Calculator use is not stated in the specification. Section 3 says "The Assessment Pack will include all detailed information relating to assessment" (page 36), so check the Assessment Pack for Unit 1 and Unit 3.
- Both NEA units "must be submitted digitally (they may be handwritten and scanned, or completed digitally)" (Section 3.2, pages 37 and 38), so extended writing may be handwritten.
- Unit 4 research notes are limited to "a maximum of two sides of A4 notes to be used during the assessment" (page 37).
- Unit 2 is 7 hours for 90 marks and needs one day of fieldwork "outside the classroom and school grounds" (page 37).
- Each unit says the depth of mathematical and statistical skills "is given in Appendix B on pages 44-45" (pages 10, 18, 24 and 33), but Appendix B is printed on pages 45 and 46.
Cysylltiadau â TGAU eraill
Averages, percentage change and scatter graphs overlap with Mathematics and Numeracy, and judging sources for bias overlaps with History.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC GCSE Geography specification, Teaching from 2025, For award from 2027, Version 6, September 2026.