Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Last minute Unit 3 revision for Yr13!

Take a look at this website for some great information on Unit 3 (all topics). Fantastic for some last minute revision! Good luck for tomorrow.

Ageing Population SDME resources and revision

Ageing population podcast - could help with SDME retake exam for Year 11s
Click here for podcast


An excellent site with resources designed to help you revise and understand the SDME and ageing population - use it!
http://www.geographypods.com/june-2012.html


A useful website with some information about Ageing population
http://www.21stcenturychallenges.org/focus/britains-greying-population/


Friday, 8 June 2012

Unit 3 Contested Planet Exam - revision session

There will be a last minute revision session on Tues 12th June, period 3 for any Year 13s, ahead of the Contested Planet (unit 3) exam on Weds 13th. This will take place in C39. It will be run by Mr Bains, so the focus will mainly be Human Geography and the Synoptic element. You must come with something in mind to revise or questions that you want answers to - do not turn up and say you want to revise everything! If you could email me the things you wish to go over or tweet them to @kenilworthgeo13, that would be useful.

Sunday, 20 May 2012

Year 11 SDME retake exam (ageing population)

Just to remind you, there is a podcast about managing ageing populations in the podcast section of the blog. It's worth downloading and listening to it.

Four killed in northern Italy earthquake


An earthquake in northern Italy has killed at least four people and caused serious damage to buildings in several towns, local officials say.
A rescue worker stands in front of a damage ceramics factory building Sant'Agostino di Ferrara
Two people were killed when a ceramics factory collapsed in Sant'Agostino
The 6.0-magnitude quake struck in the middle of the night, about 35km (22 miles) north of the city of Bologna. The four victims were killed by falling masonry.
About 50 people were injured - but none seriously, reports say. Aftershocks were reported soon after the quake.

Saturday, 28 April 2012

Norfolk fieldtrip

Remember to be at school for 8.40am outside upper on Monday. The weather forecast is fine for Monday after a cloudy start for the day. Tuesday (the day we o most of our data collection and are out for a long time) is not meant to be as nice, with more chance of rain (possibly 50% chance). Wednesday is similar to Tuesday, but check on Sunday. Well done to all the girls who returned lists of names for rooms. Most boys got lists in as well, but 14 names have not appeared on lists and I have allocated these 14 rooms.

Friday, 27 April 2012

Attention! Year 11 students re-taking the SMDE exam in June

The pre-release booklet for those students re-taking the SDME exam in June is now available and you should be studying it and going though the booklet to ensure that you are fully prepared.

The booklet can be found here here or in the shared area (go to Geography/GCSE/SDME/June 2012).

Mrs Spooner has kindly volunteered to be available Thursdays after school to go through these material with you, so make sure you take her up on this offer.

Remember, the question is about AGEING POPULATIONS, so you should be revising this topic in order to prepare.

Monday, 23 April 2012

Overstrand news from Jan 2012

Click on the headline for some news fom overstrand, Norfolk.

AS level Cornwall Fieldtrip, March 2009

Rebranding Cornwall - Year 12 fieldtrip

Year 10 trip to Swanage, Dorset (June 2010)

What's your travel IQ?


This Traveler IQ challenge compares your geographical knowledge against the Web's First Travel Blog's other 4,605,907 travelers who have taken this challenge as of Saturday, October 03, 2009 at 07:25PM GMT. (TravelPod is a member of the TripAdvisor Media Network) 

Hurricane Katrina, August 2005

Listen to an interview with the designer of the floating house.

What is Sustainable development?


Eco Schools!

You may or may not be aware that the government would like all schools to be sustainable by the year 2020 (see the video on sustainability above. There is another video below about practical things we can do to reduce climate change)

You can find out being sustainble means for schools by clicking on this link.

So....what is a sustainable school?

A sustainable school prepares young people for a lifetime of sustainable living, through its teaching and its day-to-day practices. It is guided by a commitment to care:

• For ourselves (out health and well-being)
• For others (across cultures, distances and generations) and
• For the planet (both locally and globally

A Sustainable School puts a high value on the well-being of its pupils and the school environment. We aim to:

• Waste little and recycle, compost or donate anything surplus
• Support local suppliers where possible
• Perhaps collect rainwater for schools ground maintenance and
• Have a zero tolerance approach to litter, graffiti and bullying.
• Save electricity and gas
• Reduce water waste.
• Look at using renewable energy resources.

If making sure the school is sustainable and doing the best it can for the environment is something that interests you then you should join the school eco team. Speak to Mrs Whewell or Mrs Pointon (go to main reception to ask for them) or go to the next meeting of the Eco group

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