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Geography
For Year 7, What is geography about? Maps and mapping, Rivers
“Anybody who believes that
the way to a man's heart and Floods, and Africa have been the main topics. Students have
is through his stomach progressed very well and have produced some outstanding group
flunked geography.” and individual work this year.
– Robert Byrne
(US chess player)
The Year 8s have tackled Weather and Climate, Global “The study of Geography is
Warming and Coasts and Asia as their main topics of about more than memorising
study this year. Highlights were some excellent global places on a map. It’s about
warming debates and coral reef documentaries. understanding the complexity
of our world, appreciating
the diversity of cultures that
exist across continents. And
in the end, it’s about using all
that knowledge to help bridge
divides and bring people
together”
– Barack Obama,
former US President.
“Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.”
– Jacques Cousteau (French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, scientist and photographer)
Volcanoes and Earthquakes, International Development and the Middle East are the topics
Year 9 have been grappling with this year. Best work took the form of student designed
earthquake proof buildings and visual displays.
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