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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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