Year 9 Geography Homework Project Survey

Dear Year 9,
Well done for completing your first geography homework project. The Geography Department would very much appreciate it if you would take the time to fill in the survey.
Please click this link to go to the survey.
Dont forget to press done once you have completed the survey.
Thank you
Team Geog

Eco Challenge Crew

As part of their environmental work the Eco Challenge crew took part in the OPAL National Air Quality Survey. The students went out on Friday afternoon to test the air quality around the school site.
To test the air quality, the students were looking at lichen as a bio indicator. Some Lichens are Nitrogen loving and some were Nitrogen [...]

English Martyrs Students achieve exam success

Geography students at English Martyrs have achieved extremely well at both GCSE and A-level.
A-level students achieved 100%  A – C grades
GCSE students achieved 83% A – C grades
34% achieved A and A*
Extremely well done.
Mr Wall, Miss Seal and Mr Manger

Geography Department Survey

To years 7, 8, 9 and 10
Please click on the relevant link to you and complete the survey. This well help the Geography Department to know how you feel about Geography in the school and to improve it in the future.
Year 7 Geography Survey
Year 8 Geography Survey
Year 9 Geography Survey
Year 10 Geography Survey
Thank you for [...]

Flooding in Mozambique 2000

Happy Easter year 7
Here are a few bits to help you with writing your report on the floods in Mozambique in 2000.
The task..
Imagine that you are a T.V. news reporter at a national t.v. station. You have just received an email from your boss to say that there have been reports of a major flood [...]

Evaluate disaster management of Boxing Day Tsunami 2004

Use the following articles to complete your notes. I’m sorry there are so many. I have reduced to from 509! The original list of reports can be found here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/tsunami2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2004/dec/26/naturaldisasters.indianoceantsunamidecember2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2004/dec/27/indianoceantsunamidecember2004.naturaldisasters
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2004/dec/27/indianoceantsunamidecember2004.naturaldisasters2
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2004/dec/27/indianoceantsunamidecember2004.indonesia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/dec/27/tsunami2004.indonesia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/dec/27/indonesia.naturaldisasters
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2004/dec/28/naturaldisasters.indianoceantsunamidecember2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2004/dec/28/indianoceantsunamidecember2004.naturaldisasters1
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2004/dec/29/indianoceantsunamidecember2004.travelnews
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/dec/23/tsunami2004.johnaglionby1
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2005/dec/22/schools.uk2
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2005/nov/24/foreignpolicy.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/oct/07/indonesia.tsunami2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/aug/23/indonesia.tsunami2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/aug/17/tsunami2004.srilanka
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2005/jun/25/internationalaidanddevelopment.indianoceantsunamidecember2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/jun/19/tsunami2004.internationalaidanddevelopment
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/aug/29/businesscomment.indianoceantsunamidecember2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/11/indonesia-tsunami-warning-system

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all from EM Team Geog. Enjoy your holidays and we look forward to seeing you again in 2009

Yr 9 Globalisation – Problems and Benefits

Following our class discussions regarding your magazine article; here are some links you may decide to use to help you. A word of warning…It’s been much easier for me to find information on the problems of globalisation rather than the benefits. Whether this is really the case is up to you to decide.
What is globalisation?
Here [...]

Yr 7 Eco Towns – Good or Bad?

We have been looking in to the governments idea of building eco towns and we understand that there are people that are in favour of the idea and against the idea.
You have been asked to create a role play acting out a radio debate regarding the good points and the bad points of eco towns.
Here [...]

Yr 13 Food shortages in LEDW

There are many, many websites from which you gather independent research for food shortages in LEDW. So much so that you could spend a whole afternoon doing so. (I know because I was perusing for the whole afternoon)
I want you to focus on 2 aims;

Gathering up to date information on case studies for food shortages [...]