Year 9 have recently excelled themselves and have produced the best collection of model volcanoes the school has ever seen. They are so good we have taken as many as possible to St Ives Town Library and put them on display there. Have a look…..
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Bring your used stamps to the geography department. As an Eco school, St Ivo is trying to help the RSPB to save the albatross. This bird is not often seen in the UK, but migrates huge distances every year. Sadly, many of them are caught in fishing lines and drown. The RSPB can collect used stamps, sell them, and use the money to buy tori lines, which albatross do not get caught in. Learn more about it here. To help the RSPB you can bring your used stamps to the geography department and we will deliver them to the RSPB headquarters in Sandy, Bedfordshire. As a school we should be able to make a big difference.
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The Indonesian island of Java has been hit by a double devastation, with a volcanic eruption and tsunami triggered by a large 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Click on the photo to read about it.
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As geographers we are always interested in world events. However, we mustn’t forget that often these events have a huge impact on people’s lives. Pakistan is currently undergoing terrible problems due to flooding and St Ivo school can do it’s bit to help. On Thursday October 14th the local Pakistani community will be doing various things, such as selling food and painting henna around the school at break and lunchtime. Be sure to bring some money on the day to support these people.
Click here to go to the BBC’s website to see more about the floods and the current situation.
National Geographic is a wonderful resource for geographers. It is a great way to get inspired about things all over the world and to learn new and cutting edge news. The site for kids is a lot more useful for young students and has plenty of interactive activities as well as useful articles. Click on the above logo to get redirected to the website.
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The competition was really strong this year and the judges have managed to pick their best 14. You can vote for your favourite by using the poll below (but remember; each computer will only be able to cast one vote). We will also be asking a local professional photographer to choose his best photo and combine the results to get the overall winners. Deadline to cast votes is Friday 1st October so get voting…
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Welcome back to all students, parents and carers of St Ivo school, Key Stage 3 Geography. This year I hope to be able to keep this blog up to date with geography news, homeworks, class notes and any other bits of geography that I think will be useful.
Please check out the links above to look for things that are specifically relevant to you.
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The Copenhagen summit is being hailed as a failure. Have a look at this BBC website to see what the outcomes of the summit were.
The historic Copenhagen Climate Change Summit started today. As geographers this is something we should be following.
Here are a couple of links:
The Guardian Summit Liveblog: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/dec/04/copenhagen-climate-change-conference-liveblog
The Telegraph Summit Liveblog:
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It is very important to use a good vocabulary when doing homework and writing some of the geography assessments.
Click on the picture to use a superb visual dictionary called Visuwords. It brings the art of word searching to life and will definitely help you reach the national curriculum level you are working towards…..
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Check out this awesome collection of photos taken all over the world in the past week. They really highlight the diversity of life around the world as well as bring some of the current global challenges we face to light.
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