World Map in a lager glass...

This map can be found on the Trent Bridge in Burton, my home town...

Local Crime Mapping...CrimeMapper

A useful website that provides information on crime and antisocial behaviour in your neighbourhood, wherever you live in England or Wales. This will be useful for Year 7 work on Crime.

Thanks to Alan Parkinson for blogging about it.

Diaries of a Mexican Superhero...

9A have been considering the different perceptions that surround the issue of migration and developing their skills in creative writing.

They produced some great pieces of writing and designed their own superheroes which they annotated. Their work is now on display in Room 20 on the Arundel Site...


They also had the opportunity to use my Flip video camera and film various scenes of their diaries and put them together as a movie. We had a good laugh on Friday, with Dan's ability to change his accent (more Eastern European and Scottish at times!), the seagulls, the baked beans that enabled Matt to cross the border, Joe walking up the steps of the amphitheatre into the USA! Not forgetting the wasp on the camera at the end. Brilliant 9A!!!!

Eco House on a plate...

9B have recently been learning about the different approaches to building sustainable cities. They started off by analysing recent government proposals to build 10 Eco Towns. They were then given the task to create a sustainable place on a paper plate. They each brought a few materials in and spent a lesson creating their Eco Houses. They then had to produce an extended piece of writing justifying their design decisions...

Here are a couple of pictures showing their work...super 9B!




Here are a couple of games you can play to help raise your awareness of sustainable living.

Some key words to remember: Brownfield, Greenfield, Eco Town, Eco House, Sustainable, Carbon Neutral, Rapid Transit System, Zero Carbon.

Geocube: The World of Geography

Geocube is an attractive online resource about Geography. Geocube is based on the principle of the Rubik Cube with six faces and 54 topics. It is a virtual and easily accessible website which is available online for free. Move the Geocube around with your mouse and explore the faces and many of the topics that we study at Seaford Head.

This is a European initiative developed by HERODOT, the European Network for Geography in Higher Education and is available to anyone who is interested in Geography



Thanks to Marcus Cherill for telling me about this! :D

Geography Poem: The World

The beauty, the joy, the amazement the world brings us
Really makes you think, where would you rather be?
In the sea, amongst the hills, beside a volcano or up in the sky,
It really doesn't matter, it's part of our wonderful world
The one that puts a smile on your face and brightens up your day
The one that surprises you and makes you go 'WOW!'
Whatever you're doing, wherever you are
Just a spare moment to think how fortunate we are
To live on such a fascinating planet.

Written by Ryan (7O)



Thanks Ryan for taking it upon yourself to produce such an inspiring poem for me to read! Fantastic work and i look forward to reading more! Well done :D

Year 7 Geography and History trip to Bodiam and Rye!

On Monday 19th October (yesterday!), Year 7 students enjoyed a joint Geography and History trip!! In the morning, students visited the medieval moated castle at Bodiam, East Sussex. It was built in 1385 by a former knight of Edward III, with the permission of Richard II in order to defend the surrounding area from French invasion. Although, the castle was built more for show, than an effective defence. The highlight for many was climbing the narrow staircase to the top, in order to take in the wonderful views of the surrounding landscape.



After lunch at the castle, we then made our way via coach to the ancient town of Rye. Perched on a hill, overlooking the River Rother and Romney Marsh in East Sussex, this compact town allowed us to discover the key places of interest.

Students enjoyed the Rye Town Model Sound and Light show in the Heritage Centre on Strand Quay and this was a good place to start our exploration of Rye's special features.



We then walked through the enchanting cobbled streets, and looked at the medieval church and beautifully preserved historic houses from medieval, Tudor and Georgian times. We also paid a special visit to the Ypres Tower (the castle), to take advantage of some great photo opportunities.



Despite a dodgy looking sky on the way there (some nimbostratus clouds!), the weather held out. A thoroughly enjoyable day! The students did us proud...well done! Here are some photos from the trip. :D

Fancy the chance to win a £10 HMV voucher? We have a couple of these up for grabs. Simply produce a write up about your day and include some of your photographs, hand them in to either your Geography or History teacher and we will select the winners. Deadline is Friday 6th November (Friday after half term).

Year 11 Coursework photos...

Here is a link to some of the photos that you may find useful for your coursework. They are also on the student drive.

Remember the following tasks need to be complete for next lesson on Wednesday. Well done to those of you that have already done it.

1)Introduction
2)3 x Field Sketches (Friars Bay, The Harbour Arm and Splash Point)
3)Sketch and tracing overlay
4)Wind Rose

Miss Smith :)

Geosquishing results!

The Geosquishing photographs went down well at Open Evening and we have now counted the votes.

Here are the winners:
Overall Winner/Upper School Winner: Charly Allen (Year 10) The sunset- Tunisia


Lower School Winner: Martin Dean (Year 8) Kennedy Space Centre, Orlando, Florida.


Staff Winner: Mr R. Osborne- The Eiffel Tower, Paris.


Thanks to everyone that entered!

Rio de Janeiro to stage 2016 Olympic Games

Brazil will become the first South American country to host the Olympics, after the city of Rio de Janeiro was chosen to stage the 2016 Games.

Rio won a majority of the 95 votes at the meeting in Copenhagen.

More here.