tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13210379608816343732024-03-13T18:01:54.275-07:00Funky Geography...for young geographers at Seaford Head School and anyone else who is lost without Geography!Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.comBlogger329125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-87047364051728688842015-05-03T14:19:00.002-07:002015-05-03T14:19:32.212-07:00GCSE Revision Flash CardsTest yourself and your friends :)<br />
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The SDME exam is 1 hour 30 minutes and will test your decision making skills of a sustainable development issue on the topic of Economic Development.<br />
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Intervention sessions will take place every Wednesday lunch, Friday lunch and Friday after school. If you have received an invite you must attend one of these sessions each week.<br />
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<br />Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-46351680175569035382015-01-29T04:30:00.000-08:002015-01-29T02:27:50.440-08:00Year 11: Case Studies to revise for your exam<iframe frameborder="0" height="400" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/44029277" width="476"></iframe>Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-77972616069602721822015-01-29T02:23:00.000-08:002015-01-29T02:23:04.271-08:00Revise Rivers<iframe frameborder="0" height="400" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/44029426" width="476"></iframe>Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-32983190514697643542014-12-01T12:30:00.000-08:002015-01-29T01:56:56.002-08:00Year 11: Support for your revision! :DThere is a wonderful Geography teacher here who has kindly placed all of his revision materials online. Click <a href="http://www.geographypods.com/ocr-b-terminal-exam-22-may-2014.html" target="_blank">here</a> to investigate and use to support you with the terminal exam worth 50% of your GCSE grade. Thanks to Matt Podbury.Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-76886685309896221092014-06-11T03:52:00.000-07:002014-06-11T03:52:07.131-07:00Summer 2014 Competition: The Geography Selfie! <iframe frameborder="0" height="400" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/35740222" width="476"></iframe>Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-37234685692850215812014-04-28T13:47:00.005-07:002014-04-28T13:47:55.049-07:00Happy cows!These cows are so joyful! This is how some of you will feel when your exams are over!<br />
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<br />Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-78292457153410801842013-09-21T05:00:00.000-07:002013-10-01T12:27:30.961-07:00Year 11 Controlled Assessment Preparation....Keeping this at the top of the page for a while for Year 11.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sussex.ac.uk/geography/researchprojects/coastview/Rendels_postcards/seaford_head.htm" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a link to some historic pictures of Seaford that you may want to use in your Controlled Assessment.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Using Google Earth for Controlled Assessment- please bring your maps at different scales on a memory stick to the lessons. This will save you time in the lesson. Include Friars Bay in Newhaven, Seaford Head in Seaford and Birling Gap in East Dean.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/">Noel Jenkins</a> has produced this really useful article based on <a href="http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/googlecoursework.html">10 ways to google-up your GCSE Controlled Assessment! </a><br />
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I will update this post with various other useful websites for you to look at so keep an eye out here and watch this space.Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-73311147699512087712013-06-11T12:58:00.001-07:002013-09-28T13:16:12.457-07:00Connecting Classrooms in Ethiopia 2013During the half term holiday, Miss Grant and Mrs Smith visited Ethiopia. Here is a slideshow of some of the photographs of our experiences.<br>
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Our students worked extremely hard, both in Geography lessons and in after school sessions to review the Millennium Development Goals and come up with their own goals. This was our winning entry that has been entered into the competition.....<br>
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<strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/funkygeography/shape-the-future-seaford-head-school" target="_blank" title="Shape the future seaford head school">Shape the future seaford head school</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/funkygeography" target="_blank">Liz Smith</a></strong> </div>
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We would like to thank all of the students that were involved in the competition, including the Year 10 students that acted as mentors. You will be rewarded with certificates and prizes after the Easter Holiday. Well done, you were all fantastic!!! Fingers crossed! :)<br>
<br>Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-21708554252426096212013-03-17T13:45:00.002-07:002013-09-28T13:16:32.022-07:00'Thinking like a Geographer!'<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YIPcOSNwVjw" width="560"></iframe><br>
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Thanks to Tony Cassidy for sharing this :)Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-65690844962734332912013-02-16T05:39:00.001-08:002013-03-12T08:07:20.201-07:00Year 10 Geographers explore Development Goals...Thank you to <b>Angus Wilson</b> from the <a href="http://www.geography.org.uk/" target="_blank">Geographical Association</a> for coming in to school on Thursday to work with a group of our Year 10 Geographers.<br />
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Well done to Florence, Dom,George, Ryan, George and Ruth!<br />
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Students explored the Millennium Development Goals through posters and activities and produced a display in room 20. The time-lapse video of them that Angus put together appears on the <a href="http://globaldimension.org.uk/news/item/16889" target="_blank">Global Dimension</a> website.<br />
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<br />Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-19296522858561461242013-02-16T04:38:00.003-08:002013-02-16T05:00:24.654-08:00SHS Geographers: Shape the Future!Year 8 students are being given an exciting opportunity to enter the Shape the Future competition. This is the chance to have your say on the new global strategy for development from 2015.<br />
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More of the details are available on the <a href="http://globaldimension.org.uk/news/item/16674">global dimension</a> website.<br />
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There is this support sheet to help you with your entry........<br />
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Monday, Tuesday and Thursday lunch time in room P on the Steyne Site.<br />
Thursday after school on the Arundel Site 3:30-4:30pm.<br />
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Remember that each group will be assigned a top Geographer from Year 10 who will be available each Thursday to give you ideas and guidance about what you could include in your presentation.Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-25498387702339069332012-12-17T04:25:00.000-08:002013-02-16T04:59:34.918-08:00Do they know it's Christmas time at all?You have been learning about how Christmas is celebrated in Ethiopia. Here are some of the Christmas cards and letters that are going to be sent to our link school, Ada Model in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia in time for their Christmas and we will be hoping for some replies later in 2013. Well done everyone, they look great!
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Merry Christmas- Melkam Genna!!!Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-63028571689418747162012-12-11T14:25:00.000-08:002013-02-16T05:01:01.509-08:00Census DataHere is an article from <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2012/dec/11/census-data-released-live-coverage">The Guardian</a> that shows the latest Census data.
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<strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/funkygeography/hurricane-sandy-15052974" target="_blank" title="Hurricane sandy">Hurricane sandy</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/funkygeography" target="_blank">Liz Smith</a></strong> </div>
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<strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/funkygeography/storm-sandy" target="_blank" title="Storm Sandy">Storm Sandy</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/funkygeography" target="_blank">Liz Smith</a></strong> </div>
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225112/Superstorm-Sandy-Death-toll-hits-FIFTY-damage-set-50BILLION.html">Here is the story about New York from the Daily Mail. </a>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/02/aftermath-hurricane-sandy-haiti-disaster">Here is the story read in class about the aftermath of the storm in Haiti from The Guardian.</a>
YouTube clip can be found <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeutC1WN6dc">here</a>.
Animation of the formation of a hurricane can be found <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4588149.stm">here</a>.
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Thanks to Beccy Pook for her contributions to this presentation. Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-15828848319699353352012-09-21T09:37:00.003-07:002013-09-28T13:17:39.572-07:00Morocco 2014<iframe src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/14374551" width="427" height="356" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px 0;margin-bottom:5px" allowfullscreen=""> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/funkygeography/morocco-presentation-14374551" title="Morocco presentation" target="_blank">Morocco presentation</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/funkygeography" target="_blank">Liz Smith</a></strong> </div>Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-90914955602610496492012-08-17T01:30:00.003-07:002013-09-28T13:20:28.210-07:00Dancing Matt has some new moves for 2012!<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Pwe-pA6TaZk" width="560"></iframe>Mrs Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662982695307897596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321037960881634373.post-84143655073126242622012-07-30T14:41:00.002-07:002013-09-28T13:18:17.676-07:00Medals table: The alternative rankings for London 2012<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">China are doing very well in the Olympics at the moment but how many medals should we expect a country to win, based on its size and wealth? An interesting article from the </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18976333" style="font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: white;">BBC news</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> website explains more.</span></span></span>
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