Summer Photograph Competition 2015 Results

Thank you to all 43 students who took the time to enter the Geography Department's summer photograph competition 2015.  The theme was dramatic landscapes.  Entries were judged by the Geography department staff along with Mr McRoyall and members of the photography club. The winning entries were chosen after lengthy deliberation:

Overall winner:  Katie Mills 11Q Tignes, French Alps.

Girls' runner up: Emaan Mirza 7F The Grand Canyon

Boys' runner up: Chris Stringer 13D Canyonlands

Congratulations!

The Geography Society’s Summer Photograph Competition 2015

The theme of this summer’s photograph competition is ‘Dramatic Landscapes.’  The competition is open to students in years 7 to 13.  All entries will receive a house point and there will be prizes for the winning three entries. Students are encouraged to photograph the urban and rural landscapes they encounter over the summer holiday and enter their most dramatic shot.

 

Submit your entry to your Geography teacher by Monday 14th September:

Include your name and form with your entry.

The photograph must be taken by you.

The photograph must be taken this summer holiday.

Only one entry per person.

Geography Photographic Competition

A little different this year, the time frame for your pictures is the autumn and winter period. The theme is "People" and entering couldn't be easier:
Bring into school a photograph taken by yourself in the period between October 2011 and early January 2012; remember to save a digital copy if you have one. The judging criteria will be primarily the geographic element but also the artistic merit and the overall quality.
Here are just a few ideas
~ the bustle of the Christmas market
~ the lone hiker on the skyline of the fells
or even photographs were the "people" element is inferred
~ the blurr of traffic in the rainy night time
~ a cityscape like that below

Good luck!

The Geography of Food Competition

Thank you for coming to our open morning, we hope you enjoyed it.
The answer to the Geography of Food Competition is:
Scottish Beef -400km
Sweet Potatoes from the US - 8400km
Lancashire Carrots - 22km
Zambian Sugar Snap Peas - 8000km
Cheshire Leek - 25km
Garden Peas from Suffolk - 250km
Yorkshire Pudding Mix - 85km
Bisto Gravy Granules from Lincolnshire - 130km

Which means that the Traditional Sunday Roast has travelled an amazing:
17 312km

So how close did you get?

Open Morning Competition

Welcome to the Geography Department

This photograph shows the ingredients for a traditional Sunday lunch, but can you guess how far the food has travelled? The ingredients are:

Scottish Beef, Sweet Potatoes from the US, Lancashire Carrots, Sugar Snap Peas from Zambia, a Leek from Cheshire, Garden Peas from Suffolk, a Yorkshire Pudding Mix and Bisto Granules from Linconshire.

Fill in your sheet in the department and look at the answer which will appear on this blog at 4pm today.

Get snapping!

Don't forget to take a picture this summer for the Geography photograph competition and give it to your Geography teacher by Monday 13 September.
The photograph must be taken by you, this summer and it must have a geographical theme. There is only one entry per person.

Geosquishing Competition Results

1st Place - James Wright with the Matterhorn

2nd Place - William Forbes at the Tutankhamun Exhibition

3rd Place - Nikesh Mistry holding the "B in the Bang" in Manchester