Congratulations

Well done to the Class of 2012 for your GCSE Geography results.

We look forward to seeing most of you on the 4th September ready for your ASs

And to those of you who are leaving - best wishes.

Fabulous!!!!!!

Well done to the A-level students on achieving an outstanding set of grades.
"You have the whole world in your hands"
Good luck for the future.

Volcano Live

In case the rain is stopping you get out-and-about here is something to watch on BBC 2 from Monday 9 July - Volcano Live

Kate Humble and Professor Iain Stewart present a four day journey into our extraordinary and dynamic planet, live from Kilauea on Hawaii, the world’s most active volcano.

Watch it or tape it - Monday to Thursday 8pm BBC 2.

Tornado in the UK

For those of you in year 9 and for anyone else who is interested here is proof that we do get tornadoes in the UK.

Click this link to the BBC.

Popocatepetl is ready to pop

Keep your eye on the volcano with the best name.
View this clip at the BBC.
Keep watching Mexico's monitoring programme on this link.

What would you spend it on?

Poverty has risen in Nigeria with almost 100 million people living on less than $1 or 63p per day - so what would you buy?

And I know what you are thinking "that must be a fortune in Nigeria", but look at the following shopping list:

1 litre of milk = $2.50

Loaf of bread = $1.27

12 egss =$3.21

1 pair of jeans = $25.75

1 pair of trainers = $125.00

1 minute of mobile phone = $0.19

One way bus ticket = $0.85

So what would you buy?

Read more at the following BBC page.

Photographic Competiton Results

This year was rather different from previous, with an emphasis on human geography and a winter time period. But the entries did not disappoint. The winner was Guy Richardson with an evocative shot taken on the moors. The humans in the landscape could not be more clearly defined than by the walkers braving the elements in the shadow of the giant turbine. The colours are bold and the composition excellent. Well done.

The iconic city-scapes shot by Phoebe Dickson and Kate Roodhouse came very close; may be you even disagree with the judges?

Thank you all for entering!

Cyclone Movies by Year 9

The Year 9 work on hurricanes gives plenty of scope for independent study and extended work. Presentations such as this by Daniel Turner Gallastegui inform and entertain the whole group. See what you think.

Link to the Project

Controlled Assessment 2012

Keep up to date with the Hulme geogblog for the latest tips and bonus help. It may help boost your marks or at the very least give you some ideas on how to expand your project. It may just save you a little time and make the whole process just that bit smoother. For instance the image below from OMBC is now no longer readily available. It does give a useful insight into the planners ideas about land use zoning in the CBD

Are we this desperate?

The Yasuni National Park, known as "the lungs of the world" and one of the most bio-diverse places on earth, is under threat from oil drilling. The race is on to find the funds required to develop new sustainable energy programmes that would leave the oil - and the forest - untouched.


Read more at the BBC.