9L- Apple Factory video clips

What is your opinion? Do you think the children should boycott the Apple factory? Why? What can we do?

Imagine you are a newspaper reporter who has visited the Foxconn factory in China. You must write a newspaper article to express you views, include interviews with workers, charities and apple owners and include findings from the Foxconn factory. View the videos on the geography blog. You must refer to other people’s opinions from the videos.

Barcelona

21 students with 4 teachers and an expert!  
Today saw the first day of data collection - we were looking at the quality of life in El Raval and how flagship projects help to regenerate urban areas.  Amanjot found Zone 4 really interesting because it showed a real contrast with Zone 3. Saif found the whole experience of observing and recording his impressions systematically really invaluable.

It's now 5:45 pm and we are waiting for our evening session to start... Geography field trips may look like fun... but we do work hard!!!

Tomorrow its the beach!

September Stars

Every month the Geography department will nominate a student from each KS3 class to be a 'Star of the Month'.  Students may be nominated because they have shown great improvement in geography, they produced an exceptional piece of work or for continued outstanding work.

This month the 'Stars' are as follows:

7J      Harleen Kapoor                               7P    Meera Makwana
7K     Zak Williams                                    7Q   Limusy Kondi
7L     Kush Patel                                        7R   Huda Abdi
7M                                                            7S

8J      Arjan Nagi                                       8P    Aisha Mughal
8K    Joweria Lucky                                  8Q   Jessica Bayton
8L     Nikhil Vadhera                                 8R   Pooja Gupta
8M    Ola Duma                                        8S    Aaron Chandi

9J      Anisha Sharma                                 9P   Kevin Lam
9K    Manveer Ubhi                                  9Q   Jack Phillipson
9L     Soroosh Durani                                9R   Nimrita Ubhi
9M    Corrina Parma                                 9S    Mohamad Ahmed

Year 10s get to grips with maps in Japanese!

On Monday 26th September all year 10 GCSE geographers took part in a workshop run by the British Cartographic Society.  The challenge was to make a map to be used in the rescue effort after the Japanese earthquake in March 2011.  This was made that little bit harder by the maps being in Japanese and there being no Japanese speakers in the hall!

The workshop was a part of the London Mapping Festival which was launched in June 2011 and runs all year. The workshop team was made up of professional cartographers, who gave up a day's work to come and work with Lampton geographers.  All of the workshop facilitators were really impressed with students - commenting on how engaged they were with the tasks and how well they tackled the challenge.  The results will come through in the next couple of weeks.  Watch this space!

Volcano Competition: And the winner is....

Well done to all the Year 8 students that entered the competition, it was extremely difficult to decide on a winner as there were so many fantastic entries.  But here are the final results below:

Overall Competition Winner: Emma Grainger 8J

• Most realistic volcano winner: Amina Malik 8M
• Most realistic volcano runner-up: Ryan Nichols 8P
• Most educational volcano winner: Aleksandra Pudlo 8M
• Most educational volcano runner-up: Aqeel Bhatti 8Q
• Best eruption winner: Amir Sagedhi 8M
• Best eruption runner-up: Reece Harrison 8P

Due to the high standard of entries the following students have been awarded Highly Commended for their volcanoes:
- John-Joesph Mack 8P                                              - Patricia Marquina 8P
- Muaad Shawesh 8P                                                  - Athavan Skandakumar 8P
- Gaurav Vaseer 8P                                                    - Zoraiz Butt 8J
- Jaivir Gupta 8J                                                          - Will Robinson 8J
- Abdullah Salim 8J                                                     - Aaron Chandi 8S
- Maria Ladj 8S                                                          - Hannah Phillips 8S
- Gautam Sharma 8S                                                  - Tanya Sharma 8M
- Joesph Woodward 8M                                            - Makaranda Jayasinghe-Arachchige 8Q
- Nayan Kad 8Q                                                        - Saleh Soomro 8Q

Some Eruptions

7 Billion

The world's population is nearing 7 billion, watch the clip below to see some of the issues this causes.

Haiti and Japan Earthquakes

Haiti and Japan have both recently experienced earthquakes, here is a useful presentation created by Vrinda Badiala Silva 10J.  Have a look to remind you of what happened.




Thank you Vrinda!

Volcano world!!

Thanks for all the entries to the model competition.  You can see some of the entries below.  The final results will be announced on Friday 16th September.  

Young Geographer of the Year Competition

Attention Geographers!  Now is your chance to show off your geography talent by entering this years Young Geographer of the Year competition.  To enter all you need to do is answer the following question:

                 'What should every good geographer understand?'

Make sure you visit the RGS website (http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Schools/Young+Geographer+2011.htm) to find the entry requirements for your age category.

The closing date for entries is 7th October 2011, so get started.

Good Luck!!!

A Level

Find out here what you will be studying at A level

GCSE Geography

At GCSE we follow the AQA A syllabus.  This means students will study Physical Geography in Year 10 and Human Geography in Year 11. 

In Year 10 students will study 3 of the following topics:
1) The Restless Earth
2) Challenge of Weather and Climate
3) Water on the Land
4) The Coastal Zone
5) Ice on the Land

In Year 11 students will study 3 of the following topics:
1) Population Change
2) Globalisation
3) Tourism
4) The Development Gap
5) Changing Urban Environments

Both Physical and Human units will end in an exam worth 37.5% of the Geography GCSE.

Students will also be required to complete a controlled assessment worth 25% of the Geography GCSE, content of which will vary each year.

Year 9 Programme of Study

In Year 9 you will develop your understanding of how places and people interact by examining our responsibilities as individuals, communities and countries.  You will investigate some of the biggest global challenges facing the world today so that you can help solve them tomorrow.  You will do this by studying the folowing topics:

1) Water Water Everywhere

2) Whether the Weather

3) Globalisation and me

4) Arrested Development: Impact of Conflict

5) Is the world fair?  Takling Global Poverty

6) Going to Extremes: Super Eruptions, Mega Tsunamis and Twisters

Year 8 Programme of Study

In Year 8 you will focus on what connects us to other places and people and how places and people interact.  You will look at how people make decisions about their lives, how they use resources and what we think other people are like and the impact these decisions have on the world around us. you will do this by studying the topics below:

1) What makes places dangerous?

2) How many people is too many people?

3) How does your city grow?

4) Is it me or is it hot in here?

5) Why doesn't the UK have a rainforest?

6) Health, Wealth & Happiness: Global differences in life and death.

Year 7 Programme of Study

In Year 7 you will look at your local area in depth and consider other places around the world.  You will focus on developing key geographical skills.  You will become a fieldwork expert by developing map reading and research skills.  You begin to think about how people interact and affect the environment around them. You will do this by studying the following topics:

1) Where did geography come from?

2) Do Geographers ever get lost?

3) Is Hounslow London?

4) Why do people live along rivers?

5) What does Geography have to do with crime?

6) What processes take place along the coastline?

Mozambique Trip 2011

Throughout the last academic year a group of sixth form students worked extremely hard to raise over £22,000 to travel to Mozambique and build homes for orphans and vulnerable children with Habitat for Humanity.  They raised the money by charity bag packing, organising events at school. taking part in a sponsored cycle and much more.

In July 2011 they travelled to Mozambique and helped build two much needed homes.  The children and their grandparents had been living in cramped, leaking inadequate homes like the ones below.  

The money raised by Lampton School has meant that they now have a save and secure place to live.  Thank you to everyone who helped, your contribution has helped transform the lives of the children the students met in Mozambique.

Hurricane Irene

On August 20th 2011 Hurricane Irene formed over the Atlantic Ocean.  It reached category 3 with winds of up to 120mph, it caused 48 deaths and over US$10 billion worth of damage.



You can find out more about Hurricane Irene at the following website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/news/?q=hurricane%20irene

Why Geography?

Geography is everywhere!

In an increasingly global and dynamic world the importance of geography is evermore apparent.  Through the study of geography we learn about the complexities of people and places, how landscapes are formed, how people and the environment interact, the links between diverse places and cultures, and about our impact on our planet.  Geography enables people to build upon their own experiences and develop their intellectual skills and capacities.

Watch the clips below to find out where geography can take you!