Downe House Geography

News and views from the Geography Department @DowneHouse School, an independent full boarding school for girls aged 11-18

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

It was a pleasure to be involved in the school's Making a Difference (MAD) day. The Geography team and our fabulous students led activities in the beautiful woodland which are part of our school grounds #MakeaDifferenceDay @DowneHouse

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

Fantastic start to the 2023 Hazards Conference in London which our UVI Geographers are attending. Dr Martin Degg posed the question was the 2023 Gazientep earthquake, just 'history repeating itself?' @DowneHouse #HazardConf

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

Our 'Geography in Action' conference in collaboration with Radley College showcased our stunning grounds through different fieldwork activities. I am so proud of all the staff and students involved. @DowneHouse #outdoorlearning

[Matt Carnaby @carnaby_mr]

This is going to be mega! Really looking forward to sharing how we’ve looked to work on teacher and curriculum development — we don’t have it all figured out, but we’re keen to share what we have tried and discuss it. @InspirationEast @MrCarterTTA

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

The Lower Sixth Geographers are back in Slapton investigating urban regeneration for their first day of fieldwork! As ever they have a sense of humour despite the weather...

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

Today our year 10 geographer helped students from Year 3, St Mark's Cold Ash with their megacity project. The girls were interviewed about the 7 different megacities they live in. It was a fun session for all involved ! @downehouse1

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

Empowering our Remove #Geography students @DowneHouse to develop their geographical skills using #MinecraftEDU to create amazing contour maps. Students enjoyed using @PlayCraftLearn to build mountains🏔️ and there are no limits to how high they can climb!

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

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[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

Today the UV have been practising their fieldwork skills on the River Chess

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

This is Florence with her winning 'Bug Vegas' bug box creation! She started this in a Discovery Day session run by the Geography Department for our local primary school St Marks. We are so impressed with her design!

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

Miss Rawlinson was thrilled to visit the St Marks's Cold Ash to teach Reception class about volcanoes this week. The students then went on to create some impressive pieces based on what they had learnt! @DowneHouse

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

Some truly revolting weather here on the Devon coast for our A Level Geographers, but our DH girls always make a fieldwork day fun! @DowneHouse @FSCSlaptonLey

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

The LV have been creating erosional landform models this week. It has ended up getting a bit competitive! This is Miss Rawlinson's class attempt. @downehouse1

[Radley College @RadleyCollege]

The first #RadleyShells seminar with @DowneHouse looks at how Coronavirus has affected people and place on a global scale. Excellent student engagement and thought provoking discussion @RadleyLinks @RadleyGeography

#RadleyPartnerships #RadleyGeography #RadleyAcademic

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

Our UIV Geographers are enjoying a Geography Conference today at Radley College. @DowneHouse1

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

@GeofieldworkLtd Looking forward to working with you in the future! We have lots of coasts projects this year 😀

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

Creating a ‘soundscape’. Just one of the data collection methods our girls are learning today at FSC Amersham #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek @downehouse1

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

A fantastic day out at the seaside for the LVI preparing for their own NEA investigations with the wonderful Barry from @GeofieldworkLtd

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

We are back out on fieldwork! LVI coastal fieldwork day down in sunny Dorset @downehouse1

[Downe House Geography @DHGeography]

Saskia and Emily get started on collecting their fieldwork data for their NEA investigation in Christchurch Bay ... so proud of our proactive girls. Getting on with it despite restrictions ! @downehouse1