St Monica’s High Geography

Keeping you up to date with information as to what is going on in the department! 🌎🌳☀️

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Brilliant afternoon exploring Salford Quays and investigating regeneration with year 8! 🏙️

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Back in Manchester after a jam packed 5 days in Iceland for our year 11s! 🇮🇸❄️

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Day 4 (part 2!): last stop in Reykjavik to see the settlement museum and do a spot of sightseeing! Returning later to visit the impressive Hallgrimskirkja!!!

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Day 4! Final day visiting Hellisheiõi Geothermal Power Plant and the (very smelly) Hveradalir Geothermal Area!! All linking to our topic on Natural Resources and sustainability ❄️🇮🇸

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Day 3 (part 2)! A visit to Reynisfjara beach with huge destructive waves which created amazing sea stacks Learning about glaciers at Sólheimajökull. A final stop at Seljalandsfoss waterfall for a little rivers revision! ❄️

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Day 3!! Early start at the lava centre learning all about volcanic activity in Iceland followed by a trip to the spectacular Skogafoss waterfall 🌋

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Day 2 (part 2): more exploring of Gullfoss Waterfall, Geysir’s and Thingvellir National Park 🇮🇸

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Day 2 in Iceland! So far we have explored keriø crater. Then learnt how tomatoes can be grown in such a cold climate followed by a tomato soup lunch 🍅

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Straight into y11 exploring Iceland with a visit to the bridge between continents and the Gunnuhver Hot Springs today🌋 @stmonicas

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Castleton year 11 fieldwork trip expected back at school around 4pm

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Storm Agnes delayed her arrival to allow us to complete our fieldwork on day 3

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Day 3 and out for a hike

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Day 2 and back on flows and the impact on the village of Castleton

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Great day of fieldwork in Castleton. Heading home to Manchester now.

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Day 1 in beautiful Castleton. Pupils straight into pedestrian and traffic count #lovefieldwork

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Our stunning classroom today. Y10 block 2 have worked extremely well on their coastal investigation.

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Blustery by the beach for y10 at Cleveleys 💨🌊

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London has provided us with a world of lifetime memories. Our 36 geographers have enjoyed their travels and been an absolute credit. We are homeward bound.

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The beautiful Covent Garden for lunch and browse

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Pod 2 taking in the view