Ponteland High Geography

Updates from the Geography Department at Ponteland High School

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We're back on international fieldwork this week! A fantastic first day in Iceland today with KS4 & KS5 and lots still to look forward to over the next few days @PontHigh

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An excellent day out with @PontHigh Geographers at Dynamic Earth today - we’ve travelled through a variety of ecosystems and attended our very own Climate Change conference!

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@PontHigh Y12 Geographers measuring glacial till today - great work from the students despite the cold 🥶

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We managed to avoid the rain this afternoon for a walk in Borrowdale spotting truncated spurs and hanging valleys! ⛰ @PontHigh

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Stepping away from Geography and into the Courtroom today! The Y12 students @PontHigh delivered a fantastic performance in the Bar Mock Trial Competition 👏🏼

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Fantastic day out Dynamic Earth today with our Y9 Geographers - we were very impressed by students’ knowledge of climate change! @PontHigh

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@mrswilkogeo @MrHand__ Hi, resource looks great, please could I get of copy of this?

My email is [email protected]

Many thanks

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Brilliant ⁦@guardian⁩ article featuring one of our amazing teachers - Miss Edmondson. We struck gold when we managed to recruit her to start with us in September 2019 in her first teaching post. Great staff = great schools ⁦@PeleTrust⁩ https://t.co/GQtF1vK4RV

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Fantastic start to the final #weeklychallenge of the term - well done Mille (Y10) for getting all 4 correct! 🤩

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One final #weeklychallenge for this term @PontHigh - 4 more #whereintheworld images to have a go at guessing before Friday, then it's the SUMMER HOLIDAYS☀️ Email your teacher with your answers! Best of luck!!!

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Answers to our Where in the World #weeklychallenge from last week are as follows - it was a tricky one this week. Well done to Jaz G (Y10) getting the highest number correct!

1. Mexico (Mexico city)
2. Azerbaijan (Baku)
3. Greece (Athens)
4. Montenegro (Kotor)

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Just two weeks to go until the end of term, so it's the penultimate Geography #weeklychallenge for @PontHigh students! Here's your 4 images for this week - remember to email your teacher with your answers! Good luck 😀

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Some excellent work from our Geographers this week on the #weeklychallenge ! Here's the answers for those that had a go...

1 Australia (Ayers rock)
2 Netherlands
3 Brazil
4 New Zealand (Fiordland National Park)

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Great start to this week's challenge - Well Done to Mille (Y10) and James G (Y8) who both scored 4/4!⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Monday = Weekly Challenge Time! Four more countries for you @PontHigh students - remember to email your teacher with your answers! Good luck🍀

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Good Morning Geographers! Here are the answers to last week's Where in the World challenge, well done to those of you who have had a go!

1. Russia (St. Basil's Cathedral)
2. Norway (Lofoten Islands)
3. Uzbekistan
4. Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls)

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What fantastic work from some of our @PontHigh students for the @RGS_IBG Young Geographer of the Year competition! Well done Myles and Tom for your exceptional entries! 🤩

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Weekly challenge #7 - can you work out the four places in the images @PontHigh students? Email your teacher with the answers! Good luck🍀

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Y9 have made a fantastic start to GCSE Geography @PontHigh. Well done to Amber for this exceptional project looking at how a river changes from source to mouth.

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Happy Monday @PontHigh students! Here's your weekly challenge - identify the four countries using the images and the clues. Email your teacher with your answers. Good luck!!!🍀