UWS Geography

Upper Wharfedale School Geography Department aims to create a positive climate in which students are given a variety of opportunities to achieve excellence.

[UWS Geography @UWSGeography]

Iceland 2024 - An amazing learning opportunity to visit the land of Fire and Ice. Most importantly to see a live eruption, our students will never forget.

[UWS Geography @UWSGeography]

Iceland 2024 - An incredible night with the Aurora Borealis.

[UWS Geography @UWSGeography]

Iceland 2024 - An amazing day seeing a great selection of geographical landforms. Follow UWS Geography on Instagram for more photos.

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The lava tunnel Raufarhólshellir, one of the longest lava tubes in Iceland. An amazing experience for our year 10 geographers.

[UWS Geography @UWSGeography]

All aboard!!! Iceland 2024

[Upper Wharfedale School @UpperWharfedale]

Upper Wharfedale School has been awarded the British Council's prestigious International School Award in recognition of its work to bring the world into the classroom. The teaching and learning of global and international issues remain at the forefront of the school ethos.

[Upper Wharfedale School @UpperWharfedale]

We are running this prize draw to raise money to help children and young people take part in learning opportunities outside the classroom.

Click on the link to view the prize draw: https://t.co/yVOmJSfdcV

[Nahel Belgherze @WxNB_]

A total of 77 countries around the world have experienced their hottest September on record this year. See the full list below.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda
🇦🇹Austria
🇧🇭Bahrain
🇧🇧Barbados
🇧🇾Belarus
🇧🇪Belgium
🇧🇹Bhutan
🇧🇴Bolivia
🇧🇷Brazil
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
🇨🇻Cabo Verde
🇨🇦Canada
🇨🇴Colombia
🇰🇲Comoros
🇨🇷Costa Rica
🇨🇺Cuba
🇨🇿Czechia
🇩🇯Djibouti
🇩🇲Dominica
🇩🇴Dominican Republic
🇪🇨Ecuador
🇸🇻El Salvador
🇪🇷Eritrea
🇪🇪Estonia
🇪🇹Ethiopia
🇫🇮Finland
🇫🇷France
🇩🇪Germany
🇬🇩Grenada
🇬🇹Guatemala
🇬🇾Guyana
🇭🇹Haiti
🇭🇳Honduras
🇭🇺Hungary
🇮🇪Ireland
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
🇯🇲Jamaica
🇯🇵Japan
🇱🇻Latvia
🇱🇮Liechtenstein
🇱🇹Lithuania
🇱🇺Luxembourg
🇲🇬Madagascar
🇲🇼Malawi
🇲🇺Mauritius
🇲🇽Mexico
🇲🇨Monaco
🇲🇿Mozambique
🇳🇵Nepal
🇳🇮Nicaragua
🇳🇪Niger
🇳🇬Nigeria
🇰🇵North Korea
🇵🇼Palau
🇵🇦Panama
🇵🇪Peru
🇵🇱Poland
🇶🇦Qatar
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
🇸🇨Seychelles
🇸🇰Slovakia
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
🇸🇴Somalia
Somaliland
🇸🇷Suriname
🇸🇪Sweden
🇨🇭Switzerland
🇹🇿Tanzania
🇧🇸The Bahamas
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago
🇬🇧United Kingdom
🇻🇪Venezuela
🇾🇪Yemen
🇿🇲Zambia

[David Ullrich @DavidUllrich202]

Category 5 Super Typhoon Bolaven, the strongest storm on Earth, is nearing tropical cyclone perfection.

The storm has a near perfect circular eye surrounded by deep convection.

The storm currently has 180 mph (290 km/h) sustained winds with gusts to 220 mph (354 km/h).

[Upper Wharfedale School @UpperWharfedale]

We were delighted to host our Geography Networking Day yesterday, welcoming colleagues from schools across the region 🌎

[Upper Wharfedale School @UpperWharfedale]

We look forward to welcoming Geography teachers from across the region to our Networking Day on June 22nd.
Please see the flyer if you would like to register 🌎🌎🌎🌎

[Upper Wharfedale School @UpperWharfedale]

This morning, Y7 got the amazing opportunity to do a live zoom call with our school link Mboni secondary school in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania. The students loved it from both sides. We discussed wildlife, school life, subjects, food, electricity, water, weather, sport and more.

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Year 11 revision

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2021 Iceland Eruption - lava fields are some of the newest land on earth.

[UWS Geography @UWSGeography]

Perlan Ice Caves

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Iceland 2023

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Geysir geothermal park

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Gullfoss

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Iceland 2023