St Joan of Arc Geography

Exciting updates from the St Joan of Arc Geography department ⚜️ Mrs St Ledger tweeting 🌍 India 2019 🇮🇳 Iceland 2018, 2020, 2024🇮🇸

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A great day with 8JW, 8BP and 8KL at the Natural History Museum! Really proud of their exemplary behaviour and enthusiasm for learning more about plate tectonics 🌍 Your turn tomorrow 8RJ, 8RF and 8JD …

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A new ocean is forming in Africa along a 35-mile crack that opened up in Ethiopia in 2005. The crack, which has been expanding ever since, is a result of three tectonic plates pulling away from each other.

It’s thought that Africa’s new ocean will take at least 5 million to 10 million years to form, but the Afar region’s fortuitous location at the boundaries of the Nubian, Somali and Arabian plates makes it a unique laboratory to study elaborate tectonic processes.

There are still some big unknowns, including what is causing the continent to rift apart. Some think that a massive plume of superheated rocks rising from the mantle beneath East Africa could be driving the region’s continental rift.

Each plate boundary in the Afar region is spreading at different speeds, but the combined forces of these separating plates is creating what’s known as a mid-ocean ridge system, where eventually a new ocean will form.

The three plates are separating at different speeds. The Arabian plate is moving away from Africa at a rate of about 1 inch per year, while the two African plates are separating even slower, between half an inch to 0.2 inches per year.

[📷 Anthony Philpotts]

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Our first 3 year 8 forms are off to the Natural History Museum today - they are particularly excited to see the tectonics zone!

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From Monday 23rd January to Wednesday 25th January, our A level geographers travelled to the Field Studies Centre at Juniper Hall, a stone’s throw from beautiful Box Hill in Surrey.

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The staff and students of St Joan of Arc are deeply saddened by the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Our Year 7s had their first day at St Joan's today. It was great to see them settling in so well and hope they all enjoyed the day. We look forward to welcoming them back on Monday along with Years 8-13.⚜️

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Incredibly proud of all of our GCSE geographers receiving their results today! We can’t wait to see and hear about the great things you go on to achieve and the positive difference you make in the World 🌍 . We also hope to see many of you back as A Level geographers!!

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A good synoptic link for our A Level geographers …

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Congratulations to our 25 incredible A Level Geographers receiving their results today! We are so proud of your fantastic achievements and wish you every success with all of the exciting things you go on to do in the future 🌍 @JOASixthForm

[St. Joan of Arc Sixth Form @JOASixthForm]

⚜️ POST 16 RESULTS COLLECTION

Thursday 18th August.

8-10AM.

Under the umbrella.

Leavers’ hoodies and year books also available collection.

We look forward to seeing you all in the morning! ⚜️

[Uni of Reading @UniofReading]

In this experiment Dr Rob Thompson of @UniRdg_Met shows just how long it takes water to soak into parched ground, illustrating why heavy rainfall after a #drought can be dangerous and might lead to flashfloods.

@R0b1et @UniRdg_water

[Discover the World Education @DTWEGeography]

The River Thames is now officially five miles shorter after its source dries up due to the UK drought. https://t.co/CW6zVvRvfz #geographyteacher #UKdrought #resourcereliance

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We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag award. An amazing achievement for our wonderful staff and students. Look out for the Green Flag flying proudly around the school.🌍⭐️

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

UK temperature tops 40C for first time, provisional Met Office figures show, with 40.2C recorded at Heathrow https://t.co/SKYVA8LhNj

[St. Joan of Arc Sixth Form @JOASixthForm]

⚜️ Huge congratulations to Y12 student Amy Brown who was elected President of the Student Executive Committee following a whole school election this week. Amy will head up the committee for 2022-23, with interviews for the other committee positions taking place next week. 🗳

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Yesterday we had another fantastic day of urban fieldwork with our year 10 geographers. Very proud of how hard they worked on all of their data collection methods, we even managed to squeeze in a nice lunch and ice cream! @Joa_official

[St Joan of Arc Geography @GeographyJoa]

A great day of urban fieldwork with our year 10 geographers who did a fantastic job at conducting their questionnaires with members of the public. Looking forward to another day of hard work with the other year 10 classes tomorrow. @Joa_official

[Guardian Environment @guardianeco]

Spain and Portugal suffering driest climate for 1,200 years, research shows https://t.co/vZO0seYmv4

[internetgeography.net 🌍 @InternetGeog]

Census: Population of England and Wales grew 6% in a decade - BBC News https://t.co/Mljewbv5dK