Adventurer and broadcaster Simon Reeve heads to beautiful and troubled Burma – or Myanmar as it is now officially called – for a new two-part series. Cut off for decades under military rule, the country now has a democratically elected government led by world-famous Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. But in August 2017, the world was left stunned when a brutal military operation drove hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims from their homes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b3g1nm/burma-with-simon-reeve-series-1-episode-1

A hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Simon Reeve embarks on the first leg of an extraordinary three-part journey across Russia.

Setting out amongst the active, snow-capped volcanoes of Kamchatka, over 4,000 miles from Moscow, Simon explores one of the remotest regions of the country. The population of Russia’s far east has fallen dramatically in recent years, but travelling by chopper and skidoo, Simon finds indigenous reindeer herders who are still eking out a fragile existence in this spectacular but inhospitable wilderness.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b096sc3z/russia-with-simon-reeve-series-1-episode-1

How to cut your greenhouse gas emissions by 56%:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/11/want-to-save-the-world-become-a-flexitarian/

We cannot recommend this enough for pupils and parents to watch over the weekend. learn about climate change and the impact it will have on the world if we do not begin to stop heating up our planet. From academy award winner Leonardo Dicaprio, follow his journey around the world, meeting world leaders and learning what we can do to stop global warming….before its too late!!

This Thursday is the S2 parents information evening!!

Miss Donoghue will be there tomorrow representing the Geography department and speaking to parents.

See you all at 7:30pm – we look forward to seeing you there!!

Well done to the boys in S1 for creating totally awesome volcano models at home.

Next week will be a busy time for the geography department.

Here are Dates for your diary:

10th October – Adv. higher will be going to Lochranza on the Isle of Aran for their fieldwork trip.

11th October – 4th years will sit their urban test.

This week 3rd years will receive their glaciation outcome test results, which they sat earlier this week.

The new and improved Geography department website is now up and running!!!!

Check in here for updates, timelines, announcements, videos, pictures and  cool Geography around the world!

See what the geography department is up to and how you can get involved…

Our Advanced Higher pupils have just returned from a three day field trip to Kindrogan Field Studies Centre. As part of the Advanced Higher Geography course, pupils are required to gain experience in a variety of fieldwork techniques. This not only allows them to complete an essential component of a NAB but also provides them with the skills required to complete their coursework.

During the three day trip, pupils examined the characteristics of a river and soil profiles on a hillside. They also got a chance to map geomorphologic features in the glaciated area.  Pupils then spent their evenings back in the lab where they analysed their findings, ran statistical tests and worked on presenting their results and evaluations.

All pupils worked extremely hard during the (intensive) three days both in the field and in the lab.

Well done!

Our annual East Renfrewshire Schools, Advanced Higher Geography field trip to Kindrogan, will take place, Monday 3rd- Wednesday 5th November 2014.

Remember to use the online payment system to pay for the trip. See letter for more details.

Any questions regarding the trip please speak to Miss Donoghue.