Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Year 11 volcano work today....
Year 11s did their first lesson about volcanoes today... Their challenge was to draw/brain storm what they knew already! These are the results.... They then had a lesson learning about shield and composite volcanoes and tomorrow will have an exam question to test them! Good luck and well done girls!
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Plate tectonics website....
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/index.html
This is a really good interactive activity for looking at Plate tectonics... will be usefull for year 11!
Miss Udy
This is a really good interactive activity for looking at Plate tectonics... will be usefull for year 11!
Miss Udy
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Innovation?
Nigeria's plastic bottle house.
Year 9 are studying about sustainable development - what could be more sustainable than this new house that is being built alongside 25 others in Nigeria. Bullet proof, cool and eco-friendly as it is recycled used bottles, this house in my opinion is a cracking example of a sustainable development in all senses! It also employs local people, is helping children in the future by enabling them access to an education
as well as reducing carbon footprints!!!!!!! All in all, I think this is great!
Years 9, 10 and 11.... what are your thoughts?
Could this be used all around the world? What do you think of the value of this recycling? Read the news story (Click on the image!) and it would be great if some of you could comment on it!
If you find any further information, let me know and you can write a post about it for the blog and become a published (in a sense!) author!
Keep up the hard work,
Miss Udy
p.s Keep an eye out for information about the earthquake in Turkey as well as flooding in Thailand! :)
Year 9 are studying about sustainable development - what could be more sustainable than this new house that is being built alongside 25 others in Nigeria. Bullet proof, cool and eco-friendly as it is recycled used bottles, this house in my opinion is a cracking example of a sustainable development in all senses! It also employs local people, is helping children in the future by enabling them access to an education
as well as reducing carbon footprints!!!!!!! All in all, I think this is great!Years 9, 10 and 11.... what are your thoughts?
Could this be used all around the world? What do you think of the value of this recycling? Read the news story (Click on the image!) and it would be great if some of you could comment on it!
If you find any further information, let me know and you can write a post about it for the blog and become a published (in a sense!) author!
Keep up the hard work,
Miss Udy
p.s Keep an eye out for information about the earthquake in Turkey as well as flooding in Thailand! :)
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Hyrdogen Cars in the UK
Article from BBC 20th Sept 2011.
Usefull for year 10 GCSE students.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14979817
Usefull for year 10 GCSE students.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14979817
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Frozen Planet
Dear Year 9, 10 and 11.
The programme that is on BBC 1 tonight at 9pm is an easy to watch programme that will help you with your studies this year. Year 9 you will be studying a unit called Pole to Pole - this will give you some info that may help you! Year 10 and 11 you will be studying a unit called Extreme Climates at somepoint soon, this series will help you understand a little about colder climates and may give you some good basic knowledge following on from the Pole to Pole unit you studied when you were in year 9!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mfl7n/broadcasts/2011/11
For anyone that was really interested, you could go to the open university website and do some learning from there in a free unit they have designed! http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=406544§ion=3.3
Also, follow the BBC news, parts of America suffered over Halloween with some unexpected snow fall.... above all, get practicing for your snow dance!!!! I love snow days, I am sure you do to so we need to do the snow dance to get some snow ourselves!!!!!!
Miss Udy
The programme that is on BBC 1 tonight at 9pm is an easy to watch programme that will help you with your studies this year. Year 9 you will be studying a unit called Pole to Pole - this will give you some info that may help you! Year 10 and 11 you will be studying a unit called Extreme Climates at somepoint soon, this series will help you understand a little about colder climates and may give you some good basic knowledge following on from the Pole to Pole unit you studied when you were in year 9!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mfl7n/broadcasts/2011/11
For anyone that was really interested, you could go to the open university website and do some learning from there in a free unit they have designed! http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=406544§ion=3.3
Also, follow the BBC news, parts of America suffered over Halloween with some unexpected snow fall.... above all, get practicing for your snow dance!!!! I love snow days, I am sure you do to so we need to do the snow dance to get some snow ourselves!!!!!!
Miss Udy
Thursday, 27 October 2011
What number are you?
So, someone close to me saw this. Being the true geographer that I am of course I had to look at it!!!!!!!!
So what number are you?
When I was born, apparently I was the 4,695,788,505th person born!
What does your number mean to you?
Does population growth worry you?
Year 10 - this is your time to shine!!!!!!!!! Show us what you know... go on, I dare you to make a comment!
Enjoy
Miss Udy
Monday, 18 July 2011
Fantastic GCSE resource blog
For those of you wishing to push your self and extend your self that little bit more, here is a fantastic resource.
It is fantastic and I know that some of you may find it useful.
Enjoy
Miss Udy
Monday, 20 June 2011
Give blood...
On Thursday after school I will be trundling off home... but before that I will be off to give blood. In the developed world 38.1 people per 1000 donate blood which helps thousands of people survive accidents and many operations. In the developing world there are only 2.3 donations per 1000 people (WHO 2010). This has ultimately has upsetting consequences as I am sure you can imagine.
My friends brother is getting set to compete in the Aarhus Half Iron man on July 3rd. None of the three who are participating have completed a triathlon of any sort before... however I'm led to believe that they are a determined bunch! Please, if you have any spare pennies it would be great if you could sponsor them! I know you don't know them but it is a very worthy cause and if we can help them achieve their goal we will be proving to be very active citizens making a difference!
Whilst I can't help people in Malawi, I can raise awareness here and hopefully some of you may be able to ask friends/relatives etc to give blood wherever they might be!
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=kulukaCoIronman&isTeam=true and if you would like more information about the charity http://www.kuluka.org/
Thanks in advance!
Miss Udy
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
My mother, my queen
A poem written by Janani, a year 9 student who formed part of the winning group from our YPI projects this year. Rebecca, Janani, Deborah and Samira won £3000 that they donated to Womens Aid Bexley last month. They have been invited to perform this emotional and fantastic poem at the Insitute of Philanthropy celebration event at the end of this month. Today they we're able to work with Musa Okwinga who is a professional poetry reader and these are the results. I am sure you will agree.... amazing!
He hit and slapped her in front of my face,
Causing a riot and taking her grace.
She’s never the one to start a big scene,
But this scene involved her- my mother, my queen.
I peered through my fingers to see my mum cry,
She looked straight at me and whispered “goodbye”.
Her eyes slowly closed for my world to turn black,
I finally knew I quickly lost track.
Flashes of that day could be seen through my eyes,
I remember my mother say: “always be wise!”
Wise I was not as anger pierced through,
Please mum come back I really need you!
He hit and slapped her in front of my face,
Cause a riot and taking her grace,
She’s never the one to start a big scene,
But that scene involved her my mother, my queen.
Miss Udy
He hit and slapped her in front of my face,
Causing a riot and taking her grace.
She’s never the one to start a big scene,
But this scene involved her- my mother, my queen.
I peered through my fingers to see my mum cry,
She looked straight at me and whispered “goodbye”.
Her eyes slowly closed for my world to turn black,
I finally knew I quickly lost track.
Flashes of that day could be seen through my eyes,
I remember my mother say: “always be wise!”
Wise I was not as anger pierced through,
Please mum come back I really need you!
He hit and slapped her in front of my face,
Cause a riot and taking her grace,
She’s never the one to start a big scene,
But that scene involved her my mother, my queen.
Miss Udy
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