World Water Day

On 22nd March it is World Water Day and the Humanities department want to do their bit by having some fun and raising

money for Water Aid. All this week you can guess how many sweets are in the evian water bottles to win them for only 20p per guess. Also on the 24th March we give you all the chance to get your own back and soak Sexton. In the yard you can throw sponges at your beloved teacher for only 50p per 3 sponges at 12:45pm. We would like to raise this money as one child dies every 17 seconds from drinking dirty water. The money we raise will got towards helping places where water is scarce and are in need of simple water pumps and taps. Come and help us raise money.

York Trip 17th March 2011

Yr 11 Geographers and Yr 10 Historians went to York for the day. The History students were going to look at Viking life in detail to support their unit of work: Raiders and Invaders, whereas Year 11 were visiting York and looking at it from a tourism prospective. It was a great day - the dungeons were really scarey - I screamed a few times!! I would like to make a point of thanking all students who were on the trip for their fantastic behaviour and mature attitudes - you certainly helped me to have a great day - I hope you all did too.

Japanese Nuclear Disaster

Following the tragic events of the Japanese earthquake last week the situation has deteriorated as the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Plant is a very dangerous place. Because of the radiation caused by the plant the city has been evacuated however a small number of people are still there unable to leave and with the possibility of an imminent explosion they are crying for help. The Japanese have sent aid into the city and are doing all they can to stabilise the plant. Keep watching the blog for further updates.

Saturday March 19th - Sponsored Keep Fit!

Today at Sherburn Sports Centre, Year 9 and 10 students took part in a sponsored keep fit to raise money for their forthcoming trip to Barcelona. Everyone completed the minimum distance of 10km. Congratulations to Daniel Lamb, Danny Turnbull and Marcus Owston who completed over 35km! Well Done everyone!

Earthquake/ Tsunami in Japan

An earthquake of a magnitude of 8.9 on the Richter scale has hit Northern Japan triggering a tsunami. The quake happened under the sea at around 7:00am this morning and the number of people killed is yet to be confirmed. We will keep you posted.

Year 10 Coasts

I have just had a look on the internet and thought that I would share this useful website address with you. Currently in Year 10 we are studying coasts and my class have just looked at processes of erosion and the the formation of erosional landforms (Period 4) and also started to identify and find examples of coastal management which we will look at in more depth next week (Period 5). http://www.s-cool.co.uk/category/subjects/a-level/geography/coastal-processes I know it says A-level but don't let that put you off - it has lots of simple diagrams that are well explained - definitely worth a look.

Earthquake in New Zealand

On 22nd February 2011 an earthqauke with a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter Scale hit Christchurch in New Zealand killing 65 people. 120 people have been rescued from the rubble and the relief efforts are estimated to cost £1.6 billion. The tremor caused mass devastation and hit at a relatively shallow depth of 3.1km below the suface of the earth. New Zealand's Prime Minister described the event as the countries darkest days. Helicopters pulled survivors to safety and extinguished the fires.

York Trip - 17th March 2011

Year 1o Historians and Year 11 Geographers are off to York on 17th March. We will be leaving at 7.45 in the morning and returning by approximately 5.00pm. Whilst there we will be visiting Jorvik in the morning and the York Dungeons in the afternoon.

If you want to find out any more information about these two visitor attractions click on the links below:

Jorvik

York Dungeons