Updates from the Geography Department at Ponteland High School

Joined March 2020
We're back on international fieldwork this week! A fantastic first day in Iceland today with KS4 & KS5 and lots still to look forward to over the next few days @PontHigh
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An excellent day out with @PontHigh Geographers at Dynamic Earth today - we’ve travelled through a variety of ecosystems and attended our very own Climate Change conference!
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We managed to avoid the rain this afternoon for a walk in Borrowdale spotting truncated spurs and hanging valleys! ⛰ @PontHigh
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Stepping away from Geography and into the Courtroom today! The Y12 students @PontHigh delivered a fantastic performance in the Bar Mock Trial Competition 👏🏼
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Fantastic day out Dynamic Earth today with our Y9 Geographers - we were very impressed by students’ knowledge of climate change! @PontHigh
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Ponteland High Geography retweeted
Brilliant ⁦@guardian⁩ article featuring one of our amazing teachers - Miss Edmondson. We struck gold when we managed to recruit her to start with us in September 2019 in her first teaching post. Great staff = great schools ⁦@PeleTrust⁩ theguardian.com/100-teachers…
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Fantastic start to the final #weeklychallenge of the term - well done Mille (Y10) for getting all 4 correct! 🤩
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One final #weeklychallenge for this term @PontHigh - 4 more #whereintheworld images to have a go at guessing before Friday, then it's the SUMMER HOLIDAYS☀️ Email your teacher with your answers! Best of luck!!!
Answers to our Where in the World #weeklychallenge from last week are as follows - it was a tricky one this week. Well done to Jaz G (Y10) getting the highest number correct! 1. Mexico (Mexico city) 2. Azerbaijan (Baku) 3. Greece (Athens) 4. Montenegro (Kotor)
Just two weeks to go until the end of term, so it's the penultimate Geography #weeklychallenge for @PontHigh students! Here's your 4 images for this week - remember to email your teacher with your answers! Good luck 😀
Some excellent work from our Geographers this week on the #weeklychallenge ! Here's the answers for those that had a go... 1 Australia (Ayers rock) 2 Netherlands 3 Brazil 4 New Zealand (Fiordland National Park)
Great start to this week's challenge - Well Done to Mille (Y10) and James G (Y8) who both scored 4/4!⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Monday = Weekly Challenge Time! Four more countries for you @PontHigh students - remember to email your teacher with your answers! Good luck🍀
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Good Morning Geographers! Here are the answers to last week's Where in the World challenge, well done to those of you who have had a go! 1. Russia (St. Basil's Cathedral) 2. Norway (Lofoten Islands) 3. Uzbekistan 4. Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls)
What fantastic work from some of our @PontHigh students for the @RGS_IBG Young Geographer of the Year competition! Well done Myles and Tom for your exceptional entries! 🤩
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Weekly challenge #7 - can you work out the four places in the images @PontHigh students? Email your teacher with the answers! Good luck🍀
Y9 have made a fantastic start to GCSE Geography @PontHigh. Well done to Amber for this exceptional project looking at how a river changes from source to mouth.
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Happy Monday @PontHigh students! Here's your weekly challenge - identify the four countries using the images and the clues. Email your teacher with your answers. Good luck!!!🍀
Here's the answers to this week's quiz - well done to everyone that had a go! Keep a look out for a new challenge on Monday 👀
More excellent responses to the emoji quiz - well done Ryan L and Zac B (Y7) and Matty R and Charlie T (Y8) getting 25/25! Mille L-D (Y10) and Jack W (Y8) also getting high scores - great job!!!