Hurricane Irene
Location: parts of USA and eastern Canada
Formed: August 20, 2011
Dissipated: August 29, 2011

Here is an interesting video showing some impacts of Hurricane Irene taken from the BBC News website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14739081

Click on the link at the bottom of the article to find out more.

Thousands of residents are rushing to leave the Thai capital Bangkok, which is braced for potentially severe flooding over the weekend.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15471849

Year 9 Tectonic Unit Revision

All right all you awesome Geoggers! Its about that time where we need to check how well you've understood our amazing Tectonics Unit. In order to prepare for your first crack at a GCSE style exam, I've added to the minigeoggers site some ultra-fantastic links from around the world wide web to remind you of what we've already learned.

First lesson - The Layers of the Earth

Second lesson - Convection Currents

Third lesson - Tectonic Plates and Hazards

Fourth lesson - Earthquakes

Fifth lesson - 2004 Asian Tsunami impacts

Sixth lesson -How do I limit the impacts of an earthquake?

Seventh lesson - How do I plan for a volcanic eruption on my island?

Eighth lesson - What is a volcano anyway?

A brief reminder to all year 9s - We're still looking for your favourite volcanoes and need your feedback for the blog, so let your teacher or find Mrs. Mitchell - a veritable Vesuvius in her own right - so we can know what are the top volcanoes on everyone's mind. Check out this website to see Mrs. Mitchell's favourite volcano in action!

Year 8 India Assessment Help

What an amazing unit India has proved to be this year. All of year 8 have shown incredible enthusiasm for the unit and so far, many classes assessments are looking incredible. For those who need the extra help in remembering what we've learned this unit and to help boost the information you're providing in your India double page magazine pullouts, I've included links below to give more information, along with reminders of what we learned in each lesson.

New India!

Lesson 1: What do we know about India?

Lesson 2: How do others view India?

Lesson 3: What are the physical and human features of India?

Lesson 4: How diverse is India?

Lesson 5: How is life changing in India's cities and what is the impact of globalisation?

Lesson 6: How interdependent is India?

Lesson 7: What is the view of India from India?

Lesson 8: What are the future challenges that face India?

Year 7 Personal Geographies Assessment Help

Year 7 Personal Geographies Assessment Help

A big welcome to the blog for all our year 7 minigeoggers! On this you will find numerous links to resources to help you along this year in your geographical endeavours! We have this term been exploring our own geographical links and giving the ideas we explore in Geography a personal context. Many classes have already begun preparation for their assessments for this unit. To help some of you along in this assignment, we have included links below:
The original plans: http://www.beaumontschool.com/pdf/blife/blife_apr_special_08.pdf
Plans submitted this year:http://www.beaumontschool.com/pdf/BeaumontLifeSpecialeditionDevelopmentProposals2010.pdf
The council's view on the plans: (See page 7 of 19)http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/Images/Appendix%2014%20-%20Areas%20Of%20Search_tcm15-10407.pdf
Article about the problems with the school plans: http://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/business/warning_over_school_playing_field_application_1_294323
Good luck kiddos! Happy geographical hunting!

Year 7 Rivers and Flooding Assessment

Year 7: Here is a little help for your assessment task for this half-term.

Does this look anything like the river we visited?

If you think it does, then what part of the course of the river looks like this?