How are peoples’ wishes different? Do they change depending on where you live in the country? Does age or gender matter? What do you want? What would you change? What is acceptable and what is unacceptable?
A team of geographers aim to find some basic patterns to show what people dream for and where. It will also discover what you think is most unacceptable in life and if some parts of the country think that kissing in public is more acceptable than others….
You must be in Britain and in KS3 (Years 7, 8 or 9) to take part in this research. The data collected will end up playing a part on some of your geography lessons!
The geography@work Student Award for Geography Filmmaking It’s competition time for Year 9 students!
I found out about this the other day and think we should enter. The task is to make a 60 second film on the theme ‘Do you really know where you live?’ A rather cheeky selection of prizes is on offer, and could be really cool to make. Your film may even end up being shown in a cinema, Nice! The instructions for entering are here, come and see Mr Renshaw if you fancy submitting a video.
As part of the fantastic work by Peace Out in the J8 competition, the Leicester Mercury visited Soar Valley to interview the team this week. The reporter was really impressed with the students and you can read the article that appeared in the Mercury here.
Had some cracking news over the Easter holiday… A hardcore unit of Soar Valley Geographer’s were hard at work before the Easter holiday putting together a proposal for the J8 competition.
To enter the competition, our Soar Valley team had to work together to come up with their own ideas on how to tackle key issues ranging from climate change to poverty and disease.
I was really pleased to hear that the Soar Valley team, Peace-Out have been short listed to act as the delegation from the UK. The chosen team will get the chance to put their views to the world’s most powerful leaders, the G8. They are up against some seriously stiff competition but you can see the list of potential UK delegations here
Their work and commitment to this project has been fantastic. Peace-Out act as great ambassadors for Soar Valley College and will make equally good ambassadors for the UK. All their hard work has paid off and I am really pleased for them. Lets all keep our fingers crossed for the deadline date!
We will be entering this competition next year so keep your eyes peeled!
Hello Y9! Why are some countries rich and some poor? Massive question which we are exploring at the moment. We are starting to look at some of the issues surrounding global trade. In geography this week we have looked at the impact of US subsidies on African cotton farmers and the massive tariffs imposed on Bangladesh when they attempt to export their manufactured garments to the US. For many LEDC’s the current rules regulating trade are not helping them to improve the quality of life for their citizens.
So what can you do? A small step that you can take that would make a difference is to sign the petition organised by OXFAM which will be sent to world leaders. Your name on this list shows that you do care and that you can make a difference. Click the image to open a link to the site.
If you do sign the petition, please take a second to leave a comment which explains why you chose to do so. Your words may encourage someone else to sign up, you might make an even bigger difference!
