Exam Command Instructions...

Year 11 are rapidly approaching their exams and one of the key things we have been trying to get across to them is the importance of understanding key exam command words. These are not just important in geography but also in every exam and if you can understand what the word is asking you to do then answering the question is so much easier. Please view the media clip below which was produced by Daniel Raven Ellison. Hopefully it will help.

You will also find useful the exam command wordsheet downloadable from here.

Send My Friend to School...

This week all my KS3 classes have been involved in the Send My Friend to School campaign. If you aren't aware of the campaign or have forgotten view the media clip below.

All our pupils have been busily creating a paper chain of people to send to Anglea Merkel the German Chancellor. She is in charge of the G8 this year and is hosting their important meeting in June. We will collect all our paper people and send to her prior to this meeting in order to raise awareness and ensure that the G8 keep their promise of education for all by 2015. Hopefully Angela Merkel will help!

Geography@Braunton survey...

We are constantly trying to improve the provision of geography at Braunton and would therefore be interested in your views. Please could you take a couple of minutes to visit this link and complete the short questionnaire. Be honest and hopefully you can contribute to improving geography@braunton!

Case Study Overview...

During your GCSE we have been on at you about the importance of CASE STUDIES when answering your exam questions. It is vital that you know a good range of examples to help you succeed in the summer. Therefore we have designed an overview sheet for you to download and become familiar with. All of the mentioned case studies have been covered during the last 2 years and will be in either your exercise books or course textbooks. Download the overview here.

Past Paper Revision

Its revision time for many of you in year 11! Some will have been doing it for a while, whilst some won't have done any. However it is important that you manage to familiarise yourself with some past paper examples. Therefore the following links will take you to downloadable past papers for both higher and foundation students. Please, please, please make use of them!

Revision PODCASTS for MP3 players!

This is great for all of you with MP3 players and alike. If you click on this link then you can download from the BBC some important revison podcasts which will help with your GCSE exam this summer. Remember a good revision programme is for life not just for the summer...

Year 9 Options

(image courtesy of www.cartoonstock.com)

Its coming to the time of year when year 9 have to decide what they want to study at KS4. In geography we study the OCR C Bristol Project syllabus and have had reasonable success in past years (2006 pass rate 77% A* - C).

If you are thinking of taking Geography at GCSE and you want to know more then please take a look at the powerpoint presentation here!

Exam Command words..again!

I have no idea why but the original which was posted has gone strangely wrong so I have put them back onto 4 share and the link is here if you would like the words for use.

Cheers
Nick

A career in the movies awaits!

Just passing the time before returning to school tomorrow and I came across the great myheritage website mentioned on both Tony Cassidy and Alan Parkinsons blogs. I had played around with this a couple of years ago with my year 11 class but completely forgot about it. Any how after entering a rather poor and tired looking photo of myself on the site it came up with the matches shown below..... I'm off to get myself an agent and into hollywood as a screen double! (Have always liked Catherine Zeta Jones, we'd make a lovely couple!)

http://www.myheritage.com

Roll on the return of school tomorrow.............................not!