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07, May, 2012
Category: General
Return to the Forbidden Planet
Showing 22nd-25th May at Ryder Hall
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08, Mar, 2012
Category: General
Al students should have already chosen an option for UP which starts Period 5 Thursday 22nd March.
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17, Feb, 2012
Category: General
Congratulations to Julian Weir on setting 6 new records at swimming sports today. Amazing!
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Geography Programme
Geography Topics Studied are:
Year 9
- Going to Extremes - rainforests, deserts, polar regions
- Pasifika, the physical and cultural geography of the SW Pacific
Year 10
- Rivers and flooding
- Local river study
- Global resource use issues
Field trip: The Te Henui River
Year 11
- Volcanic eruptions
- Population studies
- Sustainable use of environments
- Local geographic issues,
- Geographic research on Mt Taranaki,
- Global patterns and GIS.
Field trip: Mt Taranaki
Year 12
- Urban settlements - Auckland and Singapore
- The evolution of natural landscapes - Amazon and South Island
- Disparities in development in countries - USA and Tanzania
- National geographic issues - geographic research in an urban environment, and global patterns.
Field trip: Auckland City
Year 13
- Natural Processes; coastal processes – North Taranaki
- Cultural Processes; tourism development – Rotorua and Phuket
- The role of geography in planning and decision-making, local issues, geographic research, and analysis of global patterns.
Field trip: Rotorua, North Taranaki Coast, and an optional field trip to Phuket, Thailand.