News: Geography
Duke of Edinburgh Silver Go Rock Climbing
Our Silver DofE students travelled to Eskdale for a rock climbing day, giving them the perfect opportunity to bond ahead of their summer expedition.
Mapping Success: Year 11 Geographers Take on Preston
Year 11 Geography Students Complete Urban Fieldwork in Preston. A report by Mr Metcalfe, Head of Humanities
Geography Games: Escaping the norm and battling for success
Year 11 Geographers at Priory are taking a creative approach to revision as they prepare for their GCSE exams this summer.
Year 7 ensure there's lots of clubs to join at Priory
Our Year 7s continue to impress us every day and we want to highlight some of the amazing clubs that these pupils have started. (Part 2)
Year 7 Students Complete Their First Fieldwork Study
Year 7 has completed a microclimate study conducted in and around the school grounds.
Humanities Clubs at Priory
History Club has been earning about the Celts and Romans which has culminated with them making their own battle shields.
Year 7 line up their models to impress Geography teachers
Pupils have once again got creative for the annual Geography Contours Competition.
Earth-shattering moments in Geography for Year 8
In Geography, Year 8 students have recently embarked on an exciting project to construct earthquake-proof buildings using everyday materials like cardboard, straws, and plastic bottles.
Year 11 geography river field visit - Wycoller
GCSE Geography students visited Wycoller to complete their fieldwork study prior to their GCSE exams this summer.
Potter and Paris Trip 2024
On Friday, 20 September a group of 40 pupils set off on a residential trip to Harry Potter Studios, London, and Paris, incorporating Disneyland and many key tourist attractions in the cities.
Year 9 & Year 10 Duke of Edinburgh Success
All pupils had to complete a form of volunteering, improve their physical fitness and learn a new skill. Pupils then completed a two-day expedition at Rivington,
Geography Club in the Spring
Geography Club went outdoors to study the woodland in the spring.
Humanities reward artists for their postcard designs
Talented Priory pupils put pen to paper to design a Humanities rewards postcard.
Year 7 pupils line up their models to impress Geography teachers
Pupils were praised as ‘extremely creative’ as the annual Geography Contours Competition enjoyed record entries!
A Parisian adventure
A group of 45 pupils, along with five staff, set off for Paris. The three-day coach trip began shortly after school with a giddy group of Year 7 and 8 pupils.
Year 8 take in the wonders of Windermere
It’s that time of year again where the Geography department take Year 8 to Bowness on Windermere to carry out enquiry fieldwork.
Mr Watters to retire after 29 years at Priory
Lead Geography teacher Mr Watters, one of Priory’s longest serving members of staff, will leave at the end of this term after 29 years at Priory
Paris-Belgium June 2023: The Daily Journal
Forty four pupils have set off for Paris and Bruges accompanied by Mr Watters, Mrs Elliott, Miss Makinson, Mrs Whalley, Mr Faulkner and Mr Kenrick.
Icelandic adventures
The group of 70 pupils and 7 staff set off in the early hours of Thursday morning for a five day adventure to Iceland.
GCSE Geography Liverpool field trip
The Geography department took their Year 10 classes to Liverpool for a compulsory field trip as part of their GCSE studies.
Earth shattering time for Year 8 Geography
Mrs Kursitis' Year 8 classes have been creating earthquake proof buildings this week.
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Whole school sponsored walk
As we head towards our 70th anniversary celebrations, on Friday 11 November, the school will take part in a sponsored walk to raise funds to develop the Assembly Hall and stage.
GCSE Geography pupils have a field day at Wycoller
During the last week of half term, the Geography department took four groups of GCSE pupils out to Wycoller, near Colne.
London calling - at last!
After two years of waiting, Priory's Year 9, 10 & 11s finally set off on their trip to London and Paris on Wednesday.
Year 11 Helmsley Residential Trip
A Year 11 group of 30 pupils travelled by minibus for a superb long weekend to a wonderful youth hostel at Helmsley, North Yorkshire.
GCSE Geography have a field day in Liverpool
The Humanities Department has taken four different GCSE Geography groups to Liverpool to complete a wide range of urban fieldwork studies.
Humanities get work rewarded with new postcard
There will be new Humanities rewards postcards sent out next term!
Year 7 mark their lines in Geography
The Year 7 pupils have been using cardboard, wood and paper to make contour models in the annual geography competition.
Design the Humanities' praise postcard
Would you like the chance to have your design put in print as the new Humanities praise postcard?
Meet the teacher - Mrs Kursitis
Mrs Kursitis has travelled the world to boost her geography knowledge – and is now sharing it with the pupils at Priory.
An 'AA' trip to remember
This week has seen around 80 Year 11 students consolidating their classroom learning with their compulsory Geography field trip to Heysham and Morecambe.
A fantastic day out!
Year 10 Geography field trip: Wycoller. Written by Emily B, Erin W, Laura B, Violet S & Olivia D (Year 10)
Water way to end the term
Year 9 and Year 10 Geography pupils have had the opportunity to complete the first of their fieldwork skills trips by visiting the Wycoller Beck and investigating river theories studied in class.
Geography are writing river-ting poems for their GCSE
Year 10 have been studying rivers as part of their GCSE course and preparing themselves for their adventure out on compulsory fieldwork in the coming weeks.
Year 8 Geography: A cracking good job!
This week Year 8 have started their new topic of Plate Tectonics.
Geography's all a big game to year 7 pupils
Year 7 pupils were playing games in Geography – with a twist as they learnt about the movement of water within the Earth and the atmosphere.
