Goodbye Year 13

Oil Spill Latest: BP underestimated effects

It's all going on....

Well the exam season is well and truly upon us in what is the busiest part of the year for the department (hence the lack of new posts recently!) The year 12 students have completed their exams with the physical re-sit last Friday and the Human paper on Tuesday. I am quite pleased with the two exams, especially F762 which was straight forward and hopefully pupils should do well overall. The physical paper threw a few surprises, particularly the essays which were 'very physical' in contrast to the previous exams.

However, for Years 10 and 11 the big exams are still ahead of us:

Monday 14th June Year 11 Paper 1, Year 10 Physical Paper.

Thursday 17th June Year 11 Paper 2

We say goodbye to year 11 on Thursday, but year 10 are reminded that revision sessions continue after school on a Wednesday. This week Mr Barber will take the session on Rivers in U35 from 3.10pm. Bring your revision books.

To cheer you up I have posted a video about FC United...happy days!! It's not geographical but it is History in the making (wink)

Tornado kills 5 in Oklahoma

Five people are reported to have been killed in the US state of Oklahoma after several tornadoes ripped through the Southern Plains region.
Hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed and some highways were shut down because of wrecked cars and trucks.

BBC report with video

KHS History blog

Ok, so we may not like them, but the Historians have eventually got round to making a blog and if you study history it may be an idea to have a look. Don't expect much
The website: knutsfordhighschoolhistory blog

BP tries to clean-up oil slick

more to follow...

Revision this week

This week will see the start of Year 10 revision, and an end to the Year 11 sessions. PAN will take a year 10 revision session on Plate Tectonics in U34, and MKT will be finishing off the Year 11 Map Skills topics in U35.
Next week the Year 12 sessions will start on a Tuesday and a Thursday from 3.05 until 4.00. looking at Energy, Tourism and Rural Change. Can't wait!

US Oil Slick threat to the Environment

An explosion on an Oil rig of the coast of the South East USA has caused a 'state of emergency' due to the potential threat to the environment from the resulting oil slick. This is an example of how the socio-economic gains from the exploitation of fossil fuels can have a potentially devastating effect on the wildlife and environment. It is estimated that 5,000 barrels per day of oil are leaking from the rig, and even though efforts have been made to try and mitigate the effects, US politicians and environmentalists fear the worst.

Parts of the slick have been set on fire, and British Petroleum (BP) who owns the rig have used boats and inflatable booms to try and collect the 3 mile long slick.

Icelandic Volcanoes