45 Academic Review GEOGRAPHY “Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, and congestion in cities. But Geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more liveable cities.” – Jack Dangermond. Due to it being the year of the Rugby World Cup, the Geography department felt it fit to set each grade an extension task related to their curriculum making use of Japan as an example. I must extend my appreciation to Mrs Tracey van den Aardweg who put everything together for the boys. The activities were a huge success, creating not only an added interest in the World Cup but also educating our boys on the finer details of Japan. Lucky for us, Japan had a natural weather disaster which played directly into our hands. Next year we will look to the Comrades Marathon as our extension activity for the various grades. All our boys, especially our senior grades, have benefited from our new and improved workbooks. These books have allowed boys to work independently on improving their answering techniques and have given them an abundance of exercises to practice whilst making use of their notes. Thanks to the enthusiastic geography staff that have continued to support the vision for the department. The subject remains extremely popular among the boys with next year’s matric group being the largest that we have had over the past few years, which is great for the future of the subject at the College. Mr Jon Robinson HOD Geography The Geography Department is very proud of its 2018 IEB results. The candidates, as a group, achieved an average that was well above the IEB average. This is one of the department’s goals and will remain in place as we move forward. There were no subject failures in the group which is extremely satisfying. This achievement does not just happen, and my thanks go out to the teachers and students that went the extra mile in order to achieve the best results. Congratulations to Dillon Wimbush who walked away with this year’s Geography Prize at Speech Day. There is a good number of capable candidates that are writing this year’s IEB examination and all going well, we are hoping for a strong showing from the 2019 Matrics. The department set a goal to be more hands on in 2018 and to make sure that the boys can link the theory that they study to their environment. In line with this, the Grade 8s and 9s each undertook a field trip. The Grade 8s spent the morning in Howick visiting WESSA, were they completed a river study in conjunction with the Life Sciences department. As an add-on, they were able to visit the falls that are found in nature reserve and learn about the formation of a waterfall. The Grade 9 areas of studies ranged from natural disasters to settlement studies. They spent a day at the Durban beachfront investigating waves and beach migration and the changing land use in the area of Moses Mabhida Stadium, as well as, looking at the new urban renewal project at the beachfront. Durban’s new promenade extention nearing completion
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