Looks like we have a new friend

Look who I came across in the garden today.  I think he is quite old, its the cheesy 70’s lingo that gives it away.  Click to find out what you will be doing (a rough title) this term.  We may be seeing more of him in class soon!

Y9 Globalization of Fashion

Today we have started our globalization unit and kicked it off by looking at Fashion.  Some of you managed to have a go at the Sims Sweatshop activity.  For those of you who didn’t get a chance to play during class then click to see how many you can make.

Here are some web sites where you can find out more about globalization and the fashion industry.

Clean Clothes Campaign These people have kindly lent me a DVD that I will be showing you soon.  The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) is an international campaign, focused on improving working conditions in the global garment and sportswear industries.  The show below shows how much money is spent on the making of a trainer (remember this is in Euro’s)

 

Global Eye focus on fashion – This explains the process of globalisation of the fashion industry and explains the global chain of production and Export Processing Zones.

Global Exchange - Another movement to campaign for a sweat free world.  Lots of info about particular companies such as Nike and Gap and the conditions under which their products are made.

Y11 revising rivers and flooding

After yesterday’s lesson here are a few links to help you to recap the Boscastle flood.  The following teacher run sites are excellent and both go through the causes and effects of the flood.  We have not studied the Lynmouth flood however it is worth looking at as a comparison.

We also went through the different features of a river from upper to lower course.  Listen to this media file by clicking on the player to activiate it and then clicking on the play button. This is a podcast from GCSE Bitesize which explains the changes in the river’s course from source to mouth.  Don’t forget you can download it for your mp3 players by visiting the bitesize audio site

Geographyalltheway has media clips and lots of information for you to look at to add more to your case study.

Geobytes GCSE again has lots of info and links to many other sites.

Thanks to both teachers