Restless Earth workshop
Eco efforts rewarded
Sibford School has retained its prestigious Eco Schools Green Flag status. Assessor Janet Denver visited the school in May and
gave us top marks, which means we are able to fly the flag for a further two years. Simon Baker, who heads the Eco Schools project at Sibford, said: “Having achieved Green Flag status many schools tend to become complacent and lose it on their biennial inspection. Janet loved what we are doing here and was especially impressed with our efforts to reduce food waste and with our composting trials.” Simon and Janet are pictured above with Sibford Eco Schools representatives Charlie Riley, William Preece, Richard Holdcroft and Ashley Vinning. Below: Year 7 pupils Julia Beaumont, Bethany Mitchell and Spencer Farley dig deep to plant a fledgling hedge. When mature, the 34-metre hedge will act as a buffer zone between the school and a neighbouring farm, helping to prevent the spread of agro chemicals into the conservation area and so encourage biodiversity.
Members of the British Cartographic Society visited Sibford in March to run a Restless Earth Workshop, aimed at demonstrating the role that good map design can play in the aftermath of an earthquake, such as the one which hit Japan in 2011. Students were asked to imagine that they were in the city of Sendai, three days after the earthquake and tsunami hit the region.
Peter Jones, chair of the BCS Programme Committee said: “The workshop is designed to get students out of their comfort zone and help them to understand the challenges that face disaster recovery agencies in trying to design a map that suits all their needs. The individual briefs are in part mutually exclusive, so that what one team member wants to put on the final map may well clash with the requirements of another team member ~ this is where the key role of co-ordination comes in.” Simon Baker, Sibford’s head of Geography, said: “Restless Earth is one of the three main topics in the GCSE syllabus but, unlike the other two, which are coasts and rivers, it is obviously not one where students can benefit from field work. “This workshop enabled them to get a taste of the challenges that face response organisations in the aftermath of a major earthquake. “We were extremely fortunate that the British
Cartographic Society was able to come to school to run this workshop and were delighted that students from other schools including Banbury School and North Oxfordshire Academy were able to join us for this very valuable experience.”
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