Redland High School played host to the Worldwise Quiz 2015 on Thursday Nov 20th. Eleven teams from Red Maids’, Bristol Grammar, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Redland High, St Mary Redcliffe and Temple Schools and Ashton Park competed in this annual event …
On November 18th 2015, Bristol Grammar School took two teams to Redland High School for the annual Worldwise Geography Quiz. One team was made up of three year 10 students, their first time doing the quiz, and the year 11 …
Sam Pearson of Bristol Grammar School (Year 11) reports on win at WWQ Read more »
The most recent GA session (11th November 2015) ‘Congo’s Curse: Unearthing the link between Natural Resources and Violent Conflict‘ was both informative and thought-provoking, leaving the audience enlightened about the motivations of armed groups, the causes of the resource conflict …
Calum James (St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple School) reports. The most recent GA session was enlightening, not only because of the lecture by Alan Terry on ‘Improving the quality of water resources in Uganda’, but also because of the information …
Calum James, St. Mary Redcliffe, on first session in GA Autumn programme Read more »
Last Autumn, we participated in the Bristol Worldwise Geographical Association Quiz at Clifton College. We competed against many other presigious schools from around Bristol. The rounds were varied and challenging, from general geographical knowledge to fieldwork and OS maps. The …
Our team comprised of two school ‘brainiacs’ Jen Atherton and Eloise Massett and two ‘creative minds’ in Katy Jones and Genevieve Sabherwal. We began the evening with a cheeky team bonding session in a local café before a quick trip …
Winning team from Backwell School recount their experiences of the GA Competition 2015 Read more »
Two lectures were presented at the Bristol GA ‘Spring Conference’ that provided useful facts with sources related to tourism to use as our case studies in our summer AS exams. Dr. Jenny Hill from the University of West of England …
The fourth Geographical Association Worldwise Quiz was held on Monday 1st December at Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute. It was entered by 7 teams and keenly contested, with Beechen Cliff School’s team winning the Don Lovell Trophy by a …
Twelve teams from Clifton College, Backwell, Red Maids’, Bristol Grammar, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Redland High and St Mary Redcliffe and Temple Schools competed last night (Thursday Nov 20th) in this annual event that tests geographical knowledge for Years 8 -10.. …
St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple win Bristol Worldwise Quiz 2014 Read more »
Maya Willis-Fry (Weston College) reports: Dr Katsu Goda gave an insightful lecture at the University of Bristol on Tuesday 11th November. Members of the audience were typically A-Level geography students from schools all around Bristol and North Somerset. The content …
Maya Willis-Fry (Weston College) reflects on ‘Cascading Risks’ talk Read more »