Amazonia Part 1

Our first trip of the year to Amazonia at Strathclyde Country Park was the highlight at the end of our S1 Amazon topic. 50 excited pupils were given a guided tour of the creatures in Amazonia before being able to hug Eva the python, cuddle Dave the tarantula and try not to squish the life out of Chubby the tree frog.
You can see more pictures from the day on our S1 page.

Kindrogan Field Trip 2014

Our annual trip to Kindrogan saw a change to some of our usual activities but allowed all the pupils to work on collecting and processing data for their Added Value Units.
We saw a variety of weather (including snow), some fallings-in, waterlogged wellies and 20 packets of biscuits scoffed in a record beating time!
See all the pictures on our S4 page link.

Merry Christmas & Happy 2014 from Clydebank Geography!

Class 1.3 celebrated the last Geography class of the term by making their own pop-up volcanoes. They all managed to do this in under 40 mins which is a bit of a record as it has been known for some classes to make the activity last almost a week!

National 4 Glaciation Trip

National 4 Glaciation Trip

Only Clydebank Geography pupils would be hardy enough to head out on a field trip in the middle of December!
Our tour took in a variety of glacial deposition and erosion features and also a variety of weather...it got a bit warmer when the sun finally came up...and by lunchtime it actually turned into a really nice day!
We stopped for lunch at the newly refurbished David Marshall lodge in Aberfoyle. After a brief survey of shops and facilities in the town we headed to Duncryne Hill for a bit of a walk and possibly one of the best views of Loch Lomond - it was well worth the climb.
We even managed to get back to school before the sun set as we know that Geography in the dark can be a bit tricky!

S3 Geography Trip to St Mirren Football Club

We headed off to St Mirren Football Club in Paisley as part of our ‘Geography of Football’ course.

After visiting the site of the old Love Street stadium we were very impressed with the new purpose built stadium. Our full guided tour took in the changing rooms, kit room (those socks could do with a wee dab of Vanish!), trophy cabinet (there were a few spaces) and the conference suite.

We were amazed by the range of different jobs and were very impressed that the club has created a community hub for the area and it is not just football that goes on there!

After a photo opportunity on the pitch with the League Cup we discovered why the new site was chosen and the many benefits it has brought to the club and surrounding area.

Our trip was rounded off with a kick-about in the new £250,000 training dome - some took it a bit more seriously than others. The dome is is the only one of its kind in the UK at the moment.

Many thanks to everone at St Mirren for making us feel so welcome and especially to Ross for his fantastic tour guide skills.

S2 Orienteering - Mugdock Country Park
Our first excursion of the new term saw our brave S2 orienteers finding their way around Mugdock Country Park using their newly aquired map skills.
Some took the challenge to a whole new level and seem to have gone a bit 'Bear Grylls' once out in the woods. We're not sure if they hunted down their lunch or just survived on pocket rations (lots of sweets) but they did return completely covered in mud and bits of foliage....others preferred the relative safety of the play park after completing the course.
Well done to everyone for taking part!

Welcome back and a great big welcome to all our new S1 pupils at Clydebank High School!
This year's 'welcome' sandcastle is not quite as good as the creation  from last summer (scroll down blog to compare if you have nothing better to do with your time). Clydebankgeography thinks this may be to do with the amount of water, grain size, bedrock, size of bucket and spade available and the fact that the temperature was a good 20degrees warmer this summer. Clydebankgeography moved north to a little village called Portmahomack to create the castle.

Anyway, this year we have plenty of trips, including a couple of new ones and a whole load of tourism based activities to get us out and about. Make sure you sign up early and make the most of the trips on offer!