06 Oct Geography Department awarded the Met Mark
The Geography Department at Ulidia Integrated College has been awarded the ‘Met Mark’ by The Royal Meteorological Society this September.
The Award was presented to the Department to recognise excellence in weather teaching. This is the second time that the Geography Department has been awarded the prestigious Met Mark, after being originally awarded in 2019.
The award was presented in recognition of excellence in weather and climate teaching including:
- Y13 students completing ‘come rain come shine’ within their AS studies
- Department developed Microclimate fieldwork investigation resources
- In-house developed weather and climate teaching resources for KS3, KS4 and Sixth Form
- Mrs Patterson has been recognised as an Accredited Climate Change Teacher by the UN
- Mrs Patterson has attended and presented to COP26 in October 2021
- The Geography department has invested in updated weather recording equipment to support curriculum work.
- The department has launched its weather station which provides live weather information from the College. The weather data is available for all to access in the school foyer as well as on an interactive panel in the Geography Department.
- Primary data collected from our weather station is used in classes to enhance learning and develop skills.
The Geography Department is very proud to have been awarded the Met Mark and thanks to Mr Dunlop for his hard work in collating the evidence required for the Award.