Great Academy Ashton Geography Department

Week working along the coast in Kenya!

Safari day in Kenya!

129 cows and goats wormed in Kenya!

129 goats and cows wormed today!

This morning we wormed 129 goats and cows with the Masai tribe!

Today we built a sheep pen to keep the lions out!

@KayeSowler Signal is very limited and there’s no WiFi so no news is good news!

@GAA_Geography Thank you so much for this! ❤️

Today we arrived at the wildlife foundation near Nairobi. All students are safe and well!

Today our students head out to Kenya for 4 weeks to carry out community and environmental projects. Hopefully they’ll see the big 5 along the way!

@AngelaRayner Thank you so much for your letter. Genuinely a privilege to serve Ashton, GAA and your constituents. It was just lovely to receive this morning. @GAAshton_news

Camp Kenya 2025 sponsored walk this morning. Portland basin along the Ashton canal to central Manchester. Well done to all students for completing the 7.5 mile walk. #campkenya #campsinternational

120 Year 10 students recently completed their GCSE fieldwork in Betws-y-coed, North Wales!

Best of luck to all of our Year 11s sitting Paper 1 Geography tomorrow!!

Today 8S explored the volcanoes of the world through VR to help understand features of a volcano.

GCSE fieldwork risk assessment completed this weekend in Betws-y-coed, Eryri (Snowdonia) National park. Year 10 get your wellies ready!

Two great opportunities to join our GAA Family...teacher of geography and mathematics teacher with KS4 responsibilities. Details available here: gaa.greatacademies.co.uk/academy-inform… @GAAshton_news @GAA_Geography @GAA_Maths

A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our students and their families. Enjoy the break and see you all in 2024!

A massive thank you to all the Year 7 students that attended the disco tonight, What an amazing year group you are! All funds raised will go towards GAA’s expedition to Kenya in 2025. #GAAshton_news #campsinternational

Tremendous to receive our recognition from @CampsInt @GAA_Geography very much looking forward to Kenya 2025!!