On Thursday the 27th of November, 9Ka and 9Ta took part in a workshop ran by two members of the British Geological Survey team.
The following report was written by John Goward and Max Angel in year 9:
“Lee and Helen told us all about the volcanic eruptions that have continued to occur since 1995 at Soufriere Hills volcano, found on the Caribbean island of Montserrat.
"The volcanic hazards are still present from one of three volcanoes on the island (Soufriere hills), the other two magma mounds being dormant for over 500,000 years.
"The Emerald Island volcanoes are fascinating for geologists due to their pyroclastic flows and explosive lava domes.
"We were split into 3 teams , the scientists, local people and the local government team, and had to decide how we would react if another eruption were to happen on the island.
"Using maps, photographs and information sheets we could imagine what it would be like to live there and at what point we would choose to evacuate our homes.
"It was very interesting, and we really enjoyed it.”