Following two very successful days dodging the showers on Dartmoor the Year 9 Geography students have had a chance to submit a photograph for the Dartmoor photo competition. A huge number of …[Read More]

As always, the passing of the summer solstice signals a very busy period within the geography department. We saw the Year 11 students finish their GCSE exams and wish them the best …[Read More]

The end of June signalled our annual humanities trip to two exciting locations with Year 7. This was Maiden Castle (the largest earth fort in Europe), and Lulworth Cove, home to the …[Read More]

Next up were the Year 10’s to Exeter and Dawlish Warren to collect data for their fieldwork experiences. This feeds into their AQA Paper 3 Skills exam next summer. Unlike last year …[Read More]

Year 12 have just returned from Leeson House where we spent three days studying Geographical concepts such as urban rebranding in Boscombe, local hydrology near Swanage and coastal processes on Chesil Beach. …[Read More]

The Year 12 Environmental Science class took part in a two hour laboratory practical as part of their unit on Soil and Soil Erosion. This unit of work falls under the ‘Research …[Read More]

The Geography department were lucky enough to host some of the staff from the Natural History Museum (NHM) for a two hour question and answer session with over 50 students from Year …[Read More]

Lights Cameras Action! As part of their study into tourism, the Year 8 Geography students spent 2 days in Lyme Regis finding out about tourism in the local area. During this time …[Read More]

Where can the study of A level Geography and Environmental Studies take you? We got in touch with 4 ex-students who have recently graduated from the Sixth Form and asked them what …[Read More]