What do scientist’s call dirt? Soil of coarse!
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]
Category: Geography Horizons
The NHM comes to Woodroffe.
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]
Year 8 Fieldwork in Lyme Regis 2019
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]
Geography & Environment Alumni
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]
Ten Tors Update – November 2018
With the 2019 Ten Tors event still many months away the training has started in earnest. While the final event will require students to walk in teams of 6 for 45 miles over rough terrain with full backpacks …[Read More]
Geography Autumn Update 2018
As the meteorological winter draws ever closer it has been a busy autumn in the Geography department. Following a highly successful trip to Naples, the 6th form had the opportunity to have …[Read More]
Naples 2018
Warm sunny days and evenings greeted thirty 6th form students as they descended onto southern Italy for 4 days to discover the geographical and historical features of the Naples Bay area. The …[Read More]
Year 9 Dartmoor 2018
Mist fog and wind? It must be Year 9’s trip to Dartmoor 2018! Last week 180 Year 9 geographers went to Dartmoor to experience the moor in all its moods and to find out whether […Read More]