Coastal Fieldwork Trip

Coastal Fieldwork Trip

We are lucky that our small independent school in Yorkshire is situated in such a beautiful location. The easy access to the outdoors and the North York Moors National Park, gives us great opportunities for field-trips and coursework. This is is important to everyone,...

Investigating tourism in Geography

Once again, the year 9 geography groups have been investigating tourism. Two years ago, we were in lockdown at this time so I decided that a good activity would be to create an iconic landmark from a chosen city/country. As it worked so well I decided to keep doing...

Great scope to travel the world virtually

Geography offers great scope to travel the world virtually – a necessity over the last couple of years! It enables pupils to gain insights into how others live, and to investigate how different, and similar, we truly are. My GCSE and A Level groups tend to be...

Year 11s out to do some fieldwork

After a couple of unusual years, I finally managed to get my year 11s out to do some fieldwork. It seemed a little odd sitting in the minibus once again, on our way to a river, equipment in hand. The day had an Autumnal chill to it but it was dry and that was the main...