Year 10 Geography Fieldwork

04 Mar Year 10 Geography Fieldwork

In the middle of Storm Franklyn and the aftermath of Storm Eunice, 30 students from Year 10 arrived at the Trewern centre, to enrich their GCSE Geography experiences.

The weather wasn’t going to stop them and being kitted up with the finest Trewern waterproofs and wellies, they had a fantastic week of experiences that will hopefully last a lifetime. The aim was to enhance their fieldwork skills, especially decision making, but also to expose them to new environments and give them real life examples of content covered in class.

We had a day in Talgarth looking at the Mill, which was rebuilt in 2010 as part of the Village SOS program, and its impact on the town, which we later compared with Capel-y-ffin at the other end of the rural continuum. We also had a day on the River Dulas, which forms the border between England and Wales, looking at how it changes as it travels from its source towards its confluence with the River Wye.

Back at the centre allowed for a few activities alongside the hard work, so in the evenings the students were able to use the low ropes course and the climbing wall to blow away the cobwebs. It had been a great few days, which we hope have been really memorable and valuable giving these students extra confidence going into their exams and will complement the fieldwork they will do over the coming months with the rest of the class.

We were really impressed with how

conscientiously the students worked and how thorough they were in collecting data, especially arguing over how to rate environmental quality!

Mr Bourne

Head of Geography