Ms March (Head of Geography)

On Friday 11th March, 22 Lower Sixth geographers accompanied by Mrs Page (Geography Teacher) and I headed to the Yorkshire Wolds for a weekend of fieldwork activities. The purpose of the trip was to look at some of the aspects of their course in ‘real life’ and develop geographical skills that they would then put into practice with their own course work which they will be carrying out in the summer term. We were very excited to be out of the classroom and seeing geography in action.

The students arrived at Cranedale late afternoon, and enjoyed a lovely  walk for the first afternoon. Saturday, we spent a day in Scarborough looking at ‘sense of place’ which is part of changing places and human geography. Lots of exploring the streets of the centre of Scarborough (and ice creams)  made for an interesting day. Back at Cranedale Study Centre, we spent some time In the evening in the classroom assessing and evaluating the data that had been collected in the day.

On Sunday, we turned our attention to physical geography and looking at coastal erosion/management in Hornsea. The students spent time on the beach measuring beach profiles and size of sediment to explore the idea of longshore drift and evaluating the effectiveness of the coastal management scheme that had been put in place. We then moved on to Skipsea to see what happens if there is not any coastal management.  All had a great time and arrived back safely in Bedford at 7:30pm, a good night’s sleep had by all.

Emily Perry said: “The geography trip was an amazing experience, I particularly enjoyed the milkshake in Scarborough and measuring the effectiveness of coastal management schemes.

Dulcie Owen added: “The trip to Yorkshire really expanded my physical geography knowledge of beach profiles and coastal management.”

Erin Rowe said: “I really enjoyed being able to go out on a field trip and explore coastal management first-hand finally due to COVID.”