Page 14 - The College Echo Spring 2019

12 Geography

Coastal Studies at Dawlish Warren Donkey in the Caribbean

From Monday,11 March to Friday, 15 March, Year 8 Geography Many thanks to Matthew in Year 9, who
students completed a curriculum visit to Dawlish Warren as part accompanied Donkey Hoaty to Barbados
of their coastal studies coursework. During their visit, the students recently. Donkey can be seen relaxing on
were able to employ a range of fieldwork techniques and the beach reading up on the island.
experience the reality of what they had recently been studying Barbados is a former British Colony and the
in class. In small groups, they walked out to Langstone headland name comes from the word for beard.
to see some of the prominent features of coastal erosion and What is the capital city of Barbados?
also explored the unique environment of the Warren itself, and
the sand dunes and beach that are so popular with locals and
tourists.
Students identified a range of factors which affect the area both
in a positive and a negative way and were particularly focused
on comparing the environmental quality of the whole area,
which will be written up in the format of a GCSE fieldwork
investigation.

Fieldwork Studies on Regeneration

The Year 12 Geographers have completed their second day of
fieldwork. This time the visit was to Royal William Yard and the
Stonehouse area of Plymouth. The focus of the trip was to

support their learning
for the Regenerating
Places unit, and to
help them to
develop their
fieldwork skills.
The students were
measuring
environmental
quality, building
quality and mapping
the land use of the
area.

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