On a glorious autumnal weekend, 118 Year 11 geographers set off to Somerset to carry out fieldwork and research as part of their IGCSE Geography course.
The Sunday afternoon was spent investigating how the long and cross profile of the River Holford’s course changed from its source to its mouth. Pupils donned their wellies and used a variety of river fieldwork equipment to measure width, depth, wetted perimeter and velocity. After a hearty meal at the stunning Nettlecombe Court Field Centre, pupils began analysing their results in the evening, before having some free time to relax.
On the Monday pupils set off to Porlock Bay, a beautiful relict fossil pebble beach, to investigate how beach profile changes from the foreshore to the back of the beach. Pupils used clinometers, measuring tapes, callipers and the Power’s Index to study gradient, pebble size and pebble roundness. The morning ended with a packed lunch and an ice cream on the beach, before the coaches departed for London.
Many thanks must go to all the pupils and the Geography department in helping to ensure the trip ran smoothly and was a lot of fun!
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