Year 10 GCSE Geography Fieldwork
Year 10 have been out and about “into the field” a couple of times in quick succession recently. Firstly, the Geographers assembled on Fishergate at 9:20am on Tuesday 25th June, many with Starbucks in hand, ready to test if Preston follows the Burgess Model of Urban Land Use. This involved moving outwards from the city centre to the edge of Preston to perform various test to collect data and try to ascertain if the buildings, traffic and environment quality changed as hypothesised. The cohort showed all the resilience we expected from a group of Geographers and the experience will put them in excellent stead for answering questions on Paper 3 exam next summer; this is always a real strength for Penwortham Girls’, and the attitude and commitment shown by these students on the days suggest next year will be no different.
On Thursday 11th July the same cohort of Geographers took off from school once again, this time to expereince some of the wooded areas in the local area. Although dry the conditions under foot were challenging due to all the recent rain, but once again the resiliance shown was improessive. The Geogrphers also deomonstrated excellent recall of the content on the Deciduous Woodland Ecosystem topic – well done everyone!
Mr Bowles
Curriculum Leader for Geography
