Fieldwork Fieldwork remains at the core of the subject and the department runs annual fieldtrips for the Lower, Middle and Upper schools. A June day trip takes the Year 7s to Box Hill to put their classroom map skills to the test whilst two Middle School trips take the pupils from Brighton’s seafront to the Surrey Docks to thoroughly investigate the complex interactions of the human and physical worlds in these scenarios.
Cuba Team photo.
A residential study trip takes Year 12s to the Isle of Purbeck for four days in April. This is a perfect opportunity to get to grips with the physical geography of the coast and also to explore the human issues of rural depopulation and rural rebranding.
A tour of a co-operative farm near Havana, Cuba 2017.
‘It was one thing learning about the redevelopment of the docks in the classroom but another actually seeing it and speaking to the people who had been through and experienced the change in real life.’ Magnus, Year 11 on GCSE Fieldtrip to the Surrey Docks
Brighton Beach Fieldwork.
‘It was great to see the coastal protection methods that we had studied in real life and this let us understand how these actually worked. Ice cream on the pier was pretty good too.’ Louis, Year 11 on GCSE fieldtrip to Brighton
Taking local transport during the Cuban trip.
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