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Geog Squad Juniors

Posted on 14 Mar, 2018 in About GMS, Geography

The “Geog Squad Juniors” meets every Wednesday in A10. Mrs Messenger, Mrs Wheeler and Hannah Brind (a Year 12 student) run this very creative lunch club. The club was particularly creative when they decorated Mrs Wheeler’s classroom with a “Rainforest Wall”. This tied in with...

Geography Field Trip to Swanage

Posted on 12 Jul, 2017 in 6th Form, About GMS, Geography, Trips Reviews

We left, not too early, on Friday 30th June at 9 am and arrived in Swanage after lunch. After unpacking our bags we walked to Peveril Point headland. Here we were told about the geology of Swanage bay and of Ballard Down. We carried out our first fieldwork method by drawing a field sketch of our...

Barry Russell MBE Environment Specialist Visits Geography

Posted on 18 Nov, 2016 in About GMS, Events, Geography, Key Stage 3

On Friday 4th November some of GMS’s Year 8 geography students had the opportunity to talk to an Environment Agency worker. Year 8 have been working on the topic of flooding and how it is managed. The purpose of the visit was to show how the topic of flooding has a real world application. Students...

AS Geography Trip to the Holderness Coast

Posted on 28 Mar, 2016 in 6th Form, About GMS, Curriculum, Events, Geography, Trips

The aim of the geography field trip was to, of course, build on the success of last year’s trip, and to offer preparation for the upcoming exam in May. The main task was to visit the Holderness coast and assess the effects of tourism. the problems considered were then need for rebranding; the effects of...

GCSE Field Trip to Bournemouth

Posted on 12 Jul, 2015 in About GMS, Curriculum, Events, Geography, Key Stage 4, Trips, Trips Reviews

It was the hottest day of the year when the year 10 pupils went to Bournemouth in order to complete some preparatory work for their GCSE geography fieldwork. The aim of their visit was to collect data to assess whether Bournemouth is in the rejuvenation or decline stage of tourism development, as shown in...