61 Year 11 students from Wycombe High School swapped the classroom for the Sussex coastline as they travelled to West Wittering for an essential GCSE Geography field trip.
The visit provided an invaluable opportunity for students to put their classroom learning into practice, investigating how coastal processes influence the formation of sand dunes and assessing the effectiveness of strategies designed to protect the coastline from erosion.
Working in the field, students collected and analysed geographical data, developing their investigative and analytical skills while gaining first-hand experience of the coastal environment.
The trip also fulfilled an important requirement of the GCSE Geography course, which involves undertaking fieldwork outside the classroom on at least two occasions. The findings will help students prepare for the fieldwork-based questions in Paper 3 of their GCSE examinations.
Our WHTV News reporters, Januja and Lea, accompanied the group to discover what students were learning, how they were conducting their investigations and why fieldwork is such an important part of studying Geography at Wycombe High School.
Watch their report and see Geography come to life beyond the classroom!
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