news from the geography department

September was a busy month for the Geography Department. Firstly Year 7 had a fantastic day of activities in the Lickey Hills Country Park. All girls participated in an exciting orienteering course which caused a little confusion but generated a lot of fun as maps were interpreted, clues found, trees and bracken grappled with and wrong turnings corrected before time ran out! The second half of the day consisted of some ‘sensory’ fieldwork. This approach requires pupils to use a range of senses to interpret the landscape visible from the Lickey Hills. The weather was kind to us, so an excellent view could be seen across the city but we also closed our eyes to listen to the surroundings to produce a sound map. A successful and rewarding day was had by all.

Sixth form Geographers had the opportunity to hear Professor Iain Stewart of BBC TV fame give an exciting talk on National Hazards at King Edward VI Five Ways School on 29th September. Professor Stewart has many fans amongst Key Stage 4 and 5 geographers as his ‘Earth’ series provides the department with many excellent clips to use in lessons! He is a lively and entertaining speaker and his talk, together with recent research into volcanic hazards in Indonesia provided by Katherine Donovan, a PhD student, provided us with much thought provoking information regarding the risks people live with in many parts of the world.

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