Year 10 Geography Fieldwork at Carding Mill Valley

In preparation for their Paper 3 exam accounting for 30% of the Geography GCSE, students are required to undertake a physical fieldwork study. Over the course of two days, 90 Year 10 students travelled up the M6 to undertake their investigation in Carding Mill Valley, Shropshire. The area is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Site of Special Scientific Interest as it contains a number of habitats supporting wildlife and plants.

The aim of the day was to investigate Bradshaw’s model and to prove or disprove the hypothesis that the velocity of a river increases as you go downstream.

Armed with clipboards and enthusiasm, our geographers measured the width, depth, velocity and the bed load of the river at different. As part of the fieldwork, students also made the gentle ascent along the river to the four metre cascade at the picturesque Light Spout Waterfall.

On both days, the students were exceptional and coped with the contrast of weather conditions and the added delay of getting home on Thursday due to the M6! They worked tirelessly to collect the correct information and the data required to help them with the rest of their investigation. Well done to all the Year 10 geographers. Your teachers were very proud of you and you were a credit to our school. Thank you to Miss Davey, Miss Gannon, Mrs Lavin, Mrs Taylor and Mrs Todd for supporting the fieldwork.

Miss Browne
Teacher of Geography