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Geography
A team of Geography students across years 7, 8 and 9 took part in a
workshop led by WaterAid – a charity that aims to create a world where
everyone, everywhere has safe water, sanitation and hygiene. Their
mission is to transform the lives of the poorest and most marginalised
people by improving access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
Students learnt about areas in India and Africa which suffer from poor
water resources. They found out about some of the difficulties faced
by people in these areas who have no access to safe drinking water.
Shockingly, at least 10% of the world’s population still live without safe
water to drink and one in three people live without a decent toilet.
As part of the workshop students had the opportunity to carry 7 litres of
water and feel how heavy this felt. They saw pictures of children aged 7
who had to carry 15 litres on their heads for a number of miles.
Water AidWorkshop
During the workshop I realised howmany people, families
an villages are suffering and need help.
Coco Powell
I thought the workshop explained
the world's water problem very well.
I was not aware that there was such
a large problem with world’s water.
Felix Dennison
This workshop helped students identify
and further develop links from their
usual Geography lessons.
Millie Harris, Geography teacher
Over the past six weeks a selection of Year 9 students have
been finding their inner Bear Grylls and have taken part
in a bushcraft project within school. The students have
learnt to make fire from scratch, build shelters to survive
in and to forage for food.
They also got the opportunity to canoe down the River
Dart and make Mrs Wright a cup of tea on their home-
made fire. The students have had a brilliant time – and
learned lots of new skills. The programme finished with
all their parents coming in for a bushcraft celebration
and the students cooked them some trout over the fire in
Kennicott Woods.
Nicola Wright, Head of year 9
Forty-five year 7 students visited the Devon County Show
in Exeter as part of their work in Geography. The students
have been examining their British cultures and traditions
as part of a unit of work entitled
Exploring Britain.
Students had an insight into the world of farming
and took part in a number of hands-on activities led
by FarmWise Devon, who aim to allow pupils to have a
‘beyond the classroom experience’ and to be able to
engage with demonstrations. They planted seeds; made
their own apple juice and saw chicks hatching. They
also saw a number of specialist livestock and watched
the pig-judging event. Then they had a sheep-shearing
demonstration in which Mr Trent lent a hand! Other
animals that the students visited included llamas, goats
and calves. They followed this up by completing basic
geographical fieldwork including a produce survey, land
use survey and practised their field sketching skills.
They also enjoyed excellent performances by KPAC and
KFC, who took to the bandstand to perform. Millie Harris
Year 9 Wildwise Project
It was really interesting to see howyoung
the children were who carried the water,
and how vulnerable they were to being
attacked.
Lauren McGinnis
