Geography Excellence

The Department featured in a programme for Teachers TV entitled: How to Teach Sustainable Development. This focused on the collaboration between the Geography and Citizenship Department to produce joint cross-curricular schemes of work. Mr Barton and Mrs Massicks also promote the 'Better Ways to School 'initiative. This includes: Cyclewise Training for Year 7 on The Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust allows school children to purchase top of the range cycle helmets for £5 via their school through the BWTS. A National Walk cycle school bus to School Week on 21-25 May 2007. The impact of the above ideas will be measured using before and after surveys.It displayed within the school as a large tree after walk to school week. Each student will add their name to a green leaf if they travelled by walking, cycling or school bus, or a brown leaf if they travelled by car. The visual impact will be brilliant!