Upper 4 students visited the world-famous Kew Gardens on Friday as part of the Ecosystems unit of work in the Geography curriculum. Students visited the incredible collection of desert plants in the Prince of Wales conservatory, the rainforest plants in the Palm House as well as walking the treetop walkway to experience the structure of temperate deciduous woodland and visited the temperate greenhouses. This Geography fieldwork opportunity will enable pupils to apply their experience of different plant adaptations and the climate characteristics of different global biomes.

Meanwhile, Upper 5 Geographers completed local fieldwork at Marston Marshes to investigate how width, depth and velocity changes on the river Yare. The group worked collaboratively completing data collection and sampling strategies to investigate the river variables. This opportunity has helped consolidate the study of river features and processes and help prepare for the geographical skills examination paper.

This week, Lower 4 enjoyed a field trip to the North Norfolk coast and at school, U4WM spent time at the pond in Dingly Dell to help cement their understanding of freshwater succession learned so far this term in Geography. In just one year since digging the pond, it has developed plenty of new species of fauna and flora and the resident muntjac deer continue to use it as a favoured watering hole.