Year 12 Geography residential trip to Cranedale, Yorkshire

Last week, Year 12 Geography students visited one of the fastest eroding coastlines in Europe: the Holderness Coast. Students saw a variety of coastal management protecting the coast in Hornsea and, in contrast, evidence of people’s homes fallen into the sea where no coastal management was in place at Skipsea. A day trip to Scarborough challenged the students’ perception of the town and questioned whether the regeneration has been successful or not. Students prepared for their NEA coursework by practicing a range of data collection techniques, including beach sediment size and emotional mapping, whilst learning how to present this data using GIS.

Here are some photos and comments from students about their experience.

I really enjoyed learning about new data techniques on my Cranedale trip; they not only helped me learn useful techniques which I can now use in my NEA but it also allowed me to discover more about the place itself. One technique which was really useful to learn, was emotional mapping, which really helps to understand what Scarborough was like on a social level. Alice Lynn

I found the introduction of new data collection and presentation methods very helpful for the NEA as some are abstract and different in comparison to others I knew about already. The beach trip to Holderness was very informative and interesting and combined the enjoyable aspects of both physical and human geography. Lily D’Souza