Church of England School
To find out more about the curriculum at Crompton House contact our Associate Curriculum Deputy via s.hegarty@cromptonhouse.org
Church of England School
To find out more about the curriculum at Crompton House contact our Associate Curriculum Deputy via s.hegarty@cromptonhouse.org
Holly Creevy writes about the recent fieldtrip in preparation for their Geography NEA (coursework): On the 1st July we arrived in sixth form, packed and ready to go for our 3 day Geography adventure to North Wales – we had a one hour lesson by Mr Smith where we were shown the physical geography fieldwork …
Year 12 A Level Geography Fieldtrip – North Wales – July 2019 Read More »
Beth Martin Nixon writes about the recent Geography fieldtrip: After an eight-hour coach journey, and several stops off at McDonald’s, we finally arrived at the Swanage Centre! We had our welcome meeting before our evening dinner and we had free time before lessons to discover the grounds of where we were staying. After an hour …
Year 10 GCSE Geography Fieldtrip to Swanage, Dorset – June 2019 Read More »
Holly Creevy writes about the recent Geography trip to Iceland. Thursday 14th to Monday 18th February 2019, such an amazing few days where everyone made memories that will last forever. A once in a lifetime experience and I think everyone will agree that these memories were made in one of the most naturalistic and beautiful …
Year 11 Iceland Geography Adventure – February 2019 Read More »
Year 11 GCSE Geography Fieldtrip – Swanage October 2018 Fleur Marsland writes about the recent fieldtrip to Swanage. It took an agonising 7 hours on a coach to get to Swanage. When we got we went to the rooms, had tea and chilled. At around 7 we had a lesson for an hour and a …
Madeleine Bamford reviews the recent Geography trip: On Wednesday the 19th September and Friday 21st September, all year 8 Geographers went to Castleton- a local village in the Peak District National Park. The Peak District was established in 1951, adopting the size of 1,437 KM2. Around 40,000 people live in the national park and it is …
Year 9 Watersports Holiday – Ardeche, South of France. August 2018 Beth Martin-Nixon reviews the recent Year 9 Watersports holiday to the Ardeche: Watersports PGL 2018 – France We arrived at school on a rainy Sunday afternoon, not how I pictured the start of our long sunny holiday in the South of France. The French …
Beth Martin Nixon looks back on the recent Year 9 trip to Manchester: Friday 29th June was a beautiful sunny day for Year 9’s urban Geography field trip to East Manchester. We nearly didn’t get to go on the trip as the first set of coaches didn’t turn up. We did wonder if we would be …
Halle Greenwood, Libby Kershaw and Jessica Evans recall the Iceand trip which took place in February. What an amazing opportunity and such a brilliant experience that we have had for the students who visited Iceland from Wednesday 7th February till Sunday 11th. I’m sure everyone will agree that it was an unforgettable few days in …
Beth Martin Nixon recalls how she spent one day during the Easter holidays researching her interests: We first arrived in Sheffield at around 9am. We had two hours before the day started, so we walked down to Ponds Forge and went swimming. After that we walked up Sheffield Hallam’s Owen Building to meet Harriet, the …
