GCSE Geography Urban Fieldwork - London Docklands

Geography Fieldwork - Docklands

GCSE geography takes the course beyond the textbooks and outside the classroom, with fieldwork a key requirement. Simply put, this means that students have to have to go out into the world and identify key geographical features. Interacting with real-life geographical examples helps to illuminate complex concepts and is also great fun! Following their local fieldwork to Brentford's River Crane last summer, our Year 11 cohort next trip was to the Docklands area in London.

All the work completed on the day will be crucial for their public examinations in June 2027. Therefore, it was so important for them to keep their focus throughout. This was easy as the geography team planned an engaging day, including visiting Canary Wharf, Cubitt Town and a walking tour around the Millwall Dock area. After a successful day, the four came back to the classroom and analysed what they had found. This meant comparing notes and working together to build a detailed case study of the area. This was a fantastic activity to build students' teamwork skills, as well as their ability to critically analyse their surroundings.