Cambridge Fieldwork
Every year, the Geography Department take our Y10 Geographers to Cambridge City Centre to undertake their human fieldwork that they will use in their Y11 summer exams, exploring inequalities, challenges, sustainability and what it is like to live in Cambridge.
This year, we took 155 students over 5 days to practice valuable skills around the city, Amelia Giblin (10J1) has written about her group’s experience:
Our day started at 8am when we got the coach to Cambridge, excited about what the day had to offer us. After a 1.5 hour coach ride, we arrived at our first data collection site, Storey’s Way, where we took an environmental quality survey & completed a pedestrian & traffic count, taking in the amazing houses as we went. We then made our way over to Magdalene Street, where we completed a land use transect, labelling all shops as either independent or chain businesses to see what was available for those passing by.
After this, we walked down the road to King’s Parade then Sidney Street, where we completed our first set of interviews, collecting data & gaining a greater understanding of what the people of Cambridge think of the city.
We then moved over to Fitzroy Street, where we completed another round of interviews and another land use transact, adding to our data. Penultimately, we then went to Mill Road, our last data collection site, where we completed a pedestrian and traffic count, an environmental quality survey to compare with Storey’s Way and a land use transect and before heading towards the Grand Arcade shopping Centre.
We were then given some time to get lunch & explore Cambridge for ourselves before we took the coach back home, rounding up a very lovely day of fieldwork back in Bourne for the end of the school day! Thank you to our Geography teachers and Mr Murray for taking us to Cambridge and enriching our GCSE experience!