On Monday, the 4^th Form Geography pupils left King’s and headed to the Dorset coast.

The purpose of the trip was twofold; firstly, we went to Studland Bay to investigate how vegetation changes with sand dune succession. We used the data collected when we got back to the classroom to learn the skills of data presentation and interpretation. Then, after lunch we headed to Swanage Beach; the field site for our investigation into the effectiveness of the engineering techniques along the coast to protect the tourist town of Swanage. Here the pupils measured the build-up of sand on either side of groynes along the beach, to answer the question ‘do the groynes prevent longshore drift along the coast?’. It was a brilliant trip and we were lucky with the weather; the sun shone all day and most of us enjoyed an ice cream on the beach too. My thanks to the 4^th Form for such enthusiasm and engagement. A tweet containing some photos from the trip can be seen below.

Emily Corrigan - Head of Geography

A beautiful day for the 4th form to carry out field work at Studland and Swanage - dune transacts, longshore drift - working hard pic.twitter.com/qcnz8ztIdO

— Geography Department (@KSBGeography) June 11, 2018