Geography
Geography at Ashville is exciting and challenging, it is directly concerned with the world pupils live in. Our teaching promotes an interest and understanding of our planet.
Pupils develop a wide range of skills in order to support their geographical and broader education, as well as being useful to them in the future. Through the study of Geography, no matter how far you take your studies, you will develop a knowledge and understanding of other cultures and societies, and an ability to empathise.
The Geography department is headed up by Mrs V. A. Simpson B.Sc. (Salford). The other members of staff are Mrs J. Williams B.A. (Aberstwyth), Mrs C.J. Price B.A. (Birmingham) and Mr G. E. Coad B.Sc. (Oxford Brookes). It is a dynamic progressive department, all teachers are members of the Geographical Society and regularly share resources and ideas with other leading schools.
All students study Geography from Year Seven upwards and for the first three years are taught in their tutor groups. It is then an option at GCSE and Alevel, click here to view the GCSE and A-Level course booklets. The lessons are taught in the geography department, or where appropriate in the ICT suite. Students go on a variety of fieldtrips, depending on the fieldwork they need to undertake, including visits to Harrogate, Studfold Farm, Grassington, Holderness Coastline and Bolton Abbey. All these trips are non-residential. In Year 12 there is a three day residential field trip to the Lake District here students cover a wide range of topics including rural studies, rivers and flood management.
The highlight of the Geography department is the new Sixth Form trip to Iceland. This five day trip is open to all Sixth Formers studying Geography and covers tectonics, fluvial processes & features, glaciation and geo-thermal energy.
