GCSE Geography pupils have a field day at Wycoller

During the last week of half term, the Geography department took four groups of GCSE pupils out to Wycoller, near Colne. 

Wycoller itself is a gorgeous village where the beck flows through, passing under the arches of the Medieval pack horse bridge and two ancient slab bridges. Once the home of Penelope Keith, now home to a small community who are devoted to the village. 

Lead Teacher for Geography, Mr Watters, added, "The short trip down the M65 would be a great walk for families and / or dog walkers, the Bronte Way is an easy walk whether you fancy the 3.4 mile round trip or one of the more strenuous strolls. Note, there is a great little cafe in the village open most weekends!"

The four GCSE groups completed a number of fieldwork measurements, recordings and sampling procedures. Pupils studied the processes for the waterfall system and made their own videos explaining how the combination of fluvial processes erode the varying geology to cause the waterfalls to retreat. 

After stopping at the first site, pupils recorded sampling methods that they used to test the discharge, velocity, width and varying bedload of the Wycoller Beck as it went downstream. The pupils will share their videos, photos and results for each to produce an analysis and series of graphs which illustrate how the streams correlate with Bradshaw's model.

Mr A Watters
Lead Teacher of Geography

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