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ACADEMIC

GeoGrapHY

Lower Sixth geographers enjoyed a urbanisation, deindustrialisation,
busy field trip in the Gower Peninsula counter-urbanisation and changing
to learn more about human and physical urban morphology in Swansea;
geography. During the three-day trip sustainable energy and the proposed tidal
they studied coastal landforms at lagoon power plant in Swansea Bay; and
Three Cliffs Bay; river features and dune psammoseres and transects (based
formations in the Brecon Beacons; rural on data from Oxwich Bay).
de-population in Ystradfellte, Powys;

tHeoLoGY

In a busy year for theology, the new GCSE in the village school and pub.
and A Level specifications have seen
students in all year groups broaden their Second Form students spent the first part
horizons. of the year learning the skills needed to
communicate about matters of faith and
In January, Sixth Form theologians culture with others, later putting these
attended the Academy Masterclass into practice in two video conferences
conference in London. Meanwhile, in with students across the world. They
‘Was the 1918 extension of the April, Upper Sixth Formers spent a day were impressed that students in Ukraine
franchise the most significant moment shadowing a Northamptonshire parish and Israel could converse easily about
in British democratic history?’ Dylan priest, learning that the church’s mission their beliefs in English, acknowledging
took a slightly alternative approach, in this area included hanging banners, that we have much to learn from them.
which won praise from the judging preserving wildlife (including unwelcome DMMH
panel and focused on the impact the bats in churches), and meeting residents
extension of the franchise had at a class
based level as opposed to a gender level.
Next year’s Great Debate question will
be released shortly and applications are
welcome from any Sixth Form student
wishing to take part.

Congratulations should also go to Mr
Batten, whose book Futile Exercise?,
focusing on how the British Army used
military manoeuvres between 1902 and
1914 to prepare for the coming war, has
now been published by Helion Books.
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