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Geography As Level
feld trip to north Wales
On November 11th a party of Year 12 strongly advise anyone to visit if
Geography students undertook a two you get the chance.
day feld trip to Snowdonia. They were By contrast, the following day was
studying the impacts of the last Ice Age warm, sunny and showed the National
on the mountain landscape of Snowdonia Park at its best. We visited Betws
and the issues of trying to live and work y Coed and met the educational
in a National Park inundated with a ofcer who gave us a guided tour of the interesting
million visitors in a year. town whilst giving lots of background local people who
information on the issues involved in have a story to tell and introducing the
The walk around Cwm Idwal was rather students to the grandeur of a vibrant
spoilt by the low cloud base which coping with large numbers of tourists. and glorious landscape all contributed
eventually produced a soft Welsh We then returned to the Nant Ffrancon to a memorable visit which I hope the
afternoon with persistent fne rain. valley and listened to a talk by Owen, a students will beneft from.
local farmer, who is a real character and
However, it is Wales in November so you regaled us at length about his life and
must expect these conditions. We were the issues he faces on a daily basis. He Mr Rob Howard, Head of Geography
able to decipher the complex range of was a natural orator and had opinions
clues which point to the glacial history on everything from Women’s Lib to the
of this impressive landscape. There are European Union! exceptional
so many wonderful features created by
moving ice and they have been modifed I thoroughly enjoyed the visit. The service Award
by rivers, streams and rock falls. I magnifcent vistas, meeting and talking to
King Henry VIII School are the
proud recipients of an ‘Exceptional
Service Award’ from the Encephalitis
Society. The award followed a
nomination made by Jacob Bland in
Year 8. Jacob wrote of his teachers,
‘they help me with everything but
never make me feel diferent to
anyone else’. The Society were so
taken by the heartfelt words that
they presented the special award
to the Headmaster at their Annual
Meeting in
York on
Saturday 9th
November.
Mr Jason Slack
Headmaster
Geography As Level
feld trip to north Wales
On November 11th a party of Year 12 strongly advise anyone to visit if
Geography students undertook a two you get the chance.
day feld trip to Snowdonia. They were By contrast, the following day was
studying the impacts of the last Ice Age warm, sunny and showed the National
on the mountain landscape of Snowdonia Park at its best. We visited Betws
and the issues of trying to live and work y Coed and met the educational
in a National Park inundated with a ofcer who gave us a guided tour of the interesting
million visitors in a year. town whilst giving lots of background local people who
information on the issues involved in have a story to tell and introducing the
The walk around Cwm Idwal was rather students to the grandeur of a vibrant
spoilt by the low cloud base which coping with large numbers of tourists. and glorious landscape all contributed
eventually produced a soft Welsh We then returned to the Nant Ffrancon to a memorable visit which I hope the
afternoon with persistent fne rain. valley and listened to a talk by Owen, a students will beneft from.
local farmer, who is a real character and
However, it is Wales in November so you regaled us at length about his life and
must expect these conditions. We were the issues he faces on a daily basis. He Mr Rob Howard, Head of Geography
able to decipher the complex range of was a natural orator and had opinions
clues which point to the glacial history on everything from Women’s Lib to the
of this impressive landscape. There are European Union! exceptional
so many wonderful features created by
moving ice and they have been modifed I thoroughly enjoyed the visit. The service Award
by rivers, streams and rock falls. I magnifcent vistas, meeting and talking to
King Henry VIII School are the
proud recipients of an ‘Exceptional
Service Award’ from the Encephalitis
Society. The award followed a
nomination made by Jacob Bland in
Year 8. Jacob wrote of his teachers,
‘they help me with everything but
never make me feel diferent to
anyone else’. The Society were so
taken by the heartfelt words that
they presented the special award
to the Headmaster at their Annual
Meeting in
York on
Saturday 9th
November.
Mr Jason Slack
Headmaster
