Geography
Geography is a wide-ranging subject which has become increasingly relevant to modern day society. It is studied at King’s Hall from Year 1 through to Year 8. In the Pre-Prep and the early years in the Prep School it is taught by the class teachers, and from Year 5 up to Year 8 the subject is in the hands of experienced specialist geographers.
By using a combination of structured learning and practical fieldwork the pupils are encouraged to foster an understanding of the world, its people and their various differences and problems on local, national and global scales. We aim to encourage the children to develop an interest and a degree of curiosity about their world around them. They are also introduced to the practical benefits of maps, atlases and digital resources. Model-making plays an important role in the pupils’ learning, helping to bring the subject alive for them.
King's Hall is fortunate to be located in beautiful grounds and these are employed for a variety of studies outside the classroom. We also benefit from our superb location in the South West of England, being relatively close to coastline, moorland and urban environments, and these provide the destination for numerous exciting and worthwhile field trips.
The children in the Pre-Prep visit a local apple orchard, the Wetlands and Willows Centre and the seashore at Minehead. For the Prep pupils the visits include the perfectly sheltered bay at Lulworth Cove in Dorset, a local river which is traced from its source high on the Quantocks to its mouth in the Bristol Channel and a huge hole in the ground that is Whatley Quarry in the Mendips. Pupils in Years 7 and 8 carry out a detailed study of the impact of tourism on the village of Dunster, in addition to looking at the effects of the process of longshore drift on the coastline at Blue Anchor Bay.
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