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We h ave h ad yet a n o th er su ccessf u l yea r i n G e o graphy. We h ave co nti n u ed to grow n o t o n l y a s a G eo gra phy d e pa r t m e nt, as we wel co med th e wo n d e r fu l M r Ho a re to th e d e pa r t m e nt b u t a l so o u r u pta ke at GCS E l e ve l h as co nti n u ed to f l o u r i sh to be co m e t h e mo st po pu l a r o pti o n al GCS E c h o i ce. Th e G eo gra phy tea m h a s b e e n t h o ro u gh l y i mpressed wi t h t h e ‘g o fo r i t ’ atti tu de th at o u r a spi r i n g g e o graph ers a re co nti n u o u sly d e m o n s t rat i n g. Th i s h as b e e n pa r ti cu l a r l y ev i dent on th e KS 3 t r ips th at were a bl e to r un e ar l i e r t h is yea r. Fi rstl y, we h a d th e o p p o r t u n i t y to i ntro du ce o u r
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co mp l e te s e t s o f re s u l t s t h at h e l p e d t h e m to p ro du ce h i g h q u a l i t y p ro je c t s. We l l do n e to a l l. Th e n i t wa s t h e Ye a r 7 s t u r n to g e t o u t i nto t h e fi e l d a n d h o n e t h e i r fi e l dwo r k s k i l l s. Th e s t u de nt s h a d a gre at day o u t i n Fe b r u a r y, vi s i t i n g Th e Su s t a i n a b l e Ci t y. Th i s wa s to l e a r n a b o u t a n d exp e r i e n ce fi r s t h a n d w h at l i vi n g s u s t a i n a b l y i n D u b a i l o o ks l i ke. A ve r y s u cce s s fu l ye a r b u t s a dl y, we w i l l b e s ayi n g fa re we l l to M r s Ke e l e y a n d M i s s Yo u n g e r w h o w i l l b e l e avi n g K i n g s’ fo r p a s t u re s n e w. M r s Ke e l e y H e a d o f S e co n da r y G e o gra p hy
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