Planning a fieldtrip?

When planning your fieldtrip there are many things to consider:

We aim to help you organise your fieldtrip planning. Find ideas and resources to engage your students in fieldwork activities that are fun and at the same time highlight the relevance of geographical learning to our daily lives.

Real World Learning	Topics and themes	Progression with fieldwork
The Real World Learning campaign will help get you started: Hints and tips (PDF) Out of Classroom Learning- practical information and guidance	To help you with your fieldwork planning, our resources have been organised according to their geographical subject content. Access the fieldwork topics and themes pages to select resources for both human and physical geography fieldwork, and to locate activities that focus on developing your students' geographical skills.	Staff at FSC Brockhole have developed a framework for progression in fieldwork (PDF), suggesting when different skills and concepts could be introduced to fieldwork studies from Key Stage 1 to AS/A2. It forms a useful template for planning your fieldwork programme.
Useful resources	Follow up first	Students planning fieldwork
Download a list of useful fieldwork resources (PDF) to help you develop your fieldwork programme.	This presentation (PDF), written by Nick Lapthorn, Head of the Juniper Hall FSC Centre, highlights the importance of ensuring that you know what your students are going to do with their data before they collect it.	Sophie Macdowall, Head of Geography at Guildford High School, has contributed this planning sheet (PPT) which her students complete before undertaking thier individual study. It encourages them to think through the whole fieldwork project before they start.