Year 5 were very lucky with the weather on their trip to Westward Ho! on Thursday 30th June.
The Year group has been learning about how erosion and deposition create coastal features, and how defences can be created to slow down some of these processes in order to save land or buildings. Their walk along the coast path towards Seafield House gave them the opportunity to see these coastal defences in action, and to consider how effective they can be. They also took the opportunity to think about human geography during their visit, surveying the public about the reason for their trip to Westward Ho! and considering land and building use in the village. Thank you very much to the parents and carers who supported us with the visit - it was a great day!
What the children had to say:
Phineas - “I didn’t realise how many different buildings there were until I took a proper look around - imagine if it was a city!”
Howi - “I used to walk along the beach and think the wood was rotten but now I realise there are groynes underground preventing longshore drift.”
Madison - “I learned that the curvy walls are a sea defence.”
Evie - “I can understand why people built the sea wall because otherwise lots of Westward Ho! would have disappeared!”
Megan - “Even though the rip rap is really fun to climb, it’s also useful for preventing erosion.”
Ossian - “I like the neatness of the rocks in the cage of the gabion. It is used to slow down the energy of the wave as it moves in between them.
Hilton - “I didn’t even know these things were hee. It’s cool to see them in reality.
Ethan - “I’ve walked along here so many times before but I didn’t realise this was a sea wall that protected the coastline from erosion.”
Caen - “Look at the erosion! It’s all patchy because some rock has eroded quicker than others.”
Elsie - “ Rip rap is so big and heavy that it stops the force of the waves from hitting the block of flats.”
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