This week our Year 12 & 13 A Level Geology students travelled to Devon and Cornwall to carry out their compulsory fieldwork tasks.

Led by Geology teachers Simon Lloyd and Vix Lowthion, the students had a packed week in glorious sunshine, investigating igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. A particular highlight for the students was the 320-million-year-old chevron folds in the cliff at Millook Haven (pictured). The trip also included a study of aplite dykes in the quarry at Meldon, a 30m high waterfall in Lydford Gorge, pillow lava at Pentire head and the unique purple and green slates at Trebetherick point.

Miss Lowthion said "our Geology students really rose to the challenge of putting their classroom-based learning into real life practice. They explored unusual rocks which we just don't have on the Isle of Wight and made excellent progress with their sketching and measuring skills. Lots of walking, but we couldn't have had better weather for it!"

The Year 13s have just a few weeks left until their final exams.  

As usual, our successful Island 6th Form students have good offers for degree courses including Earth Science and Palaeontology at universities next year.