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Worldwise Challenge Reports
| Worldwise Challenge 2008 - Malham, North Yorkshire |
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The weekend of 18 - 20 April was unseasonably cold, but it didn't stop nine teams of three students thoroughly enjoying the second of two 2008 Worldwise Challenge weekends, held at the Malham Tarn Field Studies Centre in the Yorkshire Dales. All the schools attending had been invited as a reward for engaging with other Worldwise activities: the Local Quiz, the Online Quiz, My Places and Geography Awareness Week. Their challenge for the weekend was to find out 'what makes Malham a special place?'
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After getting to know one another on the Friday evening, the teams spent Saturday undertaking a range of fieldwork activities, exploring the area from a geographical perspective. They gathered a variety of evidence for Malham's 'specialness', and on Sunday morning each team gave a creative oral and visual presentation, to a panel of judges including Tony Thomas (Chief Executive of the Field Studies Council), who also presented the awards, and Margaret Roberts (GA Senior Vice President).
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The overall winners of the 2008 Malham Worldwise Challenge trophy were the team from King Edward VII School, Sheffield. The award for best team in the field went to QEGS, Wakefield; the award for best presentation went equally to St Mary's College, Hull and Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale. The standard was extremely high from all schools, and the weekend was agreed by all the students, their teachers, the FSC staff and the GA team of volunteers to be a fun, challenging and truly memorable occasion. This is what some of the teachers had to say about the 2008 Malham Centre Challenge:
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| Overall Winners - King Edward VII School, Sheffield |
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'A fantastic weekend. The students relished the opportunities presented to them
the students really enjoyed themselves, even though they were 'under observation' all the time
CPD sessions created useful discussions and ideas between teachers and GA representatives
the enthusiasm and the way the students were encouraged to 'think outside the box' was wonderful!'
And the students were even more enthusiastic:
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'The weekend was amazing! The field trips were exceedingly enjoyable, fun and educational. One of my favourite places was Goredale Scar.'
'I really enjoyed myself - especially meeting people and making new friends. The field trips were very fun. My favourite part was analysing the soil samples to identify a match.'
'I had loads of fun. It was great meeting new people and learning lots of geography. I loved the fieldwork - it was good to really get stuck in! I am really glad I went - it's an experience I won't forget!'
'Everything about the weekend was wonderful and I will treasure the magnificent experience of the Worldwise Challenge forever. I'd love to do it again!'
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The nine Worldwise Challenge finalists were:
King Edward VII School, Sheffield
Annie Cudmore, Lydia Jewell and Xue Wang, with teacher Andrew James
Newcastle-under-Lyme School (two teams, both with teacher Tim Jowitt)
Elizabeth LeFroy, Rosalind Haycock and Katie Ball
Harvey Richards, Harry Smith and Rory Stronach
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
Harry Godson, Patrick Jones and Faizan Mahmood, with teacher Neil Rhodes |
Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale
Harry Oates, Matthew Pickering and Adam Whitaker, with teacher Andrew Douglas
Stewart's Melville College, Edinburgh
Robert Kelly, James Marchant and Alan Saywood, with teacher David Wood
St Marys College, Hull
Gregory Carrick, Stephen Loader and Tom Reading, with teachers Loraine Kent and Andrea Stephens
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School, Featherstone (two teams, both with teachers Marie Egan and Michael Page)
Tom Denton, Evan Lynch and Megan Shooter
Ashleigh Davies, Megan Enright and Ciaran Murphy
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| Worldwise Challenge 2008 - Juniper Hall, Surrey |
Over the weekend of 28 - 30 March 2008, nine teams of three students grabbed their opportunity to take part in the first of two Worldwise Challenge weekends being held this year. FSC Juniper Hall Field Centre near Dorking in Surrey was chosen as a new venue to make it easier for teams from in the South of England to take part. All the schools attending had been invited as reward for their prior engagement with other Worldwise activities including the Local Quiz, the Online Quiz, My Places and Geography Awareness Week.
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Their challenge for the weekend was to find out 'what makes the area of the North Downs surrounding Juniper Hall special?' and after getting to know one another on the Friday evening they then spent all of Saturday out in the (sometimes rather wet and windy) field undertaking a range of fieldwork activities. The teams were able to gather a range of evidence which they then put to good use on the Sunday morning working within their teams to prepare an oral and visual presentation to a team of judges that included Tony Thomas (Chief Executive of the Field Studies Council) and David Lambert (GA Chief Executive).
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The overall winners of the 2008 Juniper Hall Worldwise Challenge trophy were from the Stanway School, Colchester. Other special awards also went to the teams from Haberdashers Askes Hatcham College (for best team in the field) and Brentwood School (for best presentation).
The weekend was judged by all the students, their teachers, the FSC centre staff and the GA team of volunteers as a fun and truly memorable occasion. This is what some of the attending teachers had to say about the 2008 Juniper Hall Challenge:
'The weekend has helped to show me the benefits of doing fieldwork and in particular using it as a tool for engaging students in the subject'.
'A very enjoyable experience with a real sense of purpose; well done!'
'I had as fantastic a time as the kids! Thank you so much for the experience.'
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| Photos from the Worldwise Challenge weekend at Juniper Hall |
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