G29 Fieldwork – Whitburn and Marsden – Mon 10th and Tue 11th October

All G29 year 7 students will be carrying out fieldwork at the location of the former Whitburn Colliery and Marsden Village near to Souter Lighthouse in South Tyneside.

G29 Class 1 will be going on Monday 10th October

G29 Class 2 will be going on Tuesday 10th October

Students will need:

  • to wear clothes that will keep them warm and dry – lots of layers.Β 
  • welliesΒ orΒ old trainersΒ are needed for footwear as part of the fieldwork will involve studying the rocks in Marsden Bay which is a sandy beach.
  • aΒ packed lunch.
  • theirΒ school bagΒ withΒ regular school kit listΒ inside including iPad. Most bags are not waterproof so we suggest putting kit inside a plastic bag inside the rucksack.

A packed lunch will be provided for students that have free school meals.

Students need to be in school at the normal time of 8.25am on each day.

We expect to return to school at 3.30pm on each day and will update our website if there are any delays due to traffic.