As mandaded by VCAA, Unit 1 Geography (topic: Hazards and Disasters) requires students to undertake fieldwork and write a fieldwork report as part of their School Assessed Coursework. This is, therefore, a compulsory activity that all students enrolled in Unit 1 Geography must undertake.
Our class will be studying and collecting geographic data about storms in urban areas. We will be conducting our fieldwork in Croydon around the Civic Precinct and urban streets around Croydon Town Precinct to study the reason for flooding in that location, at the flood mitigation works that have taken place, and are planned to take place, in that location.
Students will meet out the front of Aquahub in Croydon (the indoor pool) at 9am. We will be hearing from local experts from Maroondah City Council’s Emergency Management and Infrastructure Teams and also members of the Croydon Historical Society and Croydon Conservation Society.
The extent of the fieldwork site will include the Taralla Creek from Dorset Road to Eastfield Road, Fred Geale Oval, Lusher Road and Croydon Town Park (see map attached in the Resources section). Students will be either with the whole class or working in small groups at all times. We will also walk to Lacey Street near Croydon Memorial Pool. Students will have time to eat, or purchase lunch, at Croydon Main Street or Croydon Civic Square during the day. All students will have the school mobile phone number to contact the teachers in charge, if needed. Bathroom access during the day will be at Croydon Library or Croydon Town Square on Main Street. Students must bring with them the following items and must be in full school uniform:
- a small backpack
- a hat
- a drink bottle of water
- sunglasses
- sunscreen
- food and/or money to purchase food
- a clipboard
- a pencil case with pencils and pens
- a camera (students will have permission to use the camera on their phone if necessary but otherwise, phones must be stored in bags)
Students will be dismissed from Aquahub at 3pm.
