Well, it was, once again, time to venture down the M5 to Bristol for geography southwest’s Annual Conference. It was a rather early start for me as I was supporting the organisers, Simon Ross, John Davidson and Harry West, with the welcoming and registration of delegates … and there were quite a few! In fact, tickets were sold well in …
A GlosGeog and Ordnance Survey (OS) collaboration
It is not very often that you get the opportunity to ‘come and hone your geographical skills, have a play with Digimap for Schools and conduct a fieldwork enquiry within the school grounds … all in the space of a day!‘. Thanks to support from the Balcarras Trust and Darren Bailey from Ordnance Survey (OS), GlosGeog (Gloucestershire’s local Geographical Association [GA] branch), were …
Bespoke CPD: Coalway Community Infant School, Gloucestershire
Well, the weeks seem to be flying by. Sure enough, it was time for the second bespoke CPD session with the current Class 2 (EYFS) Teacher and Geography Subject Leader at Coalway Community Infant School in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire (https://www.coalway-inf.gloucs.sch.uk/website). It was intended to pick up from our last virtual meeting and repeat what we had accomplished at EYFS …
Bespoke CPD: Coalway Community Infant School, Gloucestershire
Time for a spot of bespoke CPD today; the first of two virtual sessions with the current Class 2 (EYFS) Teacher and Geography Subject Leader at Coalway Community Infant School in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire (https://www.coalway-inf.gloucs.sch.uk/website). In an e-mail prior to today’s session, I had been briefed about geography across the school and the areas which were felt to …
What a great way to mark World Oceans Day with a virtual trip to the Arctic!
Hover over the images to reveal captions. Click on the images to enlarge them. Well, how better to mark World Oceans Day than with a virtual trip to the Arctic (which includes the Arctic Ocean and the eight countries located within the Arctic Circle)! On board today were nearly 200 Key Stage 2 pupils and teachers from two schools located …