GlosGeog was very fortunate to be able to pin Alan Parkinson down for an afternoon; after all, he is such a busy man juggling so many important roles. With 27 schools from across the UK on board in real time, we had a full house. After formally welcoming and introducing everyone, I handed over to Alan so that we could …
Time for some brainstorming!
This morning, I met with Emily Hastings from Acting Up! (see facebook.com/EmilyHastingsActingUp/ and actinguptheatre.co.uk/ for further details) to brainstorm ways in which we might collaborate in the near future. I am keen to work with the Education Performance and Inclusion Team at Gloucestershire County Council to establish a Geography/Humanities Subject Leaders’ Network for primary schools (as they already have operating for English, mathematics …
C&T
Gloucester Docks/Gloucester Quays
Fortunately, the hot and sunny weather at the weekend decided to hold out a little longer for my meeting at Gloucester Docks/Gloucester Quays with Paul and Max from C&T (http://www.candt.org/). I first came into contact with both Paul and Max when presenting at a conference at the University of Worcester a few weeks ago. They had been invited along as …
Symposium
University of Worcester
Maggie Andrews, Professor of Cultural History at the University of Worcester, invited me to speak at a symposium that she was organising, entitled ‘Children in WW1: Histories and engagements’, during the afternoon of Monday 8th May 2017. The remit was to deliver a presentation, of approximately 20 minutes in length and aimed at undergraduate and post-graduate students, about our recent WW1 …