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 …
Bristol Teacherfest 2022
Bristol Teacherfest is in its third year and has grown so much over time that it is now able to promote a wide range of events aimed at Bristol-based teachers. This year has seen a slight change of focus, with many events being hosted by schools within the Bristol Education Partnership (BEP) (https://www.bristollearningcity.com/education/bristol-education-partnership/). Colleagues have generously offered their time …
A little ‘stretch and challenge’ for the New Year!
Virtual Primary Humanities Network meeting (Term 3)
Starting the New Year as we mean to go on! Despite still being virtual in nature, I thought I would still try and provide a little ‘stretch and challenge’ during the third Primary Humanities Network meeting of this academic year. After reviewing the suggestions given towards the end of our last meeting and bearing in mind the themes hitting the …
Having a focus on South America, biomes, global issues, such as climate change, or sustainability next term?
Very informative and educational. Informative; educational; inspiring; fun; interesting. We are geographers. Curious; fun; great; interesting; lovely. Very fun; enjoyed it a lot. Inspiring; informative; spectacular; interesting; exciting; astonishing; lots of fun. Thank you for today. It’s been very helpful. Our favourite part was the artwork. (Just some of the feedback from teachers and pupils on our last ‘amazing Amazon …
Having a focus on South America, biomes, global issues, such as climate change, or sustainability this term?
‘An amazing, once-in-a-lifetime learning experience that will stay with the children. We have absolutely loved today!’ ‘Realisation that we can make a difference – a wonderful learning experience that means something for all our futures. We have really enjoyed today!’ ‘I have enjoyed working with my class on such important issues to do with our wonderful planet. We have been learning …
Having a focus on South America, biomes, global issues, such as climate change, or sustainability next term?
Click on the web-link below to find out more about our virtual ‘amazing Amazon adventures’: Promo_sept Following the success and very positive feedback from previous multi-schools and single-school events, e.g. https://create2inspire.co.uk/2021/05/20/time-to-explore-again-lets-go-on-an-amazing-amazon-adventure/ and https://create2inspire.co.uk/2021/07/02/one-more-trip-to-the-amazon-this-academic-year/, we shall be offering further virtual ‘amazing Amazon adventures’ to Upper Key Stage 2 teachers and their pupils throughout the next academic year. Our next multi-schools event will take place from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm on Wednesday 3rd November …
Fancy joining us on our next virtual trip to the Amazon?
Dates for 2021-2022 just released!
Click on the link below to view our short promotional movie-clip: Promo_sept Following the success and very positive feedback from previous multi-schools and single-school events, e.g. https://create2inspire.co.uk/2021/05/20/time-to-explore-again-lets-go-on-an-amazing-amazon-adventure/ and https://create2inspire.co.uk/2021/07/02/one-more-trip-to-the-amazon-this-academic-year/, we shall be offering further virtual ‘amazing Amazon adventures’ to Upper Key Stage 2 teachers and their pupils throughout the next academic year. Our next multi-schools event will take place from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm on Wednesday 29th …
A great way to spend a Friday afternoon in lockdown 3! (Primary Humanities Network meeting – Term 4)
It was lovely to see, albeit virtually, many familiar faces, as well as a few new ones, this afternoon. We were also fortunate to be joined by Glenn Carter, the man behind History Rocks (https://www.history-rocks.com/). After welcoming everyone, I outlined the aims and structure of the meeting, namely: As there was so much to get through during the meeting, I …
GITEP trainees (Ribston Hall High School (RHHS), Gloucestershire
It was back to one of the schools that I spent seven happy years teaching at today. However, this time it was not to teach, but to deliver a session to GITEP trainees (‘So, what does history look like in primary schools?’) after being approached by Rebecca Rose, Teacher of History, ITE Training Manager and NQT Induction Tutor, as well as …
Regional Primary Geography Conference (Bowden Hall Hotel Gloucestershire)
Well, it was time for David Weatherly to return to Gloucestershire for his annual Regional Primary Geography Conference (www.davidweatherlyeducation.co.uk). David is a School Improvement Adviser and an accomplished teacher with an international reputation as an inspiring trainer. Whether working in schools or at CPD events, he always models practical and achievable approaches to improving engagement and outcomes of pupils. He …