Just a handful of the ‘concluding comments‘ from attendees at our last virtual Primary Humanities Network meeting: ‘Always a useful, relevant and thought-provoking session, with a chance to network with other teachers and led by a super-knowledgeable, but practical practitioner.’ ‘As always, Emma, you give me endless ideas, so much support with resources, and enthuse me with ideas that I …
Term 2’s virtual Primary Humanities Network meeting goes European!
The benefits of taking our Primary Humanities Network meetings online are becoming visible … no longer do I simply reach out to teachers in Gloucestershire and neighbouring counties, but educational professionals from as far and wide as the Isles of Scilly and Geneva, Switzerland were able to join us this afternoon! The foci for today’s meeting were very welcome in …
Bespoke CPD (Lawrence View Primary School and Nursery, Nottinghamshire)
What a productive morning we had! Annie Ratcliffe, Geography Subject Leader at Lawrence View Primary School and Nursery in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire (https://www.lawrenceviewprimary.co.uk/), requested a morning of CPD to support her with development of the whole school’s geography curriculum. We began by tweaking the school’s intent document, referring to the National Curriculum programme of study for geography at Key Stages 1 …
Why not pop along (virtually) to our second Primary Humanities Network meeting of this academic year?
Just a handful of the ‘concluding comments‘ from attendees at our last virtual Primary Humanities Network meeting: ‘Lots of useful links to explore and information to develop/tweak our assessment in geography. Thank you.’ ‘Thank you – that was great. Really useful.’ ‘Informative, interesting and helpful. Thank you.’ ‘Thank you. Lots to ponder.’ ‘Useful, relevant and …
Let’s go on a scintillating South American adventure!
Thanks to support from the Geographical Association’s Initiatives Fund (GAIF), Adriana Meirelles and myself were able to take 248 upper Key Stage 2 pupils and 20 teachers and teaching assistants from five schools across the Gloucestershire/South Gloucestershire/Bristol area on a scintillating South American adventure on Wednesday 14th October 2020. It was originally intended to hold this workshop in the Department …
Not quite the same as face-to-face, but virtual does the job well for now!
Primary Humanities Network meeting (Term 1; 2020-2021)
Thanks to Zoom, our first Primary Humanities Network meeting of this academic year was able to go ahead with the theme of ‘Assessment, including moderation of pupils’ work’. After welcoming attendees, some familiar faces and several new ones, I outlined the aims and structure of the meeting: To begin with, I focused on the latest developments; not only items from …
Bespoke CPD (Curriculum development, Christ Church C of E (VC) Primary School, Wiltshire)
I even managed to squeeze in a bespoke CPD session with Sarah Brown, a newly appointed Geography Subject Leader at Christ Church C of E (VC) Primary School in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire (https://www.christchurch.wilts.sch.uk/), this afternoon before the start of the summer holidays … one very busy week! Sarah attended our virtual Primary Humanities Network meeting a couple of days ago and …
Term 6’s Primary Humanities Network meeting goes virtual once again and well beyond Gloucestershire!
Well, Zoom certainly brought a buzz to my study on Wednesday afternoon! Not only did I have several ‘regulars’ in attendance at our virtual Primary Humanities Network meeting, but also many new participants; I think we had teachers from as far afield as Cumbria in the north to Dorset in the south and Nottinghamshire in the east to Greater Manchester in …
Virtual Primary Humanities Network meeting (Term 5)
Since so many individuals were unable to attend our Primary Humanities Network meeting in mid-March and several e-mails from Subject Leaders had entered my inbox recently, I decided to offer a repeat of our previous session virtually by means of Zoom. Not only was this attended by a number of regulars from across the county of Gloucestershire, but we were …
Primary Humanities Network meeting (Term 4)
A meeting with a difference! Held virtually with the aid of Zoom software, rather than in situ as planned due to the coronavirus outbreak. I debated whether to go ahead with our meeting, but several teachers were self-isolating and still keen to participate. I have recorded the session, however, and am more than happy to share this and the accompanying …