This afternoon, it was the turn of staff at Oliver Tomkins C of E VA Schools in Swindon, Wiltshire, to receive some twilight training. Having previously worked with their Geography and History Subject Leaders and had lengthy discussions with the Headteacher, I had a clear insight into their current whole school geography and history curricula, plus cohort and surroundings. Between us, we …
A new week-long initiative
Hover over the images to reveal captions. Click on the images to enlarge them. It was a slightly different approach to our workshops this week. Instead of the usual one day, virtual multi-schools event, we decided to trial spreading the content over the course of a week to enable youngsters and teachers to fully engage with the material, have more …
A rather ambitious Arctic adventure!
Hover over the images to reveal captions. Click on the images to enlarge them. This week began with a rather ambitious virtual trip to the Arctic. On board today was an enthusiastic bunch of over 330 Upper Key Stage 2 pupils and their teachers from six schools located throughout the UK, namely St. James’ C of E Primary Academy (https://stj.hslt.academy/) …
Time for another twilight CPD
This afternoon, it was the turn of staff at Bretherton Endowed C of E Primary School, close to Chorley in Lancashire, to receive some twilight training. Having previously worked with their Geography Subject Leader and had lengthy discussions with the Headteacher, I had a clear insight into their current whole school geography curriculum, plus cohort and surroundings. Between us, we …
Time to travel to the Arctic!
Hover over the images to reveal captions. Click on the images to enlarge them. Another busy week for me, starting with a virtual trip to the Arctic. On board today was an enthusiastic bunch of more than 230 Upper Key Stage 2 pupils and their teachers from three schools, namely The Olive School in Blackburn, Lancashire (https://www.oliveblackburn.com/), Buxton Junior School …
Colder climes call!
Hover over the images to reveal captions. Click on the images to enlarge them. The start of a new academic year and time for another virtual trip to the Arctic. Today, we were joined by an enthusiastic bunch of more than 120 Key Stage 2 pupils and their teachers from two schools, namely Hayfield Lane Primary School in Auckley near …
What a feat!
Hover over the images to reveal captions. Click on the images to enlarge them. It was time for another virtual trip to the Arctic, and it was a biggie! On board today were over 300 Key Stage 2 pupils and their teachers from seven schools located throughout the UK, namely Holy Trinity C of E Primary School in Cookham, Berkshire …
Back to it … heading north once again!
Our first Arctic adventure of 2024! Hover over the images to reveal captions. Click on the images to enlarge them. It was time for another virtual trip to the Arctic; rather apt as the weather has turned much colder of late and some places have even seen ‘the white stuff’, snow! On board today were over 125 Key Stage 2 …
Off to even colder climes!
Our final Arctic adventure of 2023! Hover over the images to reveal captions. Click on the images to enlarge them. It was time for another virtual trip to the Arctic; rather apt as the weather has turned much colder of late and the days are becoming far shorter. On board today were around 200 Key Stage 2 pupils and their …
Another truly awesome Arctic adventure!
Hover over the images to reveal captions. Click on the images to enlarge them. Time for another virtual trip to the Arctic; rather apt as the weather starts to turn a little colder and the days are shorter! On board today were over 150 Key Stage 2 pupils and their teachers from two schools that I have worked with previously …