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 …
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 …
Virtual Primary Humanities Network meeting (Term 6); ‘Taking learning outside the classroom’.
At the request of many individuals, I managed to squeeze in another virtual Primary Humanities Network meeting before the end of the academic year. The theme for our meeting was ‘Taking learning outside the classroom: Developing geographical skills and fieldwork opportunities and ideas for local history studies’. If this was a face-to-face session, then I would usually take teachers outside and …
Online Safety Mark assessment
The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Well, today, I had my Online Safety Accredited Assessor’s ‘hat’ on. A couple of month’s ago, Ron Richards, Online Safety Consultant at SWGfL, asked me if I would like to pay a visit to The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great in the centre of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, as they were due for an Online Safety Mark re-assessment. The school …