A busy couple of weeks ahead for me, engaging with over 60 schools, either virtually or in situ, as part of the first round of Primary Geography Subject Leader Network (PGSLN) meetings this academic year. Due to Sandra Parker’s growing commitments at GLOSSI (Gloucestershire’s School Improvement Service), the baton for oversight of primary geography has now been handed to the …
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 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 …
Wow … ‘the colours of Antarctica’!
It was time for GlosGeog‘s second event of this academic year; a virtual, interactive speaker session aimed at Key Stage 3 students and their teachers. This afternoon, through my work with Rhianna Davies-Smith at Wicked Weather Watch, a charity based in Box in Wiltshire, we were able to welcome Hanna Yevchun, a female polar ecologist based at the National Antarctic …
All were certainly up for our sustainability art challenge!
It was time to launch another week long project with primary schools today; a half day workshop at the beginning of the week and a half hour showcase on the Friday afternoon with time in between for teachers and pupils to participate in a sustainable art challenge. On board today to explore the question, ‘How can we make plastic fantastic?‘, were more than 670 Key Stage 2 …
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 …
Time for a new offering!
Following a very thought-provoking and topical presentation given by Anthony Barlow at GlosGeog’s virtual Primary Geography Teach Meet entitled ‘Plastic Fantastic!‘ (https://create2inspire.co.uk/2024/04/23/glosgeogs-virtual-primary-teach-meet-is-a-big-hit/), I approached Rhianna Davies-Smith at Wicked Weather Watch (https://wickedweatherwatch.org.uk/) to see if we might be able to incorporate some of the ideas and messages into a new virtual offering. After much discussion, it was decided to trial a …
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 …
Time for me to be trained for a change!
It was rather relaxing being in the audience instead of presenting for once, until you are invited to contribute, of course! Today saw me attend David Weatherly and Sheena Wright’s virtual training day, entitled ‘EYFS – Year 1 Continuity of Learning in Geography and History: EYFS into Year 1‘. After a warm welcome and introductions, David began by setting the …