Professor Ilan Kelman‘s book, ‘Disaster by Choice‘, is one that is found in many a geography classroom around the world. As a result, this event, coordinated by GlosGeog (Gloucestershire’s local Geographical Association [GA] branch), proved to be very popular, with over 40 schools from the UK and mainland Europe opting to access the speaker session in real time or via …
What a fantastic fieldwork week at North Nibley C of E Primary School, Gloucestershire!
Following the successful submission of a Frederick Soddy Schools Award application (https://www.rgs.org/in-the-field/grants/teacher-grants/frederick-soddy-schools-award), North Nibley C of E Primary School were fortunate to receive sufficient funding to facilitate a fieldwork week for all 110 pupils from EYFS to Year 6. The Headteacher, Mr Steve Hodgkinson, and myself met together via Zoom and corresponded by e-mail several times prior to the week …
Twilight CPD, Gloucester Schools Partnership (GSP), Gloucestershire
Lisa Perez, in charge of coordinating the Best Practice Network CPD for all those establishments within the Gloucester Schools Partnership (GSP), approached me to see if I would be available to deliver two, twilight sessions to address areas for development linked to fieldwork and enquiry-led learning that had been outlined by teachers/SLT. Following a Zoom call, in which I provided a …
So apt given the ‘geography in the News’ at this moment in time!
Geographical Association (GA) ‘In the Know’ webinar series
Thursday afternoon soon comes around again … time for another ‘In the Know’ webinar. This week, the focus was on ‘Mountains and volcanoes’, one of my favourite themes to teach when I was in the classroom. Word seems to have spread about our weekly webinars as our audience continues to grow, both in real time and for listening/viewing when time …
Bespoke CPD: Curriculum Development (World’s End Junior School, Birmingham)
Hetal Trivedi, Geography Subject Leader at World’s End Junior School (https://worldsendjuniors.co.uk/), approached me earlier this week for a spot of advice regarding her continued whole school curriculum planning. It was suggested that we had a couple of virtual bespoke CPD sessions, so that we could address some of her concerns, identify areas for development, etc. Having these sessions a week …
Geographical Association (GA) ‘In the Know’ webinar series
Thursday afternoon soon comes around again … time for another ‘In the Know’ webinar. This week the focus was on ‘Mountains and volcanoes’, one of my favourite themes to teach when I was in the classroom. Word seems to have spread about our weekly webinars as our audience continues to grow, both in real time and for listening/viewing when time …
Geographical Association (GA) ‘In the Know’ webinar series
Thursday afternoon soon comes around again … time for another ‘In the Know’ webinar. This week the focus was on ‘Mountains and volcanoes’, one of my favourite themes to teach when I was in the classroom. Word seems to have spread about our weekly webinars as our audience continues to grow, both in real time and for listening/viewing when time …
WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Fortunately, I had a relatively easy journey to WWT Slimbridge (https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/slimbridge/), despite the recent flooding and its proximity to the very high River Severn and Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. Since it was less rainy and windy than yesterday, I was able to appreciate the surroundings. For many years, we had a family pass for WWT Slimbridge and spent many pleasureable …
British Council: ‘Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning: Critical thinking and problem solving’ (Day 2)
Well, it was back to the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub (https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/heritage-hub/) again today to deliver Day 2 of the British Council’s ‘Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning: Critical thinking and problem solving’ course. We were based in the new Dunrossil Centre and being a small group were able to spread out and make ourselves very comfortable, as well as having access to …
Teach Meet Gloucestershire 2019 (Cleeve School and Sixth Form Centre of Excellence)
I cannot believe a year has passed since the last Teach Meet! The weather this afternoon and evening was just like last year too … warm and sunny, making for a very pleasant drive from Gloucester to Bishops Cleeve. On arrival, we were warmly welcomed by Jerome Garnier, Lead Practitioner and Assistant Head of MFL and organiser of the annual …
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