Geography Champions

Primary Geography Champions Network

A network for primary teachers created by the Geographical Association for the Primary Geography Champions project.

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Paula Owens posted a blog post

WILDTHINK CPD Snowdonia

We now have a new weekend CPD course launched at an introductory price in exchange for some honest evaluation from participants. Check out the GA main site for a link to more information and online booking facility.28th - 30th June Friday 17:00 - Sunday 12:00Field Studies Centre Rhyd-y-creuauThe Drapers' Field CentreBetws-y-coedConwy, LL24 0HB£140 GA members incl.  accommodation and food, colllection from Betws-Y-Coed station.Special introductory price full time students in ITE £109Led by Paula…See More
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Kat Goucher is now a member of Geography Champions
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Susan Rees is now a member of Geography Champions
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Emma Durkin is now a member of Geography Champions
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Profile IconEthne Staniland, Laura Shiell, Samantha Law and 1 more joined Geography Champions
May 17
Susan Pike left a comment for Sharon Bruen
May 14
Susan Pike left a comment for Padraig Warde
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Paula Owens posted a blog post

FREE ipad geography conference

Apple are kindly running a free day for teachers at the Amex stadium Brighton on the 20th June. Our own John Lyon will be giving the keynote address then there will be workshops about using ipads in geography and a free tour - oh and lunch as well! It does sound like a pretty good deal  but move fast as spaces are limited.20th June - 09.00 to 15.30 iPad in Geography Day - Neil Emery (AEM) & John Lyon (Geographical Association) For details and to sign up go to the Apple site …See More
May 13
Nicola Langdon updated their profile
May 10
Susan Pike shared their discussion on Facebook
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Susan Pike added a discussion to the group Ireland Geography
May 10
Susan Pike commented on Alan Parkinson's blog post Transition lesson: If the world were 100 people
"Fantastic link - love it!"
May 10
paula galvin joined Paula Owens's group
May 10
Robert Taylor updated their profile
May 9
Robert Taylor left a comment for Jo Ada,s
"Welcome Jo to Southend Primary Geography Champions.  Congratulations on becoming Geography Co-Ordinator for Edwards Hall, Eastwood, Leigh.  Please look out for details of our next meeting and have a look on here for resources."
May 9

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A Geographical Association project - join the GA here.

April 2013 IMPORTANT MESSAGE we have had an unusual amount of applications to join and many of them appear to be spam. To avoid being wrongly declined please include your surname as well as your first name. It also helps to add your place of work.

 

Welcome to our collaborative learning community. With more than 1500 members it is a great place to share ideas, resources and news about primary geography and the primary curriculum. Do browse the library of great Blog Posts with keyword links here  and add your own posts. Please do take the time to comment on queries and thoughts submitted by others.

A big welcome to all new members! Remember, you can have your own page AND belong to a group where 'local' discussions are held – our Champions are keen for you to join them so please find a relevant group in your area to join by checking the list below or using the map.

IMPORTANT: If you have applied to join our network but not been given access it is probably because you have either a suspicious looking email address or name - eg a christian name only. We moderate each new member individually and do our very best to avoid having spam on the site.

FREE FOR ALL TEACHERS: stunning image sets available to download as part of A Different View - the Manifesto for Geography plus accompanying free activities written by teachers - well worth a look.

Please do add a picture of yourself to our professional networking site as it makes it much more friendly. See the blog adding your image if you're not sure.

NEW! A tab to a page for Primary Geographer the Primary Journal. Find out what's available now and coming next, plus how to submit articles. Also a new tab for the Primary Geography Quality Mark. Are you going for the award? Why not post a discussion there?

WHAT THE GA DOES FOR PRIMARY PPT NOW AVAILABLE AS A DIRECT DOWNLOAD
GA Primary PowerPoint.ppt This is an adapted version of the GA ppt at the bottom of this page made relevant just for the primary phase - thanks Nicola!

PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY CHAMPIONS

CHECK OUT YOUR LOCAL CHAMP!
Have a look at the map and zoom in to see who your nearest Champion is? As well as joining their 'group page' for discussions you may want to attend one of their forthcoming face to face sessions for high quality, free CPD (plus certificate, cake, biscuits, tea, coffee ...). Or, you may want to suggest an event in your local area that meets your needs. So get networking!

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NEWS

February newsletter update here

 

Autumn 2012 newsletter News_Resources_November_2012.doc

 

June 2012

Michael Gove announces that Geography must be taught across all primary phases in the forthcoming new curriculum. Find out more and download the draft Programmes of Study for English, science and mathematics here 

 

Primary Geography, the journal for primary teachers, has been running a series of Curriculum think pieces. The first article  discussed the question of knowledge and core knowledge Summer Issue 2011 and a second article written by Di Swift appeared in Autumn 2011 edition of this journal for GA members.


November 2011

The Education Bill received Royal Assent on the 15th November 2011.

 

Blog Posts

WILDTHINK CPD Snowdonia

We now have a new weekend CPD course launched at an introductory price in exchange for some honest evaluation from participants. Check out the GA main site for a link to more information and online booking facility.

28th - 30th June Friday 17:00 - Sunday 12:00

Field Studies Centre Rhyd-y-creuau

The Drapers' Field Centre

Betws-y-coed

Conwy, LL24 0HB

£140 GA members incl.  accommodation and food, colllection from Betws-Y-Coed…

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Posted by Paula Owens on May 24, 2013 at 15:11

FREE ipad geography conference

Apple are kindly running a free day for teachers at the Amex stadium Brighton on the 20th June. Our own John Lyon will be giving the keynote address then there will be workshops about using ipads in geography and a free tour - oh and lunch as well! It does sound like a pretty good deal  but move fast as spaces are limited.

20th June - 09.00 to 15.30 iPad in Geography Day - Neil Emery (AEM) & John Lyon (Geographical Association)

 

For details and to sign up go…

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Posted by Paula Owens on May 13, 2013 at 14:03

Transition lesson: If the world were 100 people

Involved 100 Year 5 - 8 pupils

Read all about it here

Posted by Alan Parkinson on May 7, 2013 at 14:44 — 2 Comments

New Primary resource for Frozen Oceans

Digital Explorer has JUST released a Primary version of the Frozen Oceans pack which received a GA Silver Award this year (and which I co-wrote)

Go to the RESOURCES…

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Posted by Alan Parkinson on May 1, 2013 at 9:58

DfE Consultation Responses

Don't forget that the responses to the proposed curriculum for England need to be in soon. Go to the DfE site or see my earlier post with full links to this.

If you want to read what others are saying ...

 

Here is the from the GA Association to the NC proposals…

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Posted by Paula Owens on April 11, 2013 at 18:30

Request for information on how you use geographical media in your primary teaching...

Request by Giovanni Donadelli.

If you had a few minutes to fill this survey in, it would be appreciated.…

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Posted by Alan Parkinson on March 30, 2013 at 19:39

Recent good find - If you haven't seen this video already, well worth a look

I was at a Geography meeting in Westminster School last week and they were sharing good tips and advice for the schools that feed into Westminster. The one great tip that I got which I think is worth sharing was this video:

http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth.html 

His name is Hans Rosling and he is well worth watching. He has other videos which are also very…

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Posted by Ian Jeffery on March 27, 2013 at 11:38

A trip to Suffolk

Spent part of today over the border into Suffolk at West Stow Anglo Saxon village in the company of 40 primary colleagues. I did a presentation on how we could relate the missions to Primary Humanities, particularly the idea of exploration, outdoor learning ('fieldplay') and connect with the chronology and sense of place that came from being in a place where people had lived for centuries...



A slightly edited version of my presentation is here:…

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Posted by Alan Parkinson on March 26, 2013 at 18:30

Forum

Primary Geography resources focus group

Hi, We are running some London based focus groups for primary teachers on improving resources for Geography and world learning. Anyone interested in attending (we will pay you for your time) please…Continue

Tags: resources, research, Primary

Started by alison bellwood Mar 14.

Fieldwork Funding Awards 2013

Frederick Soddy Trust FIELDWORK FUNDING - DEADLINE  JAN 3Ist - Go to…Continue

Started by Rachel Bowles Jan 12.

Still an opportunity to visit India - Easter 2013

.Helen Martin has been asked by Imo and Kiran, who run the study centre at Sangam, Silvepura near Bangalore, to run a study visit next Easter 2013. They ran the Indian part of the GA study tour that…Continue

Started by Rachel Bowles Jan 12.

Supersized earth

Has anyone else been watching this?http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zy57nThese 3 documentaries on bbc one have had me glued. Whilst the…Continue

Started by Helen Robinson Dec 6, 2012.

GA PRESENTATION

What is the Geographical Association? What do we do? How can we help you?

Find out more about us here ...

 


Download this presentation to share at staff meetings
GA_AUAboutTheGA.ppt

Please help our research!

how to add yourself to our Google map.doc
We have a map showing the location and details of the Primary Champions but thought it would be great to have an interactive collaborative map that shows how support for, and confidence in, primary geography is spread across the UK. This will help us report about the needs of teachers in England to the DCSF and will also help the GA to target teacher support more effectively across the entire UK. Please do take the time to add your details - see the 'how to' documentation for a step by step guide. Many thanks!

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