Geography Champions

Primary Geography Champions Network

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

Members

  • Mike Windibank
  • Paula Owens
  • Samantha Palmer
  • Simon Asquith
  • Anne Butterworth
  • Chris Trevor
  • BAD GEOGRAPHERS GROUP -NorthWest
  • betty
  • Sarah Caswell
  • Theresa Donnelly
  • Emma Espley
  • Neil Loftus
  • Alison Tanner
  • Stephen Pickering
  • Nell Seal
  • Ayshea Horsfall
  • Pete O Hare
  • sarah forster
  • Amy Claire Dowling
  • Daniel Raven-Ellison

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Mike Windibank is now a member of Geography Champions 2 hours ago
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betty is now a member of Geography Champions yesterday
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Hi Emma,   Just read your profile  page and it sound like you are a person to know because you are such a keen Geographer. We should definitely be friends!!! We have a geography week  (lots of cross curricular stuff) every two…
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Planning a cross-curricular day or week. Using Geography as the steering wheel for driving a connected and creative curriculum in primary schools. at Churchdown Village Infant School

February 7, 2012 from 9:30am to 12:30pm
This course will, firstly, showcase a cross-curricular day and week that have been held successfully in local primary schools.  There will then be time to explore these and other ideas further, discuss proposals with the course leader and fellow delegates, gather and share resources and design your own cross-curricular day or week.The aim of the course is to be as practical and informal as possible, so that you are able to return to school with a fixed idea in mind and a wealth of materials to…See More
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Neil Loftus is now a member of Geography Champions Thursday
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Primary Geography INSET in Norfolk and a kind offer from Mission Explore to schools!

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Hello All,Sorry to have been out of contact for a while.  I've recently returned to work after some time off following the sudden and unexpected death of my dear Mum.  I've been rediscovering the geography of the Vale of Belvoir where I grew up with it's orange ironstone soil and vastly different agriculture to Norfolk. It's funny that it still feels like home after not having lived there for 17 years.  I'm sure there's some personal geography there......I have re-scheduled the Geography for…See More
Nell Seal added a discussion to the group Norfolk Primary Geography Network Jan 25
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Geography Champions Meeting at St John's Catholic Primary

January 31, 2012 from 4:15pm to 5pm
 We will be looking at The Olympics, The PGQM (ideas and tips) and ideas and examples  for Geography/Global /Eco week See More
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Hi Ayshea   The meeting is Tuesday 31st January. Sorry about the mix up it says 2015 as well.!!! Would love to see you there.   Theresa
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The next Champs meeting Tues 31st Jan at St John's 4:15 All welcome Olympics, PGQM examples and ideas as well as Geography Week
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ICT Consultation: proposal to dissaply NC POS from Sep 2012

A message from theNational Curriculum Review Division The Secretary of State for Education has, as part of a package of measures announced in the last week aimed at boosting the teaching of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in schools, today launched a consultation on the Government’s proposal that the existing National Curriculum Programmes of Study for ICT, and associated attainment targets and statutory assessments, should be disapplied from September 2012.  The consultation…See More
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Welcome Louise . Thank you for your interest. I hope you find the site helpful . Remember to join the Hampshire site too to access the resources in the discussion forums Kind regards Sharon
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Louise Cluett, Andrea Ward and Christopher Hern joined Geography Champions Jan 23
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Paula Owens commented on Paula Owens's group 'PGQM Group'
Hi Rhona, Sounds like you're planning ahead which is always useful! My advice would be to a) find out if someone else near you is also doing it  - or persuade someone at a nerby school to do the same, then you can have a buddy which is…
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Rhona Dean commented on Paula Owens's group 'PGQM Group'
Hi! I'm going to be applying for round 11 ... any advice?
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1 Planning a cross-curricular day or week.

Planning a cross-curricular day or week.
2 Planning a cross-curricular day or week. Using Geography as the steering wheel for driving a connected and creative curriculum in primary schools.

Planning a cross-curricular day or week. Using Geography as the steering wheel for driving a connected and creative curriculum in primary schools.
3 Primary Geography INSET in Norfolk and a kind offer from Mission Explore to schools!

Primary Geography INSET in Norfolk and a kind offer from Mission Explore to schools!
4 Planning a cross-curricular day or week.

Planning a cross-curricular day or week.
 

 

A Geographical Association project - join the GA here.

 

Welcome to our collaborative learning community. With more than 1200 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.

NB: stunning FREE 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!

Groups

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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EDUCATION BILL

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

 

You can read an overview of the key points on the DfE site  or find out more by visiting the Parliament site

 

The DfE will announce in Spring 2012 which other subjects will be part of the new statutory curriculum for primary and we hope that geography will be one of those. Currently, the confirmed statutory subjects are English, Mathematics, Science and PE.  

 

You can find out more about the Education Bill and the proposed timetable by visiting a Q and A section on the GA site

 

Primary Geography, the journal for primary teachers, is also running a series of Curriculum think pieces in the next few issues. The first article  discusses the question of knowledge and core knowledge and is available in the Summer Issue 2011 and a second article written by Di Swift is available in the stunning Autumn 2011 edition of this journal for GA members.

Blog Posts

Emma Espley

Planning a cross-curricular day or week.

I am organising a CPD workshop based on the above theme.  Has anyone held a highly successful day or week recently that I could use as a case study?  I have a couple to use already from my own experiences, but the more, the merrier!

 

Posted by Emma Espley on January 27, 2012 at 5:20pm

Emma Espley

Planning a cross-curricular day or week.

I am organising a CPD workshop based on the above theme.  Has anyone held a highly successful day or week recently that I could use as a case study?  I have a couple to use already from my own experiences, but the more, the merrier!

 

Posted by Emma Espley on January 27, 2012 at 5:20pm

Paula Owens

ICT Consultation: proposal to dissaply NC POS from Sep 2012

A message from the

National Curriculum Review Division

 

The Secretary of State for Education has, as part of a package of measures announced in the last week aimed at boosting the teaching of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in schools, today launched a consultation on the Government’s proposal that the existing National Curriculum Programmes of Study for ICT, and associated attainment targets and statutory assessments, should be disapplied from September…

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Posted by Paula Owens on January 23, 2012 at 1:21pm

Paula Owens

CURRICULUM REVIEW delays on implementation

It seems that Michael Gove, dismayed at our trailing achievements when viewed alongside those of certain other countries has decided more time is needed to design and implement curriculum changes which he says will be 'radically different'. It's worth reading this statement in full by following the link below. I wonder how many academies there will be by then who won't have to follow a National Curriculum?

 UPDATE - the link below was correct…

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Posted by Paula Owens on December 19, 2011 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments

John Lyon

Free Resources

Hi everyone

Notice of some free resources that you might be interested in

English Raven English resources for EFL/ESL are all apparently now free: http://www.englishraven.com/

Good for phonics etc...

Also all the I AM LEARNING KS2 iOS Apps are now free of charge for a limited time in the run up to Christmas.

There is a GEOGRAPHY app as well as all the other major KS2 subjects. Lots of questions and graphics…

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Posted by John Lyon on December 15, 2011 at 2:21pm — 3 Comments

Paula Owens

What a Wonderful World

For those of you that saw the evergreen David Attenborough round off the amazing Frozen Planet with his illustrated version of 'It's a wonderful world' - here's the link so you can watch it again - and use it to develop a bit of awe and wonder in your classroom. Thanks to Alan Parkinson for this link.

 

Dont forget, if you have trouble with Youtube urls in the classroom, paste the link…

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Posted by Paula Owens on December 12, 2011 at 2:18pm

Paula Owens

Geographical Association curriculum consultation report now available

In 2012, radically new geography programmes of study will be written, focusing on the essential geographical knowledge that should be taught year by year. The Geographical Association (GA) intends to influence what this means and the resulting outcomes.

 

The Geographical Association have now published the results of their consultation about the new geography curriculum. You can read the summary and / or full report and find out much more…

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Posted by Paula Owens on December 12, 2011 at 2:11pm

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Presentation from Robin Alexander and think piece now available on Tide~ website

Colleagues who attended the conference at Tide~ Birmingham with Robin Alexander reported enthusiastically about the high quality thinking and learning that arose from the day's events. Thanks to Ben Ballin at Tide~ for sharing these links to some useful and provocative reading.

 

Alexander's talk was entitled “A ‘World Class’ Primary Curriculum - Beating The World Or Sustaining It?”

Robin Alexander’s slides from the November conference, plus a think piece in response…

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Posted by Paula Owens on December 12, 2011 at 2:01pm

Forum

Rachel Bowles

Keystage 2 fieldwork competition

Planning for fieldwork  - here is an opportunityThe Frederick Soddy Trust has launched the 'Go the Extra Mile' KS2 fieldwork competition in conjunction with the Geographical Association as part of…Continue

Started by Rachel Bowles Nov 17, 2011.

Hayley Shortt

Global Dimension - Assessing Children's Attitudes and Understanding

Hi all, I am beginning a project on embedding the Global Dimension in our curriculum and I'm thinking about how to measure what the project achieves in terms of developing understanding and attitudes…Continue

Started by Hayley Shortt Oct 9, 2011.

Gemma Kent

The Early Years and Primary Phase Committee Writing Weekend‏

The Early Years and Primary Phase Committee have organised a Writing Weekend this weekend (16-18th September) at Malham Tarn Field Studies Centre, North Yorkshire. Unfortunately, one of our group of…Continue

Started by Gemma Kent Sep 14, 2011.

Paula Owens

Sharing map sites and resources 5 Replies

What are your favourite map sites and why? What sites do you have saved in 'your favourites' folder?These aren't necesarily the same thing as I have many sites saved that I have not fully explored…Continue

Tags: resources, maps

Started by Paula Owens. Last reply by Paula Owens Sep 8, 2011.

GA PRESENTATION

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

Find out more about us here ...

 

About the GA

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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