Today What does the new Geography Curriculum Look like in
practice ?(Stephen Ellis) Resourcing the Geography Curriculum
(Anthony Barlow) Sharing each others success (please bring along an
idea that has gone well) Planning for our first Geography Challenge
on the 25th June, 12.30-2.30pm at Roehampton University.
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Its your group! What do you want? What do they need? Thursday
25 th June 12.30-2.30pm Bring your children to campus for a
creative mapping afternoon.
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Freebies! Fairtrade resources/posters Magazines Cafod resources
Global Learning Programme Sign up and I can buy you a free
resource! 500 for each school.
http://globaldimension.org.uk/glp
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Planning and assessment Read more:
http://www.geography.org.uk/news/2014nationalcurriculum/assessment/
Short, medium and long-term planning and assessment depends upon
teachers having a very clear notion of expectations within their
minds, and a clear vision of what we you trying to achieve. These
are the big objectives of geography teaching. There are three
aspects of pupils achievements in geography: contextual world
knowledge of locations, places and geographical features
understanding of the conditions, processes and interactions that
explain features and distributions, patterns and changes over time
and space competence in geographical enquiry through the
application of skills in observing, collecting, analysing, mapping
and communicating geographical information.
https://geognc.wordpress.com/
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Whats in the curriculum?
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What are the concepts in geography?
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1) Which is further west - Bristol or Edinburgh? 2) Coton in
the Elms in Derbyshire is the furthest place from the coast - how
far away is it? 1. 50 miles 2. 70 miles 3. 110 miles 4. 250 miles
3) How many deer live in the UK? 1. About 100,000 2. About 2m 3.
About 9m 4. About 13m 4) How much of the UK is woodland? 1. 1.2% 2.
4.8% 3. 12.7% 4. 21.9% 5) Which has the largest population? 1.
Newcastle upon Tyne 2. The London Borough of Croydon 3. The Borough
of Reading 4. Milton Keynes 6) Which is the wettest city in the UK?
1. Glasgow 2. Liverpool 3. Manchester 4. Belfast 7) Which is the
UK's longest river? 1. River Avon 2. River Severn 3. River Thames
4. River Clyde 8) How many islands are there on the river Thames?
1. About 20 2. About 110 3. About 190 4. About 420 9) Which is
Britain's most easterly town? 1. Lowestoft 2. Margate 3. Felixstowe
4. Whitby 10) Which is the UK's smallest city by population? 1.
Bangor 2. St David's 3. St Albans 4. Truro
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http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/united-kingdom-lat-long.html
(-0.070604391) latitude 51north and longitude 0 east
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/geography/geographical_enquiry/geographical_skills
/revision/6/
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Giving pupils a sense of scale World addresses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXYK QEJeqk&feature=fvst
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Use Google Maps to zoom in.
http://education.scholastic.co.uk/resources/215422
Enquiry questions What is this place like? Why is it like it
is? How is it connected to other places? How it is changing and
why? What does it feel like to be here?
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8 Way thinking and geography
www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_Conf09LP8PPT.ppt
www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_Conf10White.ppt Derived from:
Gardners Multiple Intelligence Theory (MI) Philosophy for Children
(P4C) De Bonos six Thinking Hats Thinking Skills Combining thinking
skills scaffolding, P4C practices Logical/Mathematical
Verbal/Linguistic Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalistic
Body/Physical Musical Visual/Spatial
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Fieldwork tools to encourage observation and enquiry
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Past 8 ways thinking: Olympic Site Present Future? People: Who
lives/lived here? What is there for children? Numbers: How many
CCTV cameras, fence- posts, bridges, arches, costs involved! Words:
East London accent, foreign visitors, place names. Nature: Wild
life, pollution and food growing, fishing. Sights: Types of
buildings, boats, bridges, roads and wildlife. Actions: Changing
places, tourism, international journeys, 2012, recycling. Feelings:
Excitement, winning, change is good? Sounds: Industrial,
transport/travel, wildlife, people. GeographyHistory
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What is our local area like? We live in a very green city - Two
thirds of Londons land area is occupied by green spaces and water.
Of this about a third is private gardens, a third parks or in
sports use and a third includes Londons natural landscape features:
woodlands, historic parklands, remnant grazing marsh, river valleys
and downland. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfLN5XqkStM
http://www.buzzfeed.com/richardhjames/34-maps-showing-how-green-london-actually-is#zb70uh
https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=bqPY6RsY9Dg
https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=bqPY6RsY9Dg Charney Bassett
Intrinsically linked to sensory experience is emotion Children need
to have experiences which heighten emotions such as wonder, joy and
excitement, and children need adults who will use the natural
resources to bring out and develop these emotions. Outdoor Play in
the Early Years Management and Innovation Helen Bilton Building on
the EYFS Developing a Sense of place
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The teacher has found a big letter on their chair. It is a
strange letter, smudged with dirt with twigs inside. The writing is
big and scratchy. Do they children know anything about it? The
letter is from someone/thing called Barney: a very old tree in a
forest and she needs our help because the council is planning to
chop her down. Ask children what they think? How do they feel about
this situation? There is a picture of Barney with the letter. Ask
talking partner to discuss what they know about trees. Why they are
cut down? What things are made from trees? Children list things
that come from trees. A child/TA finds a second envelope, filled
with smaller letters. Each letter is from a creature or person that
uses the tree saying why they cant lose Barney. Understanding the
world: immediate area
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Den building Detailed research briefing:
http://www.playengland.org.uk/media/120513/play-for-a-change-chapter-4.pdf
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Being playful, teaching noticing, promoting questions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25449223 http://eyebombing.com/
Plan a microadventure http://vimeo.com/ 87551589
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All children can bring a cereal box? Each group build one
building on the site? Make a collaborative map?
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What do we feel about the environment around our school?
http://www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_PRYGStPVideo.wmv Barrow
Bridge: Now, then and the future! Making Geography Happen Also:
http://www.geography.org.uk/cpdevents/onlinecpd/myplaceyourplaceourplace/mywalksandmessymaps/
Young Geographers Project
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Start with a story Pupil-led enquiry, issue-based and promoting
questioning. A Geographical Adventure From:
http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/younggeographers/resources/southborough/
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How can you develop your geographical knowledge? Sporcle-
geographical quizzes
http://www.sporcle.com/games/category/geography Various apps Buy an
atlas, buy a childrens atlas Buy a world map and globe Play around
with Google Maps or Bing Maps Buy an OS map for your area Start
collecting types of maps Look on the BBC country profiles if you
hear something on the news eg Syria?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm OS Mapzone
Up to date Map of the World http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-
files/Guardian/documents/2011/07/11/New.world5.pdf
http://www.mapcrunch.com/ http://locatestreet.com/
http://geoguessr.com/ Random Google generator Geography (The
Primary Teachers Guide) by John Halocha
http://shop.scholastic.co.uk/resources/218480
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Remember You need to have a spread of local, regional,
national, global locations You need to know what geography is good
questioning and enquiry You need to develop skills in fieldwork
skills that are often cross-curricular (debates, accuracy of
counting, plotting points) You need to consider all continents and
oceans (at KS1) and then go deeper at KS2 within those
continents
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Country Region Conurbation Large City City Large Town A
different way to show coverage.Fill this in for each Key Stage? The
local area