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Primary Geography pagesWelcome to the web for Primary Geography in
Staffordshire and
Story
and non fiction books for geography
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Barnaby Bear on FaceBook
The Official Barnaby Bear facebook page,
has been set up to 'provide a forum for people to contribute and
share ideas and resources that stimulate and inspire children's
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Geography of Chocolate - a Y6 / Y7
transition project brought to you by
Give Geography its Place
and in particular Christine Lloyd-Staples and Adam Lawson.
This unit of six lessons is designed for use with Y6 post-SATs. It is designed to:- • provide a new and fully resourced topic for Y6 • engage children with a topic that is relevant to them all • make links between their world and the wider world • act as a bridge between KS2 and KS3 (through the “key concepts”) • create opportunities for children to develop as young geographers • provide a context for studying Fairtrade issues. All the planning and the resources for this unit can be downloaded on GGiP blog |
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Assessing Primary
Geography Teacher assessment is a complex matter, but here are a few tools to help you with part of the process. Principles and purposes of assessment These are some special assessment tasks devised by
teachers in Staffordshire and Derby. They are designed to be completed by
pupils, generally towards the end of a unit, to help teachers judge what
pupils know, understand and can do, in order to help teachers assess
pupils' progress. These are all Word files, so can be adapted to suit your
needs Recording pupils' progress Working on your own moderating pupils' attainment can be very difficult. To help you with a national view of expected standards in geography, please have a look at QCA's National Curriculum in Action website, which contains examples of pupils work in all year groups, with a commentary on how well they have achieved and what they could do to make their work even better. |
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New teaching and learning resources on Everest and Antarctica for KS2
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A contrasting locality: Tocuaro Images from Tocuaro Thanks to Adam Nichols for these images taken in Tocuaro, Mexico, during a visit in Easter 2004.
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You will find these websites useful
Mexico
for Kids
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 India
Quiz
This is the quiz from an "India
Day" at Thornbury Hall. It is a PowerPoint presentation -
download
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Thanks to Chris Rogers, Perton First School, near Wolverhampton, who has sent this Internet quiz which she has devised for her Year 4 pupils |
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Village Settlers (based on QCA Unit 9) Sarah Robson, Headteacher at St. Augustine's C.E.
First School in Draycott-in -the-Clay shares with us a Y3/4 lesson
seen by Ofsted and described as "good". The report describes
the lesson: "Here the teacher combined history
and geography through mapping work. Pupils looked at maps to discover
whether towns and
villages were settled by the Saxons, Vikings or Celts. The extensive
research was conducted quietly, with high levels of concentration
and at a quick pace. Pairs worked together very well and the quality
of discussion was very high. By the end, pupils made hypotheses using
information they had already gained plus what they had found out. One
group concluded that Wales was settled by the Celts because the Saxons
and Viking invaders had driven them out. This showed high levels of
understanding." The lesson plans and support materials can be
downloaded below: |
The work of one group - their graphs and reports of their findings; other work can be seen below.
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Did
you know that from Stafford to Truro* is nearly 3000 miles? Jill Wilkinson, Leasowes Junior School in Stafford, was fortunate to go to Canada on a TPID Professional Development visit. Here Jill describes the work she has been doing with her class since the visit, linking geography, literacy, ICT, art and design and the links she has made with Salmon River Elementary School. See the full story here! * Truro in Nova Scotia that is! |
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Teaching
about Chembakolli?
On a QLS course, Geography and the Internet, Gareth Jones from Moor First School in Biddulph, created this PowerPoint presentation to be used with children studying a Village in India. Please download the presentation here for your own use. Please make sure you are using the NEW Chembakolli pack from Action Aid when teaching this unit. It is also a good idea to complement teaching about rural India with an urban contrast and Action Aid's new Bangalore pack is excellent. |
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The Flat Stanley Project Click here to see the work and more photos Flat Stanley Website www.flatstanleyproject.com |
Click on the image above, and use it as a template for your own "Flat Stanley"! |
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England Caroline Johnstone from Christchurch Middle School in Stone describes how she has brought Geography into the Literacy hour by using Floella Benjamin's autobiography Coming to England to compare weather in Trinidad and England. Click here to see the work and more photos of the display! |
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What
A Wonderful World! Oh yes it is, and just to prove it Year 5 at Hugo Meynell Primary have been busy travelling the globe finding out about many of the most famous landmarks, natural and man-made. |
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Fly
and float with Fergal Fergal is the frog that will guide you through some excellent aerial photographs of the Trent from Knypersley (one of the sources) to Blacktoft (the mouth). This would make a great resource for the geographical enquiry: How does the River Trent affect the landscape and people of Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire? Sally Sanders formerly of Ryecroft Middle School in Rocester, has created two differentiated worksheets for Y5 pupils to use with the River Trent website. Click here for River Trent worksheet and click here for Freddie Frog worksheet, a slightly easier version. |
An example of one of the twelve aerial photos on the fergal site |
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Barnaby's
travels Congratulations to Georgie Savage and Chris Rogers and their colleagues at Perton First School.
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The school web site features Barnaby's travels. Barnaby's adventures are pupil generated and he has been all over the world. |
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Round the World in a Day Take a trip with Thomas Russell Infants who went Round the World in a Day. This was a project for Geography Action Week. |
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Cannock Town Centre Trail
resource Carolyne Cadman of Walhouse Junior School, has produced a valuable teaching aid for teachers of KS2 Geography and English in the Cannock area, with support from Cannock Chase Council and the Staffordshire Partnership. Karen Ward and Val Moore from the District Council have produced a supporting board game and wallchart. |
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Silkmore Primary's Geographical
Enquiry Study the details of Silkmore Primary School's Geographical Enquiry into a development site in their local area - This involved the 'Planning for Real' project with pupils building models and offering opinions about a new housing development. |
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This page last updated 28 March 2012
This page was last updated
28/03/12
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