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A full house!

Quite an ambitious week-long initiative for us with five schools and more than 420 Key Stage 2 pupils and their teachers on board! At this point, thanks must go to Tewkesbury Rotary Club for funding two school places, namely for children at The John Moore Primary School (https://www.thejohnmooreprimary.org/) and Tirlebrook Primary School (https://www.tirlebrook.co.uk/) within the town. These schools were joined by children and teachers from Vernon Primary School in Cheshire (https://www.vernonprimaryschool.com/), Brimington Junior School (https://thelearnerstrust.org/brimington-juniors/) and Dronfield Junior School (https://www.dronfield-jun.derbyshire.sch.uk/), both located in Derbyshire. All the youngsters impressed us greatly. After formally welcoming everybody and introducing myself and Marcella, as well as sharing the aims of the workshop and proposed format for the sessions, we moved on to our ‘starter’.  I launched Digimap for Schools and…Continue readingA full house!

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Cinnamon Brow pupils impress us!

Another virtual single school event today, but this time we were joined by six classes of Key Stage 2 pupils and their teachers from Cinnamon Brow C of E Primary School near Warrington in Cheshire (https://cinnamonbrow-warrington.secure-dbprimary.com/warrington/primary/cinnamonbrow), and what a pleasurable experience it was too! After a formal welcome and introductions, as well as sharing the aims of the workshop and proposed format for the session, we moved on to our ‘starter’.  I launched Digimap for Schools and projected a map of the UK to pinpoint our locations and explore our connections with these places (https://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/). Never miss an opportunity to enhance pupils’ locational and place knowledge! Our first task was to challenge any misconceptions that pupils had.  We asked them what they thought Brazil was like and where they believed the Amazon was located. …Continue readingCinnamon Brow pupils impress us!

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Off we go again!

A busy week for myself and Marcella Haddad as we prepare for two back-to-back trips to the Amazon! On board with us today were nearly 150 Key Stage 2 pupils and their teachers from three schools throughout the western half of the UK, namely Raeburn Primary School in Bromborough on The Wirral (https://raeburn.wirral.sch.uk/); Vernon Primary School in Poynton, Cheshire (https://www.vernonprimaryschool.com/) and Lakefield C of E Primary School in Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire (https://www.lakefield.gloucs.sch.uk/gloucs/primary/lakefield). After a formal welcome and introductions, as well as sharing the aims of the workshop and proposed format for the session, we moved on to our ‘starter’.  I launched Digimap for Schools and projected a map of the UK to pinpoint our locations (https://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/). Never miss an opportunity to enhance pupils’ locational and place knowledge! Our first task…Continue readingOff we go again!