‘What makes the Amazon so amazing?‘ This was indeed the question that we hoped to discover the answer to during our whole day’s workshop. On board today’s event were more than 300 Key Stage 2 pupils and teachers from Radipole Primary School in Weymouth, Dorset (https://www.radipole.dorset.sch.uk/) and Lady Mount Catholic Primary School in Pensby, The Wirral (http://www.ladymount.wirral.sch.uk/). On their arrival into the Zoom meeting, all classes were re-named after a group with an interest in the Amazon, e.g. researchers; farmers; miners; loggers; indigenous people. After introducing ourselves and making use of Digimap for Schools (https://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/) to identify our various locations within the UK (never miss a chance to develop place and locational knowledge!), outlining the learning objectives and format of the day, it was time for our ‘starter’.…Continue readingOne final trip to the Amazon for this academic year!
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