Leeds – Step into the Amazon

This was the question that we hoped to discover the answer to during a whole day’s virtual workshop to the Amazon. On board today’s event were more than 120 Key Stage 2 pupils and teachers from Middleton Primary School near Leeds in West Yorkshire (https://www.middletonprimary.org/), as well as a handful of Year 3 to Year 6 children from Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School, a very small establishment close to Chorley in Lancashire (https://www.mossylea.lancs.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; tourists; developers; indigenous people; conservationists. After introducing ourselves and making use of Digimap for Schools (https://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/) to identify our various locations within…Continue readingSo, ‘what really makes the Amazon so amazing?’

Hover over each image to view its caption. Click on individual images to enlarge them. Due to interest and demand, it was time to steer yet another multi-schools event; I am beginning to lose count now as to how many we have delivered to date! On board for this week’s ‘amazing Amazon adventure’ were around 250 Key Stage 2 pupils and teachers from five schools across the UK, namely South Milford Primary School near Leeds, West Yorkshire (https://www.southmilfordprimary.co.uk/), Berry Hill Primary School in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire (http://www.berryhill.gloucs.sch.uk/web), St. Paul’s C of E Primary School in Bolton, Lancashire (https://www.st-pauls.bolton.sch.uk/), Thomas Buxton Primary School in London (https://www.thomasbuxton.towerhamlets.sch.uk/) and Marlbrough Road Academy in Salford, Greater Manchester (https://www.marlboroughroad.org/). We also welcomed Adriana’s Brazilian…Continue readingSo, what makes the Amazon so amazing?