We managed to squeeze in another week-long initiative before all the Christmas festivities well and truly kick in. This time, we were joined by more than 120 Year 5 and Year 6 pupils and their teachers from two schools, namely St. Wulstan’s Catholic Primary School in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire (https://stwulstans.sch.life/) and The Olive School in Blackburn, Lancashire (https://www.oliveblackburn.com/). After formally welcoming everybody and introducing both Marcella and myself, 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 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…Continue readingOff to the Amazon one last time before Christmas!
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On board with us this morning were around 300 Key Stage 2 pupils and their teachers from four schools throughout the UK, namely Bramhope Primary School near Leeds, West Yorkshire (https://www.bramhopeprimary.co.uk/); The British School in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire (https://www.thebritishschool.co.uk/); Abbey Park First School in Pershore, Worcestershire (https://abbeypark.worcs.sch.uk/) and Purley Oaks Primary School in Croydon, Surrey (https://www.purleyoaks.croydon.sch.uk/). 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 was to challenge any misconceptions that pupils had. We asked them what they thought Brazil was like and where they…Continue readingOff to the Amazon again … twice in one week!