New KS4 AQA

Here is a presentation from AQA on their new KS4 geography specifications. Big thanks to Ian Walters at Fullhurst for sharing this presentation.

OCR expo – Controlled assessment

Here is a presentation given at a recent OCR expo which attempts to define how controlled assessment should look at GCSE. Not geography specific but might help clarify things…

A collaborative, practical, participatory unit of work

Hey,

Well, I will have just had my 5 minutes of fame at this terms Leicester Geography Network. I am starting this thread on the blog in order to gauge interest and gather suggestions from those interested in creating a collaborative unit of work aimed at getting year 9 to participate in geography rather than just letting it happen to them. (if you were not at the meeting and you are interested then the powerpoint I used is here)

Please leave comments regarding your interest in working together or suggestions for themes/issues to study.

Alternatively please feel free to e-mail me at rmanger@englishmartyrs.leicester.sch.uk

I hope to hear from you soon

Cheers

Rob

CfBT Regional Conference at the Tigers

As mentioned at the last workshop, don’t forget to book your free place on the CfBT regional conference.

The session is due to take palce on the 12th March and will outline exactly how you can further develop your curriculum plans for KS3. We are in the rather fortunate position that the chosen venue for the East Midlands is the Tigers ground!

One of the three Regional Subject Advisors for the East Midlands is Justin Woolliscroft and can be contacted at the following email address

GeoSearchEngine

This is a specialised search engine for geography teachers, geography students and anyone interested in all things geographical.

It is based on the Google Custom Search facility. Unlike the normal Google Search, this search engine will only look for web sites within a pre-determined set of useful geography-related sites. This means that you will get more practical suggestions and (in theory) less time is wasted going through web sites that have no real significance to geography.

A great idea that looks set to grow! Big thanks to David Raynor for this one!

Aerial Photo’s of Leicester

Recently on SLN our very own Preche, AKA Rob Manger has spotted that the Leicester Mercury has just published a special edition aerial photos of Leicestershire newspaper for 50p.The photos should be useful for settlement patterns, and urban regeneration at least.

Does this website feature some of the images Rob…?

Our World Film Festival

Came across this the other day and am going to suggest to some Y9 students that we submit a video. Could be a great way to encourage your numbers for GCSE!

Progression and understanding in the new KS3 POS

Here is a link to a Breeze presentation from Phil on the issues surrounding  progression and understanding at KS3 that we all wrestled with during our first workshop.

Click here to download a zip file of the presentation. Just unzip folder and double click on the index icon to play.

Geographical significance?

What makes something geographically significant? What criteria should we use when selecting content for inclusion in our new POS?

Geography movies

www.geographyatthemovies.co.uk

check it out