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Independent Schools Working Group
Mr Paul Baker
Dragon School
Bardwell Road
OXFORD
telephone (home): 01865 510 529
telephone (work): 01865 315 472
E-mail: Paul Baker
Web page contact: Andrew Lee
Scroll down for downloads and information related to Independent Schools.
Flood Trends in the Thames Basin
Thursday 8 May 2008, 4:45pm
St Edwards School, Woodstock Road, Oxford
A lecture by Terry Marsh, Leader of the National Hydrological Monitoring Programme, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford. (Please let Dr Garrett Nagle know if you are attending this lecture).
Upgrade Your Geography
Tuesday 17 June 2008
Oxford School of Geography, Oxford University
Oragnised by the GA's Independent Schools Working Group, this one day event includes a range of workshops, plus keynote lectures and a three course lunch. Download further information and booking form.
We are looking for new members! Our aims for the coming year are:
- To strengthen our links with the maintained sector to enable best practice to be seen in the teaching of geography
- To encourage new membership from Independent Schools and to set up cluster groups around the country
- The Action Plan for Geography
- To make sure that Geography is an important part of the school curriculum
Any one interested in joining this Committee is invited to contact Paul Baker tel 01865 315503.
Andrew Lee has created www.thinkingeography.com, a new website for geography students and teachers which provides geographical reflections on current events. It provides video and voice podcasts (geocasts) as well as a blog environment called geograffiti where users can contribute to debates. It is possible to subscribe to the site so that new programmes, which typically last for two minutes, are automatically downloaded to iTunes. Geograffiti blog is also an RSS feed which can automatically update on users PCs. Teachers might even ask students to listen to a podcast online before answering a set question. There are further plans afoot to create an online prep environment too.
ISWG members are now able to keep in touch via their very own Virtual Learning Environment at http://iswg.geography.org.uk. Contact Andrew Lee for username and password details.
You may be interested in the GA Oxford Branch which has close links with the ISWG. Find out more about this Branch and their activities on the GA Oxford Branch page. |
The Independent Schools Working Group represents the interests of geography teachers in public and preparatory schools within the GA and aims to increase the membership of Independent School geographers to the GA.
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We have a distinct membership drawn from geography teachers in public and preparatory schools. In addition to representing their interests within the GA, we organise in-service training opportunities and produce an annual newsletter Notes and Queries to members of ISWG.
Each summer we hold an annual conference, which includes workshops, forums, lectures and a publishers' display. We also organise a range of other conferences, which are listed on the Events page.
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We always welcome new members on ISWG, for further details please contact Alan Hancock, Uppingham School, Uppingham, Leicestershire LE15 9QE.
Chartered Geographer status: The RGS-IBG has introduced the professional status of Chartered Geographer for suitably qualified and experienced individuals. It is particularly relevant to teachers in the Independent sector and other educators because it complements the government’s Teachers’ Standards Framework and CPD strategy. Further information about the Chartered Geographer and details of how to apply can be found on the RGS-IBG website.
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| The Thames Explorer Trust |
I asked Andy Hawkins, director of the Thames Explorer Trust to write a short precis about the Trust's work as I have certainly had a worthwhile time there with KS3 students from Westminster. Andrew Lee
We are an educational charity who aim to promote education about the Thames environment and to improve access to the river. Established in 1988 and run by a management committee, we have two full time of staff and six part time teaching staff. Our base is at Chiswick Pier, where we have an office and teaching space, we also work at 11 other riverside locations.
We offer a range of programmes of interest to Geography teachers:
KS2 Rivers and Environmental Issues
KS2 Discover the River Thames
KS3 Rivers Landforms and Flooding
KS3 Discover the River thames
KS3 Rivers and Environmental Issues
KS4 GCSE courses tailored to individual needs and exam boards.
Please contact us for further details of our schools courses - a copy of our current brochure and river resources for sale is also available on our website. Contact: andy@thames-explorer.org.uk Telephone: 020 8742 0057
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| Geography for CE Textbook |
At the IAPS conference, John Widdowson, author of Geography for CE, released a list of chapter/section headings that were going to be used in the forthcoming book to be available in May 2007. Download the list here.
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