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Page 11 - Sheffield and District Branch templates.
Page 14 - List of school GIS packages which accept OS digital map data.
Page 3 - Vote on the future of the GA.
Page 3 - Henry Widdup full obituary.
Page 7 - Transition Pack for Year 6-7
Page 10 - Download the aerial image of Ballykelly Forest and a Species Key below:
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If you do not have this you can get it free from the Adobe website.
Page 18 - GA Annual Conference Association at Work Day - resume of committee reports.
Page 21 - Find out about all this year's award winners including full citations in the Funding and Awards area.
Page 7 - Happy Birthday Professor Balchin! Find out more about the geographical career of one of the GA's longest-standing members.
Page 25 - Find out more about Dr David Cotton who was recently presented with a GA Certificate of Outstanding Service.
Page 14 - Caption Competition! This photo of Sue Lomas (GA President 05/06) was taken at the International Geography Olympiad in Brisbane. We thought it was in need of a humorous caption so send your suggestions to Fran Royle by 31 October - the best one wins a prize! We'll publish the winning caption in the next issue of GA Magazine.
We had so much material for this edition of GA Magazine that we decided to give you a little bit more via the website.
Page 8 - David Lambert's 'View From Here' plus six papers on the Action Plan >>>
Page 10 - more information about Professional Library Starter Packs >>>
Page 14 - Roger Nash's thoughts and photos from the Kenya 2004 article >>>
Page 16 - photographs from the Experience Pakistan report >>>
Page 17 - full text and photos from the East meets West article >>>
Page 18 - further information on the Study Visit to South India >>>
Page 19 - diary extracts from Valerie Klein's trip to Uganda >>>
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This issue focuses on refreshing the primary curriculum, offering advice on planning for integrated learning and using the concept of place as a focus. It also includes examples of how three schools have successfully combined art with geography.
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The Summer issue, which focuses on young people’s geographies, discusses how we can use students’ personal experiences to help make a geography curriculum which is meaningful and relevant to their everyday lives.
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This issue features a series of articles that attempt to demonstrate the value of a geographical perspective in facing up to the current global food crisis. Article topics include the EU sugar reform and its effects on Caribbean producers, aquaculture in Thailand, and the obesity 'epidemic'. The issue also features a Spotlight On article on the URBAN EARTH project.
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