Best Practice Autumn Newsletter 2010

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BRISTOL REGION NETWORK IN GEOGRAPHY TEACHING
NEWSLETTER FOR THE AUTUMN 2010 Welcome back to the new academic year and the return of the newsletter. First of all thank you to all the geography educators who supported each other over the last year. The highlight was the secondary geography teacher’s conference at UWE. Although number were down on the previous year, it was great to see so many teachers from Bristol schools. We are in the process of trying to get Michael Palin as the key note speaker for next year!! The success of the network in the Bristol region is down to the fantastic links, commitment and hard work between schools, local universities and The Geographical Assocation, long may the mutual support continue. Below are events and dates for 2010 -2011. Please put them into your diary and make every effort to attend. South Gloucestershire Secondary Geography Best Practice meetings Friday 1st October 2010. Secondary Geography Best Practice meeting. 9.00 -12.30 meeting then Alan Parkinson Secondary Curriculum Development Leader for the Geographical Association. 1.30 -3.30. Abbey Wood Community School (Old Filton High School) Friday 4th February 2011 9.00 - 4.00. South Gloucestershire Secondary Geography Best Practice. Bradley Stoke Community School. Wednesday 6th July 2011 Secondary Geography Best Practice Conference at UWE. These meetings are free to attend for teachers in South Gloucestershire schools. However there is a small charge for non South Gloucestershire schools to attend.

On Friday 1st October 2010 we have arranged for Alan Parkinson to run a twilight session from 3.45 until 5.00 for those schools who cannot make the day sessions. Do remember that you can attend the Secondary Geography Best Practice meetings for half a day or if you want to share the day with a colleague. Just let Garry know at [email protected] which session you intend to go to. Tony, Ben and Garry are now supporting Primary Geography teachers in South Gloucestershire and have arranged the following meetings: Primary Geography Best Practice Friday 5th November 2010 9.00 -12.00 Primary Geography Best Practice meeting Abbey Wood School. Friday 4th March 2011 1.15 -3.30. Primary Geography Best Practice meeting. Severnside Filton. Friday 11th May 2011 1.15 -3.30. Primary Geography Best Practice meeting. Fieldwork at Blaise Castle. Links are being made with Sarah Whitehouse the Primary lecturer in Geography at UWE and further links have been made with the Geographical Association and the Primary Champions scheme. If any Primary teachers would like support please contact Garry or Tony at [email protected] Bristol branch Geographical Association events As always there is a fantastic range of opportunities for students and teachers through your local GA branch. See below for list of events and the website http://bristolga.pbworks.com/ Please contact [email protected] for membership details. It’s very cheap to join. Hazel Barrett is a fantastic speaker, very knowledgeable and very passionate about her specialism of global population and health issues. Note there are two sixth form events in the autumn term. Please let Garry know if your

students intend to come to go to The Castle School or Chris Spencer know if you intend to go to the Bath meeting. The topics and speakers will be the same at both sessions. Many thanks to the UWE geography staff for supporting this programme. Tuesday 21st September 2010. GA Lecture at the University of Bristol 7.00 -9.00. Professor Hazel Barrett from Coventry University. Global population issues. Plus AGM. Friday 1st October 2010. Alan Parkinson. Secondary Curriculum Development Leader for the Geographical Association. 3.30 - 5.00. Abbey Wood Secondary School (Old Filton High School). Event for GA Bristol branch schools. Thursday 7th October. GA lecture at the University of Bristol Dr Wendy Woodland. UWE. The Cascadia fault zone and hazards. Looking at issues of prediction and mitigation. Including input from UWE geography undergraduates, who have recently returned from an Iceland expedition. Tuesday 9th November. 5.00 -7.30 GA GCSE WorldWise Quiz at Redmaids School. Tuesday 16th November. A joint GA/RGS lecture at the University of Bristol Jacki Hill-Murphy, expedition film maker. Mary Kingsley: A remarkable Victorian explorer and an account of the re enactment of her climb up Mount Cameroon in 1895. Wednesday 17th November 1.30 - 4.00. conference at The Castle School Thornbury. Wednesday 24th November. GA lecture at the University of Bristol. Dr Jenny Hill. UWE. 'Conserving tropical forest: from ecological preservation to ecotourism'. South Gloucestershire sixth form

Thursday 25th November 1.30-4.00. Bath sixth form Geography conference. Wednesday 9th February 1.30 - 4.00. GA 6th form Geography conference at the University of Bristol. Climate Change. What and where is it happening? Including Chris Parker from UWE with Climate Change and river management. Tuesday 1st March 6.00 -9.00. GA 6th form competition. Climate Change what and where is it happening? Please forward this newsletter or print out and display on your department’s notice board. Garry Atterton (AST) Tony Battista (AST) [email protected] [email protected]

Mark Jones (PGCE Geography Tutor, UWE) [email protected] Ben Dilley Faculty Leader of Humanities [email protected]

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