IFRC Disasters Report 2022

This is produced annually by the International Federation of Red Cross organisations.

The report for 2022 rightly discusses the legacy of COVID19.

Prince's Teaching Institute Online Course

Now on the PTI website and available for booking is an online course I am leading for the PTI along with Catherine Bradley.

Follow the link to get some more details. I hope to see some of you there.

Details:

Alan Parkinson's talk will be on Exploring Post-Covid Geographies: Navigating new normals in the classroom

The last year has seen dramatic changes around the world. This session will explore the implications of the pandemic on the geography classroom and the curriculum. What new human and physical geographies are emerging as a result of the impacts of COVID-19? Participants will have access to a detailed document and resources to help unpick examples such as the economic effects of working from home, changing demographics, vaccine inequalities, food security, air quality and the rise of the 'staycation'. There will be examples drawn from Alan's own classroom and an opportunity for sharing and developing ideas collaboratively.

Competition stimulus

This book is part of a competition for students:

The competition has been put together by the team at Oak National Academy with BAFTA and other organisations' support.

Details on the link.

Young Geographer of the Year Competition 2021

It's time for the RGS-IBG Young Geographer of the Year Competition once again. Last year, this formed part of our lockdown learning and resulted in some good outputs and entries. We will be inviting you to take part in the competition again and providing some guidance in the next term, while being especially mindful of the impact on our own school community.

We are delighted to announce that our Young Geographer of the Year Competition, organised in partnership with @GeographicalMag, is open! Pupils are encouraged to create and submit an annotated map revealing how their lives have been shaped by COVID-19. https://t.co/lsU6EMUQWF pic.twitter.com/lhqu5feHFC

— RGS-IBG Schools (@RGS_IBGschools) April 1, 2021

This year the title is 'Remapping our Lives'.

For this year’s Young Geographer of the Year competition the RGS-IBG are asking young people to create an annotated map which reveals how their lives have been shaped by the Covid pandemic.

They are are interested to see maps which illustrate and describe:

• Which local human and physical features they and their family used during the pandemic
• Why some places were especially important to young people
• The places they couldn’t visit and why
• If the pandemic has led to them experiencing any new places in their local area
• How the pandemic changed their geographical understanding of their local area
• Any links which ‘stretch’ their maps to other places which were also important to them during the pandemic

Entering the competition
The competition has four categories as usual:

1. Key Stage 2 (pupils aged 7-11)
2. Key Stage 3 (pupils aged 11-14)
3. Key Stage 4 or GCSE (pupils aged 14-16)
4. Key Stage 5 or A Level (pupils aged 16-18)

Students should enter the Key Stage category they will be in on 30 June 2021.

The deadline for receipt of all entries is Thursday 22 July 2021 at 5.00pm. 

For all the details, see the website here.