Primary Teachmeet Session

 

I ended a busy first day of term yesterday by joining the other presenters at the GlosGeog Virtual Primary Teachmeet, organised by Emma Espley. I caught a few other presentations before I had to go to an after school INSET session. Thanks to those colleagues who gave up their time to join us.

As it was taking place on Earth Day, the general theme was Sustainability.

Here's the presentation that I used.

I referenced a few things that might be helpful:

- an article I wrote for Primary Geography talking about our work in KS2

- Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics work - including work in Amsterdam

- RMetS Heatwaves resource for KS2

- my KS2 blog

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Happy Earth Day 2023

Happy Earth Day!

Dennis Hayes started the first event back in 1970.


‘Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known’ - Carl Sagan

#EarthDay2023 #ClimateChange is about consumption of the very richest people in our global society.

50% of global emissions are emitted by just 10% of the population.

90% of global emissions by 50% of the population.

We need to recognise climate justice to save our planet pic.twitter.com/qhZoOTVqeG

— Professor Mark Maslin 👍 (@ProfMarkMaslin) April 22, 2023

and a cartoon:

Ella Baron on #EarthDay2023 #ClimateEmergency – political cartoon gallery in London https://t.co/dePcTdnXF6 pic.twitter.com/u9LJCcKNHC

— Political Cartoon (@Cartoon4sale) April 22, 2023

As part of Earth Day, why not have a go at the Sustainable Fashion Quiz, which links closely with our Fashion topic in Year 8.

What animal are you ?

Today is Earth Day - why not use Google's quiz to find out...

I'm a giant squid...

Turns out Mr. Parratt was a mantis shrimp....