Happy Birthday Sir David!

Sir David got out and about at school earlier today, visiting all the House assemblies in the Prep school and then taking a walk at lunchtime.

Happy Birthday Sir!

Choose Geography

Choose Geography is an annual supplement which is included with 'Geographical Magazine' each year.

This year, the Education team at the RGS have been more closely connected with the production of the supplement: the new Gatsby Benchmarks are a real focus for their work.

Take a look online here if you aren't a subscriber to the physical edition of the magazine.

A lovely review of 'Why Study Geography?'

I'm grateful to Thomas Larsen for this really wonderful review of my book, which was published in the US in the 'Geography Journal'. If you are quick, this link will take you to a free PDF download of the whole review - although it can be read on this page too. I am really delighted that Thomas has really 'got' what I was aiming at when writing the book.

Check out Thomas' website as well for more of his work and reviews.

The book is still available to purchase of course. Imagine reading it on a beach this summer.

"Parkinson enters into a personal dialogue with the reader. Reading Why Study Geography? feels like receiving practical life advice from a veteran."

The power of Geography, and why it is needed

Essential viewing...

Armistice Project

One for King's Ely Staff, Students and Parents (and Old Eleans) only please.

Arm100 Poster 2 by GeoBlogs on Scribd

Welcome to Geography

Marco TOMA Tomaselli Timelapse Reel 2014 from Marco Tomaselli on Vimeo.
Here there's a collection of timelapses I shot during the past year.
Amazing landscapes from California, Arizona, Bahamas, Florida, Japan, Taiwan to Italy.

Shot in RAW with different cameras like Canon 1DC, Canon 5D, Canon 7D and Nikon D800.

Marco TOMA Tomaselli
Photographer & Cinematographer based in Los Angeles.
US phone: +1 (323) 594-1142
imdb: imdb.com/name/nm5064843
web: www.iamTOMA.com

The Earth.... in a nutshell...

What makes us human? Geography of course!

Geography on foot...

An interesting article in the Geographical Magazine.

It suggests that walking and exploring your local area is at the heart of all geographical study.
We do a fair bit of walking at King's, but perhaps need to do a little more of it…

Where was the last place you walked to?

Geography is a vigorous discipline, with no real need to justify itself.

Modern human geography is a powerful analytical tool. Physical geography, with its abandonment of Penckian and Davisian concepts has become perhaps more descriptive of phenomena. Geography is also a synthesising discipline and in synthesis unites both aspects of the subject. A study of landscape reveals the fundamental geology, the pedology, the biology (including lichenology), microclimatology, history, and sociology. This can all be achieved by a study of the local area on foot.

It is therefore advocated that all geographical teaching should begin with a study of the immediate vicinity on foot. As in Pestalozzian theory this should commence in the junior school and continue in later education. By so doing the two halves of the subject are reunited. For the individual the learning process is enhanced, and they are given the opportunity to establish a link with the genius loci, to have roots and to belong.

Half term...

Half term is here and we hope you have a good rest and return recharged ready for some more Geography. There's plenty ahead of us between now and Christmas for sure.

Geography in the News

As always, stories we are studying in Geography are very much in the news.
New for this year is the #trendinggeography board, where subjects in the news can be displayed: an idea gained from Twitter.

What do you think are the most #trendinggeography stories of the weekend ?

Big Outdoors Day...

A starter set of images...