Slides to support a workshop delivered at the Geographical Association's Conference in April 2016. Exploring the links between primary and secondary classrooms

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Connecting Primary and
Secondary Classrooms

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Do we need grid references?
Are Ordnance Survey maps the best?

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What Geography is taught in Year 3 and Year 6?

6. Y3:
map skills - different types of maps
compass work
Chronological changes over time
Human impact on rivers
Water sources and features (not to extent y6 did)
Local area
Pollution
Human impact on sea
UK geography - different towns why are they there and
the infrastructure
Y6:
Natural hazards/disasters
Rivers
Map work 6grid references inc
Atlases (lots cross curricular)
UK comparisons over time (ww2 link)
Weather
Graphs for weather
Kinda touched on LSD when we were looking at local
areas but they got it quite easily
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Why do we allow Year 7s to stand still?
By Year 1 – local area settlement patterns, tourism and use of beach, farming
system, making maps of local area, journey to school, fieldwork as homework

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10. There is a lack of challenge in Year 7.
Think past ’they haven’t done geography.’
They come to us as excellent writers and
thinkers.
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11. Use proper language from lesson one
They don’t need to be told what geography is:
do it!
They may not be aware that they have done
geography
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13. A high-quality geography education should inspire in pupils a
curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will
remain with them for the rest of their lives. Teaching should equip
pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and
natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding
of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. As pupils progress,
their growing knowledge about the world should help them to deepen
their understanding of the interaction between physical and human
processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and
environments. Geographical knowledge, understanding and skills
provide the framework and approaches that explain how the Earth’s
features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change
over time.
Purpose of study

14. A high-quality geography education should inspire in pupils a
curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will
remain with them for the rest of their lives. Teaching should equip
pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and
natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding
of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. As pupils progress,
their growing knowledge about the world should help them to deepen
their understanding of the interaction between physical and human
processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and
environments. Geographical knowledge, understanding and skills
provide the framework and approaches that explain how the Earth’s
features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change
over time.
Purpose of study

15. What are the significant
events that have
occurred to you since
2002?
What is the significance
of 1,817?
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16. Delayed gratification
1,817 days (ish)
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17. Year 7
2013
Year 11
2018
Year 2
2008
Born
2002
Financial crisis
Gordon Brown PM
Banks part-nationalised
My uni graduation
5 Years5 Years
Year 9
2013
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22. Photo Credit used through Creative Commons
‘…there was a clear tendency amongst best teachers
to see the power of the humdrum, the everyday.’
Practice Perfect, Lemov, D; Woolway E; Yezzi, K p5-6
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37. What is the point of school?
Developingaloveoflearningand
intellectualcuriosity
Teachersloveteaching
Makinglearningmemorable
CPD CPD
Authentic
Interleaving
Deliberate
practise
Assessment
Feedback
Literacy
Numeracy
Routines
No excuses
GRIT
Geog
Rucksack
Modelling
Beliefs
Pedagogy
Subject
Exam
Students
Curriculum
Design
Learning
Behaviours
Teacher
Behaviours
Every individual
achieves more than
they thought possible
Developing a love of
learning and
intellectual curiosity
Teachers love
teaching
Making learning
memorable
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Joint Inset Day
Planning with specialists.
Learning Walks.
Looking at work.

39. Thanks to Patcham High
School Art Department and Jo
Debens
High quality
teaching from
lesson one of
Year 7
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drogersmm@me.com
Connecting Primary and
Secondary Classrooms
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