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Welcome to The Primary Humanities Project Geography Day 5 th March 2014

Geography has enormous potential for creative critical thinking, inspiring feelings of awe and wonder and enabling better global understanding that will, in the words of the National Curriculum (DfE 2013) ‘ remain with them for the rest of their lives’. Welcome to The Primary Humanities Project

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Welcome to The Primary Humanities Project Geography Day 5 th March 2014

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  1. Geography has enormous potential for creative critical thinking, inspiring feelings of awe and wonder and enabling better global understanding that will, in the words of the National Curriculum (DfE 2013) ‘ remain with them for the rest of their lives’

  2. Welcome to The Primary Humanities Project Geography Day 5th March 2014

  3. Project Aims To develop primary teachers’ own subject knowledge in history and geography To increase familiarity with the requirements of the 2014 history and geography framework To identify areas of subject expertise that primary practitioners would value further exemplification of

  4. Welcome 9.45 Geography in the Primary Curriculum Leszek Iwaskow, Geography HMI 10.30 – 10.45 Refreshments 10.45 – 11.20 Tour / Planning Together 11.25 – 12.00 Tour / Planning Together 12.15 Plenary

  5. The challenge is to teach aspects of physical and human geography which can take pupils beyond a descriptive approach in an attempt to seek understanding…. What? Why there? Why care?

  6. Geography’s Key Concepts: Place, Scale, Location, Environment, Physical and Human Processes Interpreting the National Curriculum http://geognc.wordpress.com/about/curriculum-making-for-all/ The Geographical Association http://www.geography.org.uk/ Primary Humanities Project Blog http://www.primaryhumanities.wordpress.com

  7. Collaborative Planning - 1pm – 3pm Opportunities for developing geography at the Arboretum Mapwork Fieldwork Physical and Human Processes 3-3.30pm Next Steps

  8. An outstanding curriculum….. (NCTL,2013) Is underpinned by aims, values and purpose Develops the while person; knowledge understanding and attitudes Is broad and balanced and has clear progression in subject knowledge and skills Is filled with rich, first hand purposeful experiences Is flexible and responsive to individual needs and interests Embodies the principle of sustainability Has an eye on the future and the needs of future citizens Encourages the use of environments and expertise beyond the classroom Makes meaningful links between areas of knowledge Has local, national and international dimensions

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