Geography Open Hub Meeting
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09/03/2023
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Geography Open Hub Meeting
Date: Thursday 9th March 2023
Time: 1.00 – 4.00pm
Platform: Zoom
Theme:
- Mapping skills (inc GIS)
- Brief fieldwork review
- Investigating how we can reduce our carbon footprint in schools and sustainable energy development.
Session Outline:
Session 1 1:00 – 1:55 Progression in Mapping
- What does mapping look like from EYFS to Year 6?
- How can we develop and contextualise this within the classroom?
- What resources do we need?
Session 2 2:00 – 2:55 Progression in fieldwork
- What might fieldwork look like from EYFS to Year 6?
- How might we develop purposeful fieldwork using our school and immediate local area?
- Which contexts, resources and techniques might work best?
Session 3 3:05 – 4:00 Sustainable thinking
- What is a carbon footprint and why does it matter?
- What’s it got to do with us and our everyday lives? (Energy, food, transport ect)
- What can we do to reduce our carbon footprint and how does this link to the curriculum?