Primary Geography
Fly the Green Eco Schools Flag Horton Kirby Centre The Geographical Association Outdoor Education Unit Primary Geography Quality Mark Barnaby Bear
Fly the Green Eco Schools Flag!
Eco Schools or How to involve your school and its pupils in practical Citizenship, PSHE, Geography and Science (plus a few other subjects it you’re creative!)
The Centre is visited by over 4,000 pupils every year and lies eight kilometres south of Dartford in north west Kent.
Its main aim is to support teachers of all key stages in delivering the National Curriculum, particularly science, geography and history, through providing pupils with practical experience of the natural and built environment around Horton Kirby and the nearby Darent Valley.
In addition it is a focus for the Continual Professional Development of teachers through a regular programme of INSET, mainly centering on geography, science, environmental maths, history and art. Community orientated courses are also delivered at the Centre.
For more information visit the Clusterweb site
The Geographical Association is a subject teaching association with a mission to further the teaching of geography and to communicate the value of learning geography for all. It has around 7,000 memberships including teachers in primary and secondary schools, academic geographers, universities and teacher educators. More information.
The Annual Geographical Association Conference was held at the University of Surrey. Downloads from workshops and lectures are now available on the GA web site.
Don't leave it to chance! A KCC policy for safeguarding children and staff on Educational Visits and offsite activities.
Visit the Unit's ClusterWeb site for more information.
The Primary Geography Quality Mark
The Primary Geography Quality Mark is an award for primary schools who wish to achieve recognition for the quality and progress in geography leadership, curriculum development, learning and teaching in their school. More Information...
The PGQM in Brief
- It is a school self evaluation tool
- It can be gained at one of three levels: bronze, silver or gold
- It is based on the clear and simple criteria of: subject management; teachers and teaching; pupils and learning; and the provision of broader opportunities
- The criteria are referenced to the new Ofsted self evaluation form (SEF)
- It is a key strategy for raising the quality of geographical education within the Action Plan for Geography
- It is comparable to awards such as Active Mark, Arts Mark, Healthy Schools, Eco-Schools and the ICT Mark
Barnaby Bear
(Barnaby Bear® is a registered trademark of the Geographical Association - http://www.geography.org.uk/)The official Barnaby Bear website features an interactive game, a storyboard, photographs, case studies, links and resources.
Contact: Barnaby BearBackground
Barnaby Bear first appeared in a unit of work entitled ‘Where in the world is Barnaby Bear?’ in 'Geography: A scheme of work for key stages 1 and 2', published by QCA/DCSF. This was written to help teachers prepare interesting materials in response to the geography national curriculum objective: ‘develop children’s knowledge of places and environments throughout the world'.Early Years and Primary
Young children love Barnaby, and his appearance in unfamiliar places and environments helps children to relate to them. Seeing their own Barnaby in the classroom, and then seeing pictures of his adventures in faraway places helps children bridge the gap between the immediate, familiar environment and abstract, unfamiliar environments.
Barnaby also enables practical first-hand experience - the best way to cover the early years requirement to encourage exploration, observation, problem solving, prediction, thinking and discussion.Barnaby Bear Resources
The Barnaby Bear collection of resources offers an innovative approach to exploring the wider world with young children. Written by teachers, the materials use Barnaby as a starting point for introducing a global dimension to the primary classroom. Building on the QCA scheme of work ‘Where in the world is Barnaby Bear?’ the resources stimulate exciting geography at key stage 1, at the same time providing rich contexts through which young children may develop language skills.
- A series of big books for classroom use
- These combine accessible text with beautiful illustrations, plus four pages of practical suggestions for classroom activities and a rationale with clear links with the national curriculum.
- A linked series of little books
- These take the big book stories further, providing differentiated readers for use with individual children, small groups or the whole class.
- The Barnaby range also includes DVDs and videos of the BBC television series (visit the BBC's Barnaby Bear pages to purchase these), games, posters, various electronic resources and a 'Well Done' stamp.
