Emma Wotherspoon

Teaching enthusiastic young people all about the Earth @gairlochhigh 🌍 President @SAGTeach 🏔️ Geography, Geology & beautiful pictures of Scotland 🥰

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

@ElginHSGeog @SAGTeach @ElginHighHT Absolutely deserved, thanks for your work and your selfless offering of help to other teachers across Scotland Stuart 🌍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

So proud of this one today - well done on your Geology degree Fraser! ⚒️ #OUFamily @OUScotland

[SAGTeach @SAGTeach]

Registration for our annual SAGT Conference is open!

Full programme & tickets: https://t.co/SyqsuaKlOU

October 26th at Marr Academy, Troon.

Prices remain the same as previous years. Please remember that schools have a CLPL budget and you should be able to claim this cost.

[GeoBus @GeoBus_StA]

We’re hiring! We have a vacancy for a GeoBus Education Assistant. Full details can be found at: https://t.co/KaLW2KqkPq

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

@PhilRanday @SAGTeach @shiv_teaching Not a lot to add here unfortunately - I've had two good goes at trying this in the last couple of years and failed. Interested to hear what others are doing (if you're on Facebook Phil, this will get more response in the SAGT group).

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

@LouiseHGeog We've built model sustainable buildings (joint with CDT) after learning about sustainable approaches to energy, water, transport, food, waste and buildings. Could be done as a whole group, with a variety of building types.

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

@JTweedie @sarahduce @geologymull @scotgeologist Didn't mean to sound harsh, just fed up! There's some amazing work happening in classrooms across the country, which isn't well supported & encouraged by the SQA. But geoscience & geology is happening in because of dedicated teachers... It would be good to have more of that.

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

@JTweedie @sarahduce @geologymull @scotgeologist The rhetoric of "no geology in state schools" is actually damaging. It is there, loads of teachers and pupils don't know it's available because of statements like this.

You might also be interested in this: https://t.co/qmiziCr9Yb

And this: https://t.co/Rr6XDViHcy

[Luisa Hendry | scottishgeologist @scotgeologist]

The geology of Gairloch explained by @emmaearth who kindly met up with me when I was in the area to show me a cool few spots. Emma teaches Geography at Gairloch high school and around 1-2 students out of 12 go on to study Geology at university which I think is absolutely awesome

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

So proud of the @GairlochHigh @poweringfutures team today. Have worked so hard, considered feedback and presented so professionally. It's started real conversations about sustainable, rural travel 🚌💨 Fantastic programme (it's an SCQF Level 6 Award) to get your S5/6 involved in!

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

James & Darren from @NWTrunkRoads Bridges team were at @GairlochHigh today. First they gave valuable industry feedback to our @poweringfutures group and then delivered a civil engineering & pathways workshop to the team & our Higher Engineering pupils. Thanks for contributing!

[Harry Jefferies @Jefferies_]

My grandpa who is 85 started making this rock map of Scotland in 1992.He collected rocks during amateur geology trips over 30 years. He says it had to be geologically correct and also aesthetically pleasing.He asked if I could share online as He wants to go viral so please share

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

First run of the @poweringfutures presentation for the @GairlochHigh team this afternoon with @GairlochAHT and Stuart @skillsdevscot giving feedback. Final presentations are next Thursday 🤩💪

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

@MissMcDonald13 @PortobelloHigh Would love to learn how/what you've done here!

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

@WesterRossBios @UllapoolHS @cboyd600 @GairlochHigh @plocktonmusic @PlocktonL If there's scope to speak to young people in person I'd be happy to facilitate that via Geography classes at the High School. Get in touch via [email protected] if that's possible?

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

The sound of a class of S1 Geographers 🌍 watching David Attenborough's @netflix Frozen Worlds @ourplanet and cheering on an escaping seal is my highlight of this week 🤩 Their out-loud reactions and engagement throughout are something special about watching this as a class!

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

Long trip down to the Scottish Parliament today for a meeting with @JennyGilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education, who heard our ambitions for Geography 🌍 pupils & teachers in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The @SAGTeach president's role comes with lots of meetings & it's refreshing to be heard!

[Emma Wotherspoon @EmmaEarth]

@MissSmith_Geo This was a N5 fieldtrip to Aviemore in Feb 2020. Added such a memorable element (none of them had ever seen snow like it) but my goodness it was cold!!! ❄️ Well done for getting them out 🌍☺️