A great space for students to play chess and draughts during break and lunch 😊
We have also put baskets of board games in the canteen 🃏
It’s been great to see students challenging each other at chess and draughts as well as playing UNO 👏
@LHS_HighSchool@mel_mwicks
#TheLongdendaleLegacy
Have you ever wished to view the world from a completely new perspective? This thread on cool maps is here to blow your mind.
1. The Mississippi River and its tributaries
Is this the image of Jesus of Nazareth?
New X-ray analysis just revealed the Shroud of Turin, Christ's alleged burial cloth, to be 2,000 years old.
So here's what we know — and why it might just be real... (thread) 🧵
We had the pleasure of jumping onto @letsoxplore live this afternoon with our year 7s at @BurscoughPriory to explore the BIG questions 💭 our students came up with some great questions and were so excited to be live with the experts 🌎 great geography afternoon.
It’s been lovely to see another side of our KS3 Geography students out in the field this week brushing up on their fieldwork skills, starting with fieldsketches🌳 🌞 #festivaloffieldwork@The_GA
Air pollution damages our hearts. Each year in the UK, up to 11,000 people die from heart and circulatory disease deaths linked to particulate matter pollution in the air 💔
Today is #CleanAirDay and we support @globalactplan's call for the next Govt to take action on air pollution so that every person in the UK has the opportunity to breathe cleaner air 🫁
Want to know who should participate in the upcoming #Nationalfestivaloffieldwork?
-You,
-Your students,
-Your entire geography department,
-The History department if they'd like to join,
-Your cousin Frank and his wife,
-That school you're secretly competing with for top geography test scores in the region
- and last but not least, everybody else.
Fieldwork for everyone means everyone can participate!
In preparation, access loads of resources on the GA website through this link: https://t.co/wahNY16Q3N
This is interesting. Uganda is on the equator dividing the northern and southern hemispheres. Check out this experiment and be wowed at the geography of planet Earth.
We have given our year 11s this amazing revision resource today! So many ready to get stuck in and liked how structured it is going to be for them to get exam ready, thank you @InternetGeog ! #thefinalcountdown
📣 CALLING ALL #geography teachers.
The wait is over.
Here’s the line-up for our FREE online #TMGeographyIcons event
Saturday 4th February 10-12.15pm
Sign-up here: https://t.co/20IIVWCHYB
Geography teachers: ks4 homework… what’s your model? What works?
Seneca isn’t enough, we have mixed feelings on booklets
We want purposeful homework with independent practice that focuses on exam technique that we can check and address without it taking up too much lesson time
Geography in the News Plus is back! Our first of 2022/23 covers Hurricane Ian. The KS4 resource contains exam-style questions & mark scheme. Plus subscribers can download it now! Take out a low-cost annual subscription here: https://t.co/kktuK5GI5G #geographyteacher
What all teachers should know about RP with @PearceMrs 1 Retrieval practice works for all subjects, but should not look the same in all subjects e.g. RP in art could include practicing line drawing, not recalling facts about artists #red22