Little minds are interested in the extraordinary, great minds in the commonplace

The impact of the ordinary: the

story of a Geography

department

Claire Kyndt, Head of

Geography

Alan Parkinson, an ordinary teacher….

Professor David SpiegelhalterRisk in daily lives (including

teaching)

Debate and discussion –not just for G&T

Authenticity –‘real world’ learning

An ordinary school

Internal Exams

Reports Writing

Parents evenings

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Oct

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Dec

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May

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July

Open Days

Open Evenings

External Exams

Option DaysCareer Days

Period Grades

Moderation

GLP Centre of Excellence Status

Working with ESRI to develop GIS materials

Goad Plan of Ely visualised in ArcGIS Online

Teaching Geography – April 2015

Twitter feed @KingsElyGeog

Story of what we do from day to day…

“Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.”

King’s Ely Junior(so far)

@KingsElyGeog

Big Outdoors DayOver 300 students outside

In February….Extension of normal site-based fieldwork on a regular basis…

Jamie Buchanan Dunlop

Passports – Mission:Explore

King’s Post & School magazine….

• Let parents know what you’re doing…

iPhone Apps – Tony Cassidy

Map Faces

Superheroes – Captain

Geography

GlobalisationRevision Walk‘GlobElyConnected’

Pole of Cold

http://www.poleofcold.com

Reading Festival – all subjects reading…

Food Homework booklets…

Building VLE pages

collaboratively

Twin your toilet…

King’s Ely Senior

I A M A F A C I L I T A T O R

Encouraging students’ ideas to flourish

Pupil voice

New Schemes of Work – updated…

Discussion

D I R T

Giving over a space

Using the geography of the classroom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxEAlLl5ldI

Homework menus

Gaming

Revision Time

Leave space for ‘messiness’…

The Boscastle Flood (can you not tell ;) )

GCSE Geographer’s contribution to Charity Action Day

Getting our hands into drought

Film Appreciation

Photo group

Counterurbanisation task

‘Virtual’

We have an impact on the ‘ordinary’

whole school events

Reading week

Big Thinking Club

Getting parents involved

Using topical events “floating topicality” and planned…

WW1 Centenary

Mark Beaumont

Starts today…10th April

From Egypt the adventurer will proceed to Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana and then to his final destination – South Africa. 50 days of cycling – 6000+ miles

Teacher time

Have fun…

Don’t neglect yourself…

#teacher5aday

Next year…

EU projectsBYOD

New GCSEsNew ‘A’ levels

Further ‘tweaking’Geography

AmbassadorsWeather station

Iceland 2015

Next year…

• Lucy Oxley and colleagues will start to finalisesessions for the 2016 Conference by the end of May.

• If you want to be stood here (in Derby) next year, get in touch as soon as possible after you get home…

• We’re all ordinary and we’re all extraordinary…

Thanks for listening…

Questions?

Claire Kyndt

http://cloudlovinggeographer.weebly.com

Twitter: @Asperatus07

Alan Parkinson

@GeoBlogs

Follow the day to day happenings in the department on Twitter @KingsElyGeog