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Enquiry - sharing your practice

on July 22, 2025

Bloomsbury Case Studies David Rogers Enquiry +0 Writing

Bloomsbury Case Studies David Rogers Enquiry Writing

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Spirit of Place

on July 22, 2025

Film Narratives Place +2 Sense of Place Spirit of Place Wetlands Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust WWT

Film Narratives Place Sense of Place Spirit of Place Wetlands Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust WWT

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Food on a landfill?

on July 22, 2025

Carbon Emissions Food Food for Thought Landfill + Sustainability

Carbon Emissions Food Food for Thought Landfill Sustainability

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Compare your Country

on July 22, 2025

Compare your Country Data Visualisation +2 Imports and Exports Interactive Map Raw materials Trade

Compare your Country Data Visualisation Imports and Exports Interactive Map Raw materials Trade

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Draw a summer treasure map

on July 22, 2025

Activities GA Presidents Blog Mapmaking Maps + Summer

Activities GA Presidents Blog Mapmaking Maps Summer

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OS Report

on July 22, 2025

GeoSpatial Maps Ordnance Survey Report + Research

GeoSpatial Maps Ordnance Survey Report Research

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Coming in 2026

on July 21, 2025

Books Collins Discover Geography +2 Lower Secondary Geography Resources Textbooks Writing

Books Collins Discover Geography Lower Secondary Geography Resources Textbooks Writing

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What does Geography look like?

on July 21, 2025

Academic Area Geography Journals + Research

Academic Area Geography Journals Research

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Big Butterfly Count 2025

on July 20, 2025

#gcsenaturalhistory +5 Big Butterfly Count Butterflies Butterfly Conservation Citizen Science Fieldwork GCSE Natural History Observation Research

#gcsenaturalhistory Big Butterfly Count Butterflies Butterfly Conservation Citizen Science Fieldwork GCSE Natural History Observation Research

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RGS Directory of Educational Consultants

on July 18, 2025

CGeog (Teacher) Chartered Geographer +6 Claire Brown Consultancy Consultants CPD GeoBlogs Helen Young. Emma Espley Ollie Davies RGS-IBG Royal Geographical Society

CGeog (Teacher) Chartered Geographer Claire Brown Consultancy Consultants CPD GeoBlogs Helen Young. Emma Espley Ollie Davies RGS-IBG Royal Geographical Society

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Open access tools for climate risk

on July 18, 2025

Climate Hazards Data Visualisation Hannes Matt LinkedIn Maps + Sharing

Climate Hazards Data Visualisation Hannes Matt LinkedIn Maps Sharing

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World Inequality Database

on July 17, 2025

Global Inequality Statistics + World Inequality Database

Global Inequality Statistics World Inequality Database

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More change at Sidmouth

on July 17, 2025

Case Study Cliffs Coastal Erosion +2 Coastal Management Devon Devon Live OCR B Geography Sidmouth

Case Study Cliffs Coastal Erosion Coastal Management Devon Devon Live OCR B Geography Sidmouth

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Consultation on changes to Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)

on July 16, 2025

#gcsenaturalhistory Biodiversity +3 Biodiversity Net Gain Construction Consultancy House building Wildlife Trusts

#gcsenaturalhistory Biodiversity Biodiversity Net Gain Construction Consultancy House building Wildlife Trusts

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Chartered Geographer - why not apply?

on July 16, 2025

CGeog CGeog (Teacher) +1 Chartered Geographer RGS Royal Geographical Society

CGeog CGeog (Teacher) Chartered Geographer RGS Royal Geographical Society

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Extreme weather is the new normal

on July 14, 2025

Climate Breakdown Climate Extremes Extreme Weather Met Office + New Normals

Climate Breakdown Climate Extremes Extreme Weather Met Office New Normals

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National Geographic's MapMaker

on July 14, 2025

Jason Sawle Mapmaker Mapping Maps + National Geographic

Jason Sawle Mapmaker Mapping Maps National Geographic

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Updating that Band Aid lesson

on July 13, 2025

Aid Band Aid Band Aid 40th Anniversary Bob Geldof Famine + Live Aid

Aid Band Aid Band Aid 40th Anniversary Bob Geldof Famine Live Aid

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Collaborative Summer presentation

on July 13, 2025

Collaborative project Summer +0 Summer 2025

Collaborative project Summer Summer 2025

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Summer

PGQM/SGQM Moderation

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Writing and Fieldtrips to Devon/London etc.

August

27: SGQM Moderation Meeting 1

28-29: INSET

September

12: Fieldtrip: Hunstanton

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November

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January

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February

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FST Work with Rayburn - TBC

March

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April

8-10: GA Conference 2026 - Sheffield College

FST Work with Rayburn - TBC

May

21-23: Eurogeo Conference, Tilburg - TBC

July

Fieldtrips

Oct

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