sarah whitehouse university of the west of england progression in geography: transition from ks2 to...
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Sarah Whitehouse University of the West of England
Progression in geography: transition from KS2 to KS3
EY–KS4
Geographical Association Annual ConferenceUniversity of Surrey - Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April 2014
“What is a primary geographer?”
“ It is the job of the secondary geography teacher to support the primary school with subject knowledge!”
Geographical Association Annual ConferenceUniversity of Surrey - Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April 2014
Opportunities and challenges to cross phase working
Feedback from primary geography subject specialists
• Cross phase within primary school• Would the subject knowledge be useful?• Time constraints• Progression• Personal values and beliefs• Different pedagogical approaches• To improve my own practice• Children to work with other children
Feedback from secondary geography teachers
• Transition for year 6• Ability levels of children entering Key Stage 3/
prior knowledge• Could be helpful for literacy support• To support primary teachers in developing new
skills• Primary teachers will benefit from geography
specialist teaching• All teachers could benefit from cross phase working
Questions - Early Years, Primary and Secondary collaborations
When ?Who? What? Why? With what outcomes?
.
Primary PGCE
key
Early Years/KS1 KS1/KS2
Secondary PGCE
Secondary
Geographical Association Annual ConferenceUniversity of Surrey - Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April 2014
Jones, M. and Whitehouse, S. (2013) Learning with and from early years and key Stage 1 Teaching Geography, 38. 3. pp. 110-113
- Choice of texts in Early Years and KS1/KS2- Day in the school- Secondary trainee teachers’ perspectives- Questioning Early Years, Primary and Secondary collaborations
Using texts as a stimulus for outdoor learning: an Early Years
-Secondary Collaboration
Geographical Association Annual ConferenceUniversity of Surrey - Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April 2014
Using texts as a stimulus for outdoor learning: an Early Years
-Secondary Collaboration
Choice of texts in Early Years and KS1/KS2- Important for teachers to revisit how they are using old favourites, particularly where environments and circumstances may have changed (North, 2011)
Reference: North, W. (2011) Is Katie Morag History? Primary Geography 75 pp 22-24
Geographical Association Annual ConferenceUniversity of Surrey - Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April 2014
Day in the school - reception
Using texts as a stimulus for outdoor learning: an Early Years
-Secondary Collaboration
-Staged reading of story -Personalising stick people - Locating homes- Finding the stick people and map making, using visual clues- Celebrations
Day in the school – Year 1
Using texts as a stimulus for outdoor learning: an Early Years
-Secondary Collaboration
-Staged reading of story -Pond dipping- Creating character- farm environment (small world)- Making maps of outdoors-Finding the lost animals- outdoor role play
Geographical Association Annual ConferenceUniversity of Surrey - Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April 2014
Day in the school – Year 2
Using texts as a stimulus for outdoor learning: an Early Years
-Secondary Collaboration
-Staged reading of story - Scavenger hunt- Creating environments in a box- Environmental issues- Campaigning
Geographical Association Annual ConferenceUniversity of Surrey - Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April 2014
Secondary trainee teachers’ perspectives
Using texts as a stimulus for outdoor learning: an Early Years
-Secondary Collaboration
Was this a useful experience working with YR, Y1 and Y2?
Geographical Association Annual ConferenceUniversity of Surrey - Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April 2014
‘Children’s enthusiasm’
Questions - Early Years, Primary and Secondary collaborations
When ?Who? What? Why? With what outcomes?
.
Primary PGCE
key
Early Years/KS1 KS1/KS2
Secondary PGCE
Secondary
Geographical Association Annual ConferenceUniversity of Surrey - Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April 2014
Geographical Association Annual Conference University of Surrey - Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April 2014
Approaches to transition
Who?
Why?
When?
What outcomes?
Using texts as a stimulus for outdoor learning: an Early Years
-Secondary Collaboration
Acknowledgements:Thank you to :The staff and children at Manorbrook Pimary School, South GloucestershirePGCE Secondary Geography trainee teachers (UWE 2010-2011)Year 3 ITE Early Years student Lorraine Andrews (UWE 2007-2010)
Geographical Association Annual ConferenceUniversity of Surrey - Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April 2014