The Island Geographer
@theislandgeogr.bsky.social
Chloë Searl. Field studies tutor based on the Isle of Wight. CPD consultant, examiner and award-winning resources writer. Chair of the GA Fieldwork and Outdoor Learning Special Interest Group.
www.theislandgeographer.co.uk
www.theislandgeographer.co.uk
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Geography Makes A Difference!
You can now book your tickets for GAConf26 on the GA website.
Book your second release tickets now before the price goes up in January: the-ga.org/GAConf26
You can now book your tickets for GAConf26 on the GA website.
Book your second release tickets now before the price goes up in January: the-ga.org/GAConf26
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Geography Makes A Difference!
You can now book your tickets for GAConf26 on the GA website.
Book your second release tickets now before the price goes up in January: the-ga.org/GAConf26
You can now book your tickets for GAConf26 on the GA website.
Book your second release tickets now before the price goes up in January: the-ga.org/GAConf26
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Throwback to an incredible week on the Isle of Wight 🌿 massive thanks to the University of Portsmouth for organising such a brilliant field trip! IoW was absolutely stunning, cliffs, sea air, and endless views that made every day feel special. Feeling grateful 💚
#FieldTrip #Fieldwork
#FieldTrip #Fieldwork
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Throwback to an incredible week on the Isle of Wight 🌿 massive thanks to the University of Portsmouth for organising such a brilliant field trip! IoW was absolutely stunning, cliffs, sea air, and endless views that made every day feel special. Feeling grateful 💚
#FieldTrip #Fieldwork
#FieldTrip #Fieldwork
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Join us for the first Geography Southeast teacher conference on 29th June 2026 @royalholloway.bsky.social with Geography Southwest. Free entry to teachers.
www.geographysouthwest.co.uk/conference/g...
#geographyteacher #choosegeography #geography #royalholloway #Teachinggeography #teacherconference
www.geographysouthwest.co.uk/conference/g...
#geographyteacher #choosegeography #geography #royalholloway #Teachinggeography #teacherconference
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Join us for the first Geography Southeast teacher conference on 29th June 2026 @royalholloway.bsky.social with Geography Southwest. Free entry to teachers.
www.geographysouthwest.co.uk/conference/g...
#geographyteacher #choosegeography #geography #royalholloway #Teachinggeography #teacherconference
www.geographysouthwest.co.uk/conference/g...
#geographyteacher #choosegeography #geography #royalholloway #Teachinggeography #teacherconference
Some new #fieldwork resources just published on my site: three free to download guides on planning fieldwork covering previsits, risk assessments and the use of social media - hope they are helpful!
shorturl.at/zaRq6 shorturl.at/GDcB2 shorturl.at/sPAkM
shorturl.at/zaRq6 shorturl.at/GDcB2 shorturl.at/sPAkM
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Some new #fieldwork resources just published on my site: three free to download guides on planning fieldwork covering previsits, risk assessments and the use of social media - hope they are helpful!
shorturl.at/zaRq6 shorturl.at/GDcB2 shorturl.at/sPAkM
shorturl.at/zaRq6 shorturl.at/GDcB2 shorturl.at/sPAkM
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Rob Chambers - finally started a substack - first post personal reflections to mark the end to Geography Awareness Week. robgeogchambers.substack.com?r=1yltbg&utm...
Rob Chambers | Substack
Geography educator of 26 years. National Geography Lead in a large MAT. GA Trustee, RGS Fellow, Chartered Geographer. Award-winning teacher who loves landscapes, everyday geography, music & making thi...
robgeogchambers.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Rob Chambers - finally started a substack - first post personal reflections to mark the end to Geography Awareness Week. robgeogchambers.substack.com?r=1yltbg&utm...
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New post available:
A look through the resources available on the GA website- opportunities for coastal fieldwork
open.substack.com/pub/geogmatt...
A look through the resources available on the GA website- opportunities for coastal fieldwork
open.substack.com/pub/geogmatt...
GA Resource recommendation: coastal fieldwork
Paul Logue takes a look at the wide availability of resources available on the GA website
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
New post available:
A look through the resources available on the GA website- opportunities for coastal fieldwork
open.substack.com/pub/geogmatt...
A look through the resources available on the GA website- opportunities for coastal fieldwork
open.substack.com/pub/geogmatt...
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Geographies of sport fieldwork in the sunshine ☀️ @geognorthampton.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Geographies of sport fieldwork in the sunshine ☀️ @geognorthampton.bsky.social
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Isle of Wight Slow Ways Topological Map created using AI ChatGPT
Walk betw any town, city and national landscape in Britain 10,000 A-to-B walking + wheeling routes, mapped and checked by🙏 @slowwaysuk.bsky.social Dan Raven Ellison
beta.slowways.org
#30DayMapChallenge Day 17: A new tool
Walk betw any town, city and national landscape in Britain 10,000 A-to-B walking + wheeling routes, mapped and checked by🙏 @slowwaysuk.bsky.social Dan Raven Ellison
beta.slowways.org
#30DayMapChallenge Day 17: A new tool
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Isle of Wight Slow Ways Topological Map created using AI ChatGPT
Walk betw any town, city and national landscape in Britain 10,000 A-to-B walking + wheeling routes, mapped and checked by🙏 @slowwaysuk.bsky.social Dan Raven Ellison
beta.slowways.org
#30DayMapChallenge Day 17: A new tool
Walk betw any town, city and national landscape in Britain 10,000 A-to-B walking + wheeling routes, mapped and checked by🙏 @slowwaysuk.bsky.social Dan Raven Ellison
beta.slowways.org
#30DayMapChallenge Day 17: A new tool
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We have developed education packages for schools & young people, available on @thefloodhub.bsky.social ‘Learning’ page.
Each pack includes a PowerPoint lesson, detailed teacher notes, & ready-to-use worksheets, designed to engage & educate.
🔗 thefloodhubpeople.co.uk/flood-resili...
Each pack includes a PowerPoint lesson, detailed teacher notes, & ready-to-use worksheets, designed to engage & educate.
🔗 thefloodhubpeople.co.uk/flood-resili...
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We have developed education packages for schools & young people, available on @thefloodhub.bsky.social ‘Learning’ page.
Each pack includes a PowerPoint lesson, detailed teacher notes, & ready-to-use worksheets, designed to engage & educate.
🔗 thefloodhubpeople.co.uk/flood-resili...
Each pack includes a PowerPoint lesson, detailed teacher notes, & ready-to-use worksheets, designed to engage & educate.
🔗 thefloodhubpeople.co.uk/flood-resili...
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Our first years visited Egham to hone their ethnographic research skills. These are being developed alongside interview skills & other human geography research techniques to build on during their degree.
#RHULGeographyUndergrad #geography #researchskills #royalholloway #geographydegree #fieldwork
#RHULGeographyUndergrad #geography #researchskills #royalholloway #geographydegree #fieldwork
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our first years visited Egham to hone their ethnographic research skills. These are being developed alongside interview skills & other human geography research techniques to build on during their degree.
#RHULGeographyUndergrad #geography #researchskills #royalholloway #geographydegree #fieldwork
#RHULGeographyUndergrad #geography #researchskills #royalholloway #geographydegree #fieldwork
A sensible, measured read on the CAR and fieldwork : thank you Mark. Lots of key messages here for teachers to keep at the forefront of their mind as they plan for progression in fieldwork and associated skills.
In my latest Substack post I explore how Getting Our Bearings and the CAR align, and what this means for departments preparing for curriculum reform.
🔗 enserm.substack.com/p/reading-the-curriculum-review-as-e18
🔗 enserm.substack.com/p/reading-the-curriculum-review-as-e18
Reading the Curriculum Review as a Geography Teacher (Part 2)
Fieldwork, enquiry and the geography curriculum
enserm.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A sensible, measured read on the CAR and fieldwork : thank you Mark. Lots of key messages here for teachers to keep at the forefront of their mind as they plan for progression in fieldwork and associated skills.
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Third year Regeneration and Urban policy students along the South Bank of the Thames looking at globalised, speculative and developer-led regeneration at Nine Elms and the newly opened Battersea Power Station and then exploring contrasting community-led regeneration around Coin Street in Waterloo.
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Third year Regeneration and Urban policy students along the South Bank of the Thames looking at globalised, speculative and developer-led regeneration at Nine Elms and the newly opened Battersea Power Station and then exploring contrasting community-led regeneration around Coin Street in Waterloo.
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#Geography #Educator #GeographyTeacher #GeogTeachers in #secondaryschool? Dr Lynda Yorke & Dr Naomi Holmes (UoYork) are looking 4 participants 4 a 1hr online focus group on #inclusive #accessible #fieldwork after school on 18/19/20 Nov Sig up here york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Pls share widely
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November 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
#Geography #Educator #GeographyTeacher #GeogTeachers in #secondaryschool? Dr Lynda Yorke & Dr Naomi Holmes (UoYork) are looking 4 participants 4 a 1hr online focus group on #inclusive #accessible #fieldwork after school on 18/19/20 Nov Sig up here york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Pls share widely
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🌍 1st-year @ucl.ac.uk Geography students took learning to #London streets!
From Islington to Westminster, they explored air pollution and social change, capturing the highlights in this GIF. 📸
Which street would you explore next?
#Fieldwork #UrbanStudies #StudentLife #HigherEdUK
From Islington to Westminster, they explored air pollution and social change, capturing the highlights in this GIF. 📸
Which street would you explore next?
#Fieldwork #UrbanStudies #StudentLife #HigherEdUK
October 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🌍 1st-year @ucl.ac.uk Geography students took learning to #London streets!
From Islington to Westminster, they explored air pollution and social change, capturing the highlights in this GIF. 📸
Which street would you explore next?
#Fieldwork #UrbanStudies #StudentLife #HigherEdUK
From Islington to Westminster, they explored air pollution and social change, capturing the highlights in this GIF. 📸
Which street would you explore next?
#Fieldwork #UrbanStudies #StudentLife #HigherEdUK
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Each year, we support over 70 fieldwork projects through a range of grants, both in the UK and abroad 🌎
Learn more about opportunities for independent travellers, researchers, undergraduate students and schools and how to apply here 👉https://www.rgs.org/exploration/grants
Learn more about opportunities for independent travellers, researchers, undergraduate students and schools and how to apply here 👉https://www.rgs.org/exploration/grants
October 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Each year, we support over 70 fieldwork projects through a range of grants, both in the UK and abroad 🌎
Learn more about opportunities for independent travellers, researchers, undergraduate students and schools and how to apply here 👉https://www.rgs.org/exploration/grants
Learn more about opportunities for independent travellers, researchers, undergraduate students and schools and how to apply here 👉https://www.rgs.org/exploration/grants
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"Supplimenting" a species.
Helping expand the endangered white-clawed crayfish population of the upper River Itchen
#ChalkStream #conservation #crayfish
Helping expand the endangered white-clawed crayfish population of the upper River Itchen
#ChalkStream #conservation #crayfish
October 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"Supplimenting" a species.
Helping expand the endangered white-clawed crayfish population of the upper River Itchen
#ChalkStream #conservation #crayfish
Helping expand the endangered white-clawed crayfish population of the upper River Itchen
#ChalkStream #conservation #crayfish
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#Ludlow is now a ‘home town’ according to Y1 A Level at Ludlow Sixth Form College 2025. A mean taken from 3 transects using @neweconomics.bsky.social test via @rgsibg.bsky.social www.rgs.org/media/m54pnz... First time we’ve had this result, always a border town in the past. More indie shops 👏👏👏
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October 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
#Ludlow is now a ‘home town’ according to Y1 A Level at Ludlow Sixth Form College 2025. A mean taken from 3 transects using @neweconomics.bsky.social test via @rgsibg.bsky.social www.rgs.org/media/m54pnz... First time we’ve had this result, always a border town in the past. More indie shops 👏👏👏
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Thank you to GAFOLSIG for welcoming me to your meeting today. Your work is so valuable & I love taking part in the annual National Festival of Fieldwork. Shout out to anyone interested in joining the group - particularly primary teachers - get in touch & get involved! @theislandgeogr.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Thank you to GAFOLSIG for welcoming me to your meeting today. Your work is so valuable & I love taking part in the annual National Festival of Fieldwork. Shout out to anyone interested in joining the group - particularly primary teachers - get in touch & get involved! @theislandgeogr.bsky.social
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Year 9 geographers making the most of a fieldwork session in a graveyard today; looking at the effects of weathering and erosion on the old gravestones and the geology of the graveyard.
October 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Year 9 geographers making the most of a fieldwork session in a graveyard today; looking at the effects of weathering and erosion on the old gravestones and the geology of the graveyard.
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If you're a #geographyteacher check out our colleague Dr Lynda Yorke's article in the latest @geographicalassoc.bsky.social Teaching Geography Autumn issue on #inclusive and #accessible #fieldwork
October 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
If you're a #geographyteacher check out our colleague Dr Lynda Yorke's article in the latest @geographicalassoc.bsky.social Teaching Geography Autumn issue on #inclusive and #accessible #fieldwork
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This week saw the last of the GCSE Geography Field Trip action for Y11; this time it was a trip to Guildford for this bunch, to study urban regeneration. Of course there might have been time for a cheeky @mcdonaldsuk too 💜😉🍔🌎💜 #FieldWork #LearningOutsideTheClassroom #BigMacPlease
October 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This week saw the last of the GCSE Geography Field Trip action for Y11; this time it was a trip to Guildford for this bunch, to study urban regeneration. Of course there might have been time for a cheeky @mcdonaldsuk too 💜😉🍔🌎💜 #FieldWork #LearningOutsideTheClassroom #BigMacPlease
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Delighted and grateful that Secondary Geography in Action is now published and on sale with @hachettelearning.bsky.social as part of @teacherhead.bsky.social's "In Action" series.
www.hachettelearning.com/geography/se...
www.hachettelearning.com/geography/se...
October 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Delighted and grateful that Secondary Geography in Action is now published and on sale with @hachettelearning.bsky.social as part of @teacherhead.bsky.social's "In Action" series.
www.hachettelearning.com/geography/se...
www.hachettelearning.com/geography/se...
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🌍 Our geography students explored microclimates around the school on Thursday!
📊 They used anemometers to measure wind speed and temperature at various locations.
#Geography #Fieldwork #Microclimate #OpportunityToSucceed #Aspiration #Stockport
📊 They used anemometers to measure wind speed and temperature at various locations.
#Geography #Fieldwork #Microclimate #OpportunityToSucceed #Aspiration #Stockport
September 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌍 Our geography students explored microclimates around the school on Thursday!
📊 They used anemometers to measure wind speed and temperature at various locations.
#Geography #Fieldwork #Microclimate #OpportunityToSucceed #Aspiration #Stockport
📊 They used anemometers to measure wind speed and temperature at various locations.
#Geography #Fieldwork #Microclimate #OpportunityToSucceed #Aspiration #Stockport
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Thank you for all the positivity about ‘What is geography teaching, now?’ So proud of this book - for teachers, by teachers. ❤️ @jennnnnn.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Thank you for all the positivity about ‘What is geography teaching, now?’ So proud of this book - for teachers, by teachers. ❤️ @jennnnnn.bsky.social
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From 'The Needles' looking back at the very western end of the Isle of Wight. - The place I've always called home.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Home
#IsleOfWight #Photography #GoPro #GoProHero7 #BlueSky #TheNeedles #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Sea #TheSea #Swimming #ChalkStacks
#BlueSkyArtShow #Home
#IsleOfWight #Photography #GoPro #GoProHero7 #BlueSky #TheNeedles #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Sea #TheSea #Swimming #ChalkStacks
September 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
From 'The Needles' looking back at the very western end of the Isle of Wight. - The place I've always called home.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Home
#IsleOfWight #Photography #GoPro #GoProHero7 #BlueSky #TheNeedles #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Sea #TheSea #Swimming #ChalkStacks
#BlueSkyArtShow #Home
#IsleOfWight #Photography #GoPro #GoProHero7 #BlueSky #TheNeedles #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Sea #TheSea #Swimming #ChalkStacks