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Anthony Barlow
@totalgeography.bsky.social
Primary Geog | ITE Lecturer | Geog AtoZ | Roehampton Uni | Trustee, Geographical Association | EYPPC, GA GeogLive! | BlueGreen SW14 |
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Author: Mastering Primary Geography
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October 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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GeogLive! 28 Leadership for Sustainability
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DfE “all education settings will have nominated a sustainability lead and put in place a climate action plan”
How might you connect this with curriculum?
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September 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Have you read 👀 the Fieldwork report?

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What has been your highlight of #fieldwork month?
June 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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High-Quality Geography Fieldwork for all

Ideal to end...
#NationalFestivalofFieldwork month

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June 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Day 24 V is for Viewpoint

Where can you see far? Have children got the concept of nearest, nearer, near, far, further, furthest?
What positional & directional lang do they need to know?
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June 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
**FIELDWORK SURGERY**

Considering #fieldwork this June/July?

Join in w/ #NationalFestivalofFieldwork
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Set us a 'problem' with fieldwork in your locality + we can try and solve it! Drop me a DM

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June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Day 23 U is for ...Urban Stories

There's a lot to see : in your school, street, park all around!

Colours, patterns, processes, gathering data, making sense, people/ communities

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June 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Weekend catch up #NationalFestivalofFieldwork

CPD videos 2-15 mins

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Let us know what you're doing locally
June 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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#NationalFestivalofFieldwork
Day 19
S is for Soil

What is it?
How might we teach about it in #geography #science?

What activities / connections can we make to #human #physical geography?
#teacher #primaryrocks #cpd #education
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June 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Day 18
R is for River

What is a river? How might we teach rivers?

What images might we show children before, during or after #fieldwork ?

Egs from the UK & beyond
#teacher #primaryrocks #cpd #education
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June 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Great to see @geopaula.bsky.social

Get involved!

Fieldwork need not just be in the day-time!

#NationalFestivalofFieldwork

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June 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Day 17

Q is for Questions (enquiry)

How to develop
them?

How can teachers use images to support #place knowledge?

Examples from 4 UK nations

Be geographical detectives

#NationalFestivalofFieldwork

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#uked #teacher #geography
June 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
This week is #fieldwork week, right?

#NationalFestivalofFieldwork
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Support from *16* free CPD clips

2-15 mins long

Place knowledge & ideas for #fieldwork

Your local park, stream, streets

What can you do with 3-11 year olds?

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June 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Day 16
P is for Place (knowledge)

How can develop it?

Building on their capacity to look and understand #human/ #physical processes?

IDEA: Making a descriptive poster for different habitats

#NationalFestivalofFieldwork #teacher
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June 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Go outside?

If you are not doing #fieldwork this week, what is stopping you?

What are the barriers to school fieldwork?

Get support and help @geographicalassoc.bsky.social

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#primary
#teacher
#primaryrocks
June 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Day 15

O is for Observation

How can develop pupils' skills in looking to build #human & #physical geography?

8 rules for geographical looking

Great ideas for things to do in your locality

#NationalFestivalofFieldwork #teach

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June 15, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Day 14
N is for Nature

How can we use our local green spaces to discover their human & physical geography?

Who uses this space?

Who cares for it?

Great ideas for things you could do in your locality

#NationalFestivalofFieldwork

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June 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Day 13
M is for Measure!

How can we use number data to build a sense of place on local routes?
What can you count to make sense of space?

10 ideas for things you could do in your locality

#NationalFestivalofFieldwork
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June 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Day 13

M is for Measure!

How can we use number data to gather on local routes?
What can you count & quantify to make sense of your space(s)?

Ten great ideas for things you could do in your locality
#NationalFestivalofFieldwork @geographicalassoc.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Day 12

L is for Land Use

How do we teach about the type(s) of land in our locality?
How might you use Gen #AI to find simple %s of land use?
How can maps 'sense check' this data and do comparisons?
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June 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
June 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Day 11

K is for Keys

What does a key miss out?

What choices do #cartographers make when mapping?

How do maps show us (incorrect / partial) stories that great #fieldwork can correct (or add to)?

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June 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Catch up now with the A to I of #primary #fieldwork
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Support for your CPD and enhancing your capacity to curriculum make in your locality with ideas, subject knowledge & inspiration to 'find stories' near you
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June 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM