Resetting KS2 - for GlosGeog Teachmeet on 22nd of April 2024

1. Resetting KS2
Alan Parkinson
King’s Ely Prep
@GeoBlogs

2. Moving from
a creative
curriculum to
timetabled
time for
geography.
Working with
Y3-5 team for
a year to
develop new
units.

3. Parkinson,
A.
(2022)
Resetting
KS2
geography
-
a
journey,
Primary
Geography,
108
–
pdf

4. Sustainability
There are various aspects to this word to
consider:
- Social, Economic and Environmental
sustainability
- Easy to define, harder to achieve
- Choice of examples is important when
working with younger pupils.

5. Sustainability
Shipping Containers - the
Hive - Learning Support
department.
Maths: contents - size of
an iPhone box.
Tracking on MarineTraffic
website

6. Doughnuts
Kate Raworth, GA Conference speaker

7. Cities - Amsterdam
Circular economy by 2050
Exploring what makes cities
sustainable.
Paris 2024 - Olympics link
https://doughnuteconomics.org/stories/amsterdam-city-doughnut

8. Heatwaves - RMetS Resource pack
https://www.metlink.org/resource/heatwaves/

9. Green - EcoTeam efforts
Battery Collection
Big Plastic Count
Energy Saving Monitors
Recycling Glue Sticks / Pens / Crisp packets / Hard and soft plastics
Fat collection from dining hall kitchens.
Local sourcing of food
Removal of plastic bottles across all catering

10. Sustainability of effort
There are various workload issues when curriculum reform takes place.
Sustaining the effort is difficult with the other priorities crowding in.
Finding time for teams to get together is difficult.
Draw on other resources to save time e.g. Oak National Academy / RMetS

11. SEEING RED
Our annual consumption levels were previously the equivalent of 388 domestic
homes. Reduced that by over 40 homes worth.
The aim of ‘Seeing R.E.D.’ (Reducing Energy Daily) was to persuade every
single student and staff member across our 75-acre campus to be more aware
about the energy they are using, and potentially wasting, and the impact that
this is having on the environment.
Donation of £2,650 to Crisis - saving energy

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