sarah whitehouse university of the west of england progression in geography: transition from ks2 to...

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!”


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


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




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


Day in the school - reception



-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



-Staged reading of story -Pond dipping- Creating character- farm environment (small world)- Making maps of outdoors-Finding the lost animals- outdoor role play


Day in the school – Year 2



-Staged reading of story - Scavenger hunt- Creating environments in a box- Environmental issues- Campaigning


Secondary trainee teachers’ perspectives



Was this a useful experience working with YR, Y1 and Y2?


‘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 Conference University of Surrey - Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April 2014

Approaches to transition

Who?

Why?

When?

What outcomes?



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)


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