Does what it says on the tin. PGCE university subject leader and secondary school classroom practitioner. STEM Climate Ambassador. 🌍
Reading, England
Joined May 2010
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Today is #ShowYourStripes day!
This year, St Michael's Tower atop Glastonbury Tor is encouraging everyone to use the Climate Stripes to start a conversation about climate change and the actions they are taking.
Thank you @nationaltrust!
Graphics: ShowYourStripes.info
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Next month in Berkshire there will be a GIS Teach Meet.
On Monday 24 November, Jake Tomsett and Martin Sutton will be speaking at Waingels School, Woodley, Berkshire and will be looking at using GIS to enhance the learning and teaching of geography.
All abilities are welcome and there will be practical takeaway ideas to use in your lessons.
Book a space on this free CPD event here: the-ga.org/42ZSsnq
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Hello #GAConf25
Here is my series of GIS “How to” guides that a colleague kindly plugged in their #GIS talk.
I aimed it at staff and also students, looking at procedural knowledge with @ArcGISOnline
youtube.com/@mrsuttongeograp…
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Then a really fun session about connecting with trees with @TeachGeogs lots of great ideas around fieldwork with trees - lots I hadn’t thought about before and now excited to get outside and practice the techniques! 3/N
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I’ve made some short video walkthroughs for ArcGIS Online:
✅ Proportional symbols
✅ Choropleth maps
✅ Wind direction and strength
✅ Pie charts
✅ Annotating and labelling
youtube.com/@mrsuttongeograp…
#GIS #geographyteacher @esriuk @The_GA #ArcGIS
TeachGeogs 🌍 retweeted
Our next free schools
primary geography
webinar
15.1.25
5pm
"Reading & Using Maps in Primary"
Sign-up here: ticketsource.co.uk/eyppc
We'd love to see you!
A committee
@The_GA
TeachGeogs 🌍 retweeted
Progress 8 and disadvantaged secondary school data from @educationgovuk using @ArcGISOnline #GIS
larger circle = higher % disadvantaged
red = higher P8
blue = lower P8
teacher-training.maps.arcgis…
London is fascinating as is the simple distribution of schools.
TeachGeogs 🌍 retweeted
The @UniofReading Green Festival runs from Tues 19th-Thurs 21st Nov.
Come and do some fieldwork measuring 🌳 Carbon on Whiteknights campus, on Wed 20th at 1pm outside the Palmer Building. Book ⬇️
forms.office.com/pages/respo…
Full programme ⬇️
sites.reading.ac.uk/sustaina…
@UniRdg_Sust
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Today it is the UK's turn to experience serious flooding due to intense rainfall.
A reminder that UK rainfall intensity has increased markedly over the past 60+ years. All consistent with the physics of a warming atmosphere which is now more humid.
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"READING COMPLETE HISTORIC QUADRUPLE"
The Big 4
🏆Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Climate Research & Action
🏆1st in the People & Planet League
🏆THE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Leadership
🏆Sustainable University of the Year 2025
reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Univ…
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Please remember the rule, folks:
Some summers are hotter than others, but every summer is now warmer than if the same weather patterns happened decades ago.
The summer of 2024 was still warmer than the vast majority of the summers of Julia's childhood.
TeachGeogs 🌍 retweeted
100s of #geographers will soon start to train to become a #geographyteacher.
& I'd encourage all trainees to join @The_GA as a Student Member to get Teaching Geography, access to loads of online resources & much more. It's less than £1/week & join via geography.org.uk
TeachGeogs 🌍 retweeted
Have you tried the #geography #fieldwork to estimate Carbon sequestered in trees?
Google Lens is brilliant to ID the species.
Here’s my online calculator using the @FieldStudiesC method…feedback welcome. (Let students do some by hand!)
teachgeogs.com/treecarbon.ph…
🌳 🌲 🌴 🌵
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Okay, all you #geographyteacher types out there. It's time for you to assemble your GIS wishlist!
I'll have a chapter in my "Teacher Hacks Geography" book on introducing and embedding GIS into your school's curriculum.
You have my attention - what would you like advice on?!
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So good to see this report, but not surprised, as our Institute of Education has been world-class for many years. Proud of you all
Schools watchdog praises Reading’s Institute of Education for its effective training of the next generation of teachers
But leaders @UniRdg_IoE say they won't focus on the judgement, supporting the campaign for change in the way Ofsted reviews schools.
🔗rdg.ac/3zg9Ckv
ALT A green graphic reading: Ofsted praise for the University of Reading's Institute of Education: "Transforming lives through education runs as a golden thread through all Initial Teacher Education programmes at the University of Reading."
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Excited to be back at my Alma Mater today with @TeachGeogs. A fantastic day of fieldwork planned by PGCE geography students for some of my geographical leadership team.
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The Ofsted report has been published following their inspection of the @UniofReading’s Secondary PGCE programme. We have long since stood with local school partners who disagree with the format of one-word judgements, so here is the report with some of my personal reflections.
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Giveaway!
To show our support for the #showyourstripes initiative, the GA has this lovely pair of socks to giveaway!
To qualify for this environmentally aware pair of socks, all you have to do is like and repost this tweet.
Don't forget that tomorrow is #showyourstripes day, to find out the colours of where you live, please visit the Show Your Stripes website at: showyourstripes.info/
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Podcast for your weekend!🎵
This week's podcast recommendation is episode 2 of Geogpod with Margaret Roberts. In this episode, Margaret takes us on a fascinating journey through her career in geography education to date.
Margaret Roberts was responsible for the PGCE course at Sheffield University for almost 20 years, is a former GA president (2008-2009), the author of the influential publications Geography Through Enquiry and Learning Through Enquiry, and a former editor of the Teaching Geography journal.
You can listen with the link below or on your preferred audio platform: the-ga.org/ALifeinGeographyE…
#weekend #podcast #recommendation #geography
