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Welcome to the GA’s online programme for the Annual Conference and Exhibition 2025! Take some time to explore the programme and build a personalised schedule using the full list below, or find the best sessions for you using the filter options. Keep an eye on this programme for updates and to interact with other delegates, exhibitors and sponsors. For more information on the Conference, see the GA website.
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Wednesday, April 16
 

9:00am BST

Taking the learning outside: connecting geography and wellbeing
Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am BST
207
This workshop will adopt a holistic approach in exploring the connections between outdoor learning and children's well-being. Moving beyond standard enquiry-led fieldwork approaches, we'll consider which types of learning activities are most enhanced by 'taking the learning outside', and discuss practical and creative strategies for incorporating outdoor learning across the primary geography curriculum.
Speakers
JT

Julia Tanner

Consultant, trainer, author, Julia Tanner Consultancy
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Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am BST
207 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Primary

11:30am BST

Elemental geographical thinking and learning with a dynamic world
Wednesday April 16, 2025 11:30am - 12:20pm BST
207
The four elements – water, air, fire and earth – are materials and energies that comprise and connect the world around us and shape physical and human interactions between places and peoples. This workshop explores how geography is elemental, how elements connect life in literal and lyrical ways and embeds a fifth element – imagination – to activate rich geographical curriculum thinking.
Speakers
DH

Dr Helen Clarke

Independent Scholar / Consultant, Attention2Place
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Sharon Witt

Co- director, Attention2place
Exhibitors
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GA Early Years and Primary Phase Committee

The Early Years and Primary Phase Committee (EYPPC) seeks to support and promote primary school geography for all teachers and learners. Our committee is chaired by Helen Martin and our Vice Chair is Sharon Witt, who both bring skills and experience to the group. Our members of the... Read More →
Wednesday April 16, 2025 11:30am - 12:20pm BST
207 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Primary

1:00pm BST

Hopes and worries: Dutch primary students' feelings regarding the climate crisis
Wednesday April 16, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm BST
204
Climate change affects children's lives not only because of its impact, but also because of its effect on their mental wellbeing. To be able to address children’s concerns and emotions in education, it is necessary to identify the current feelings or hope and worry, regarding climate change. We used the Draw, Write, and Tell approach to achieve this.
Speakers
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Roos van der Aa

PhD researcher - Primary teacher, Utrecht University
In addition to my position as a PhD-researcher at Utrecht University, I am a primary school teacher. Two days a week I teach children from 9-10 years old. The other three days I get to spend on my PhD-project. A project wherein I want to develop a 'didactics of hope' in contest of... Read More →
Wednesday April 16, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm BST
204 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Primary

2:00pm BST

Connecting children to 'their' geography
Wednesday April 16, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm BST
207
Early Years and primary teachers know that connecting children to their locality is important. So what tools can you use? Anthony will share free data sources online to connect to locations in the UK and beyond. Participants will come and share their own free web resources, and we'll use simple data on how Oxford compares with the various locations attendees are from.
Speakers
AB

Anthony Barlow

Principal Lecturer, University of Roehampton
Wednesday April 16, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm BST
207 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Primary

3:00pm BST

Look up: teaching local geography and history through a different lens
Wednesday April 16, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm BST
204
How can we develop children's understanding of their locality, connecting geography and history, through looking up?
Speakers
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Dr Kate Glanville

Senior Lecturer in Primary Geography, Birmingham City University
Wednesday April 16, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm BST
204 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Primary

3:30pm BST

Building connections with the Migration Museum
Wednesday April 16, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm BST
Executive suite
Join the Migration Museum's award-winning learning team to explore how migration and intersecting themes can help your pupils build connections between themselves, their local communities and their sense of national identity. Learn tried and tested approaches to engage and inspire your pupils, and build your own confidence in navigating complex topics.
Speakers
LM

Liberty Melly

Head of Learning, Migration Museum
TS

Tia Shah

Learning Officer, Migration Museum
Wednesday April 16, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm BST
Executive suite Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Primary

3:30pm BST

Let's connect: a curriculum jigsaw
Wednesday April 16, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm BST
207
The session will explore how and why a high quality geography curriculum is more than just the sum of its parts. It will model how to embrace the interdependent nature of substantive, disciplinary and procedural knowledge. It also considers the role that creating and monitoring meaningful connections between those constituent parts has in empowering pupils to access, interpret and accumulate knowledge.
Speakers
JC

Jon Cannell

Primary Curriculum Lead GA, Geographical Association
Wednesday April 16, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm BST
207 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Primary
 
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