Aims
Our aim is to bring a greater awareness of geographical issues to students and the general public living in the South Devon area through a series of highly respected and forward thinking guest speakers.
The Geographical Association (GA) is a subject association with a mission to further the teaching of geography and to communicate the value of learning geography for all. We have nearly 10,000 members including teachers in primary and secondary schools and further education, academic geographers and teacher educators and trainers. Thus, our Association crosses academic divides and can claim to be a specialist community of practice.
As a local branch we have extended our programme (download leaflet) to include a range of training opportunities for both primary and secondary teachers. With the cost of fuel and courses seemingly on the rise, it is our aim to provide local training at an affordable price. I hope you can encourage your Geography team to get involved. School budgets are increasingly tight, so this is a solution for everybody.
At the same time, we are again supporting both the Torbay Global Education Network and the English Riviera Geopark. Both of these initiatives overlap significantly with elements of the Geography curriculum, as well as the recent changes where local-global citizenship is being actively encouraged. Can you please pass on this information to any teachers in your school who you feel would be interested in these activities.
To help fund the local branch of the GA there has to be a nominal charge to the students/school. We have tried to make it accessible for all, so charges for 2009/10 are the same as last year, at the following rates:
Annual subscription
(entitles free entry to each lecture & some events)
£30.00 School subscription, covers all students / staff
£1.05 Individual student/staff subscription
Individual Lecture rate:
£1.00 for students,
£2.00 for adults i.e. teachers or the public not accompanying a school group
Payment by cheque to: Churston Ferrers Grammar School.
supported
by:
Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences,
University of Plymouth
