Click on the attachment for further details of free entry offers available at sites in the North East.

Also attached Flyers promoting Housesteads Roman Fort and Lindisfarne Priory.

The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is offering funded CPD for A level geography teachers and Gap Year scholarships for A level geography students.

Attached is an outline of the opportunities together with PDFs with full details of each opportunity.

Amber Sorrell
Learning & Learning Project Co-ordinator
Tel: +44 (0)20 7591 3180
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7591 3001

Click on the attachment for further details of a range of resources and activities that can be used to support teaching at all key stages.

Details and screen prints of the Royal Forestry Society Pancake Wood Challenge which is now live and has been designed to link into Key Stage 1 & 2 science and geography, and to encourage children to have fun exploring the wealth of wildlife that woodlands support.

SPOOKS is a cross curricular project aimed at Y3 and Y4 and developed by the Education Theatre Company, Margaret Watchorn and the Northumberland e-learning and ICT Curriculum Support Team

Leading in Northumberland Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 3

New Resources and Events from the Royal Geographical Society with IBG
New Educational Resources: China – Snapshots in Time
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) has recently launched new learning resources to accompany its exhibition on China entitled ‘China – Snapshots in Time’. Resources target the Key Stage 2 and 3 Geography, History & Citizenship curricula and can be accessed by visiting the ‘Unlocking the Archives’ website for schools at www.unlockingthearchives.rgs.org 

Free INSET Evening and exhibition viewing
The Society is pleased to offer a free INSET evening for Key Stage 3 History practitioners on Thursday 13th November from 5 to 7pm in Kensington, London. The evening will provide an opportunity to preview new educational resources, have a private tour of a new exhibition and obtain free resources for use in your teaching. Places are limited and teachers are advised to book their place early by calling the education officer on 0207 591 3057 or by emailing h.sanghera@rgs.org.

Show an exhibition at your school

Many of the exhibitions developed by the Society can be hired by schools to display free of charge. Further details can be obtained by contacting the Project Co-ordinator on 0207 591 3052 or by visiting www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/Exhibitions/Exhibitions.htm

Further information about any of the above can be obtained by contacting the eduaction officer at uta@rgs.org  

Click on the attachments for further details of UNICEF's Day for Change on health and well-being in Papua New Guinea