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Improving Key Stage 3: Decisions, decisions, decisions!

September 26, 2017September 22, 2017Oxford Geography Team 2 Comments
Dunn's River Falls, Jamaica

As we begin the second year of new specifications, it feels as though the attention of many geography departments is once again focused on Key Stage 3, reflecting upon the change required here in order to best prepare our students for what we now know lies ahead. One of the biggest challenges I have found […]

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Another side to the Land of Fire and Ice

May 2, 2017April 25, 2017Oxford Geography Team
Krafla geothermal power station in northern Iceland

It seemed like every geography teacher that I knew had visited Iceland – apart from me. Finally, this Easter holiday, I got my turn to visit this geographer’s paradise. Along with my sixth form geographers, I went on a 5 day tour of South Iceland to marvel at the glaciers, waterfalls, volcanos and dynamic coastlines. […]

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