Dr Paula Owens FRGS

Pleased to announce a Silver Award from @The_GA for our book 'Teaching Primary Geography'. 🌍 #primaryteacher #geographyteacher Written with @StephenScoffham & published by wonderfully supportive @BloomsburyEd this 2nd revised edition will help you plan & teach. 🌏

I'm going to try a little experiment. It's just gone 9:00am, London and parts of southern England are under an "Amber" weather warning, let's how long it takes for the sewage dumping to start and how it progresses over the next few hours. Oh look, it's only been raining for a…

It feels cool to be a cog in change’: how doughnut economics is reshaping a Swedish town theguardian.com/environment/20…

In Ukraine’s bombed out reservoir a huge forest has grown – is it a return to life or a toxic timebomb? #environment #geographyteacher theguardian.com/environment/20…

A little fun out on the water last night with friends, before a night of much needed torrential rain. No swimming for us today though as #sewage alerts in place.

If you're Primary colleague starting as a new Geography coordinator in September you can get loads of support, resources, CPD, guidance & more, by joining @The_GA. Just £62/year & inc termly Primary Geography journal full of case studies & ideas join ⤵️ geography.org.uk/join-the-ga

How confident are you as a subject leader in the fieldwork that your school does? As a class teacher what would you like to know about relevant and purposed fieldwork? Leading Primary Geography explains how to make learning real through fieldwork. Find it here:…

This summer, the GA presents The Summer Map Makers! Before school closes, give your students the challenge of creating a map to anything that they consider their treasure. It can be anything anywhere in their local community; their favourite restaurant, a friend's house,…

Home in time for dawn -I need my bed but worth a stop & listen.

‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity deserts #geographyteacher theguardian.com/environment/20…

Stopped Membury Services - hottest day of year. Bowls of water left outside for dogs 👍 & thank you to kind lady who filled 1 up for us to put out for some wilted & hungry looking crows. Grass mown so short, birds aimlessly pecking at plastic. More could be done to help wildlife

Why do we give each #fullmoon a name? Find out why author Nicola Davies would call this month’s a Jumpers’ Moon in her beautiful piece of prose. Discuss with your class & use the idea to purpose #fieldwork naee.org.uk/the-jumpers-mo…

Have you been marvelling at the #fullmoon this past week? Some gorgeous images here - thanks @SharonWitt17 for the heads up. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts closing their set with a blistering version of Rocking in the free world ❤️ #GlastonburyFestival

@WhitbyJmwhitby support the Waspi women

Running until July 11th, @BloomsburyEd has 30% off all Bloomsbury Education titles - including this one! bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/su…

So excited to have a beautiful Blog for @NAEE_UK from inspirational children’s author & zoologist Nicola Davies for this month’s lunar cycle - it’s the Jumpers’ Moon! But find out why. #primaryteacher naee.org.uk/the-jumpers-mo…

Thank you to all colleagues who attended today for the joy you brought to the geography activities & engagement . Organisation was brilliant too. 🙏 #primarygeography #cpd

Our second speaker of the day Dr Paula Owens @Primageographer is guiding us through dynamic classroom techniques which support children to develop a sense of place, pride and identity in their local area @Calderdale @HalifaxOppTrust 🌎🧭🗺️