Teacher Zone

Come and join us in the wonderful setting of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses for the Growing Schools Conference: The Creative Outdoor Classroom, on April 7th.

This event will run from 9.30am (registration and coffee) to 4.30pm and will offer an inspirational set of talks, walks and lectures on how to work with the many ‘Growing Schools’ informal education providers and their resources to help you deliver science, geography, citizenship, art and mathematics lessons.
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The Learning Zone provides rich audio-visual material for use in primary and secondary schools and colleges. These short videos have been selected to match the curriculum; they can be used in many ways, from the stimulation and engagement of students to the delivery of very specific learning points. Try searching by subject and topic or by keyword. Link

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Please note that LOC8 is currently undergoing maintenance and will be operating as normal shortly.

LOC8 is a FREE mapping system for Yorkshire and Humber schools that allows users to:

See Ordnance Survey maps for the whole of the UK

Broswe maps, enter postcodes or placenames to find a specific location within the Yorkshire and Humber region.

Within the YHGfL region, you can overlay maps with high definition overhead photographs

Compare maps and photographs side by side

Measure distances and areas

See extra information about a location

http://loc8.yhgfl.net

user names and passwords are available form the LA

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YHGfL has now purchased a Weather Station for all LAs and it is now possible to view real-time webcam pictures from some of the sites. In addition, by going to www.yhgfl.net, clicking on Resources and following the link to Weather Stations, you can link up to all the graphs and historical data collected both regionally and nationally. Weather Stations.

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