Primary Geography Ireland

New group to support ALL teachers of geography in Ireland ❤️🌍❤️https://chat.whatsapp.com/GxFXt50kXdOKXXFLqUspwL?mode=gi_t

Geography is such a great subject for linking between phases! So I would love you to be part of this! We inviting primary and post-primary teachers to share their ideas about different phases of education. We are also seeking a small number of teachers to take part in funded professional development next term, with paid release, to link up between phases in their area. Take a look 👇

Are you interested in sharing your views about primary / post-primary transitions? And possibly joining with other teachers on this area? We would love to hear from you!

Geography and Sustainability Education Conference on Saturday, 11 October 2025.

This face-to-face event brings together teachers, student teachers, second level students and lecturers to explore:

✅ Teaching and learning Second Level Geography & Sustainability
✅ Embracing key pedagogies of fieldwork, enquiry and critical thinking
✅ The new Senior Cycle Specifications for Leaving Certificate Geography & CASD

A day of sharing innovative practice and research for teaching and learning. Interested in attending, presenting, or facilitating a session? Get involved and help shape the programme.

Certificate provided.

To register for this free conference, please see the following link:

https://tinyurl.com/TCDGeogEvent11thOct

I’m organising a huge event for young geographers from around the world. 52 countries, 200 young people and 100 teachers. I am really, really short on volunteers to make it a success! If you’ve an afternoon, morning, evening or even a day spare between 19th & 24th August, I would love to see you in Maynooth. Expenses covered. Thank you! Susan
Details here:

2024 International Geography Olympiad Volunteer Form IMPORTANT NOTE: We can only accept Irish residents or citizens as volunteers for IGEO.Monday 19th to Saturday 24th August 2024 Thank you for considering supporting the IGEO with your time. We appreciate that you will help make it a very exciting and memorable event for students from around the world...

If any teacher using outdoor learning has 10 minutes to spare… apologies for the awful timing!… one of my MEd students would love to interview you! Thank you Susan

Hi
If you’d like to get involved in the International Geography Olympiad in any way… please do get in touch!
We are looking for people for the committee to coordinate certain aspects (volunteer coordinator, country reps, trip coordinators, etc.) as well as people on the group (on any day from 19-24th August). Just let us know what you can commit to. There’s a lovely group involved, we just need to spread the load a little.
50 country teams (of 4x 16-19 year olds and 2x team leaders) took part last year, see below. We think 55 plus will take part this year. So much interest from around the world.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=81&v=mfPAjlyh-EM&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fgeographyolympiadirelandblog.wordpress.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo
Susan
[email protected]

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New book alert!

Encountering Ideas of Place in Education - School of Education | Trinity College Dublin The edited book draws together theories, research, and practice on knowledges and pedagogies of place across educational settings.

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Great to get the opportunity to talk primary geography on RTÉ Radio today: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22300715/ to register your class for the Geography Olympiad for Ireland check out the website https://geographyolympiadirelandblog.wordpress.com/

The International Geography Olympiad Dr Susan Pike is an assistant professor in Geography Education at Trinity College, Dublin. The International Geography Olympiad will be hosted in Dublin for the first time next summer.