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Jul
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Jul
25
Maatangi Whenua Competition
Maatangi Whenua competition – get your entries in – due by the 31 July
2013 Maatangi Whenua entry form
| Region | Dates and location of competition |
| Auckland | North Shore:6.00pm – 9.00pm, Thursday 8 August, Westlake Girls High School
Auckland: 6.00pm – 9.00pm Monday 12 August, St Cuthbert’s College Northland: We do not have a venue for Northland this year so teams will need to attend the North Shore round, unless something can be organised before the end of Term 2. |
| Waikato | 4.30pm – 8.00pm Tuesday 13 August, John Paul College, Rotorua |
| Central | Taranaki: 4.30 – 7.00pm Tuesday 13 August, New Plymouth GHSPalmerston North: 6.30 – 9.30pm Wednesday 7 August, Room 3.09, Geography Building, Massey University
Hawke’s Bay: We do not have a venue for Hawkes Bay this year so teams will need to travel unless something can be organised before the end of Term 2 |
| Wellington | Wellington: 4.30pm Thursday 8 August, Upper Hutt CollegeNelson/Marlborough: 6.45pm Tuesday 6 August, Waimea College, Richmond, Nelson |
| Canterbury | 5.00-9.00pm Thursday 8 August, The Undercroft @ University of Canterbury |
| Otago | 2.00 – 4.30pm Thursday 8 August, Level 5 Geography Building, Otago University (follow the signposts) |
Jul
12
Happy holidays everyone!
Have an excellent winter holiday everyone!
Enjoy the break and time with your family and friends. Teachers need the break to recharge their batteries.
Take time for yourself and enjoy the break.
Jul
10
New resources posted – check out under Curriculum
Some new resources have been added to the website from various Geography teachers across the country.
Thanks so much for being willing to share!
Jul
08
Promoting Geography in our schools
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Jul
08
Travel Calculator for Tourism Development.
Jul
05
Dates for your diaries….
Lots about to happen next term with the AGTA – note these dates in your diary now.
Course – Marking internals and externals using the 8 point marking system
Monday August 12th: 3.30pm to 5pm – Kohia
AGTA Quiz
~ Tuesday 20th August, St Cuthbert’s College
Scholarship workshops for students
~ Wednesday 28th August 4-6 pm Clock Tower Building Room 039.
~ Wednesday 23rd October 4-6pm Old Government House Lecture Theatre
Cluster meetings
8 August – Central cluster
29 August – North shore cluster
Course – New and exciting Geography programmes in schools
Wednesday November 27th for full day course: 9am to 3pm. Kohia
Jul
02
Promoting Geography to students in your school?
Let us know what you do in your school?
Do you celebrate Geography Awareness Week? What do you do in this week?
How do you “sell” our awesome subject to students and parents?
Do you make videos? print off pamphlets etc – how about you share your ideas with us all here.
Jun
29
Awesome website – useful for Differences in development
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Jun
29
The website is constantly being added to with new resources and information…
Please contribute ideas yourself so we can all learn from each other. If you are struggling with how to add material please feel free to email material to the address agtassociation@gmail.com and we will put it up.
There are new examples of internals up for Level 1, some new websites to use with your classes, a re-organisation of resources and some fun ideas for promoting geography as we get into the season of encouraging students to do geography in 2014!
