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Mapping news is mailed to all schools twice each year in March and September. You can view or download the latest edition in full and/or individual articles. All files are in the portable document format (PDF).
Previous editions and a Welsh version are also available.
Issue 33: Spring 2008 - complete publication (6.6 Mb PDF)
GIS for schools Issue 4 - complete publication (2.6 Mb PDF)
Free maps scheme 2007
Another highly successful year! The good news is that Free maps will be available in 2008. Read Roger Jeans’ report.
Geography Action Plan at Speaker’s House
Michael Palin's speech at the Speaker’s House event promoting the for Geography Action Plan.
England–Ghana exchange - part 3
The third instalment of links between a Plymouth school and another in Ghana.
Cyprus – reviving and mapping community trails
A second report from Cyprus on the linked community trails.
Dudley GIS - from cradle to grave
Read about the GIS created for schools in Dudley. There is also an opportunity to try it as well.
Accessible GIS for the secondary school
The first of three articles, this describes the application of GIS to Key Stage 4 work.
Year 6 and the vernacular names hunt
Places have more than one name. This can cause problems for the emergency services. Find out about research into this problem.
Geograph Your Grid Square!
Latest news about the photo archive site with over half a million photos to use for free.
Geography Detectives
Included are some ideas on the investigation of more distant contrasting locations to those of your local area.
Real-time pupil tracking becomes a reality for school and Duke of Edinburgh expeditions
Keep track on your Duke of Edinburgh expeditions with software from Memory-Map®.
Geographical Association Annual Conference and Exhibition 2008.
Read about the forthcoming GA Annual Conference.
Design Competition
An overwhelming response was made to our design competition. See the winners and the highly commended.
Resources for fieldwork available through the Action Plan for Geography
One area of the project is the expansion of resources on the Geography Teaching Today website. Catch up here.
The Geography Quality Mark
Designed to help subject leaders to raise standards of school geography, why not consider the Geography Quality Mark.
Free maps competition winners
The winners of the Free maps competition had a great day out with Time Team. Read what they did.
Previous issues
32: Summer 2007 - complete publication (4.2 Mb PDF)
31: Winter 2006 - complete publication (5.1 Mb PDF)
30: Summer 2006 - complete publication (6.6 Mb PDF)
29: Winter 2005 - complete publication (5.5 Mb PDF)
28: Summer 2005 - complete publication (4.4 Mb PDF)
27: Winter 2004 – complete publication (4.2 Mb PDF)
26: Summer 2004 – complete publication (4.2 Mb PDF)
25: Winter 2003 – complete publication (1.5 Mb PDF)
24: Summer 2003 - complete publication (1.5 Mb PDF)
23: Winter 2003 – complete publication (3 Mb PDF)
22: Summer 2002 – complete publication (7 Mb PDF)