BBC Points West Coverage of Feet of Green in Schools - 14th May
May 14, 2008 | Filed Under Education, On the Ice | No Comments
BBC Points West has started to cover the Great British Mobility Feet of Green Expedition and you can see the clip on the link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7401651.stm
BBC reporter Sally Challoner visited Weston Park school and saw Richard Hale presenting to a year 6 class on the expedition. Children asked lots of questions and were fascinated by Alan and […]
Brumby Junior School - ‘Cold Lands’ Project
May 12, 2008 | Filed Under Education | No Comments
Following Alan Chambers’ visit, children at Brumby Junior School, in Lincolnshire, have completed a project on ‘Cold Lands’. Inspired by the Feet of Green expedition of Greenland, year 3 children have, with the help of their teachers, researched and written about cold lands. Here are their beautifully written and illustrated projects.
Wootton Bassett Wind Turbine Challenge
May 5, 2008 | Filed Under Education | No Comments
Wootton Bassett School is a Go4It school and seized on the opportunity to link to Feet of Green when we offered up the challenge of designing a wind turbine which could be used to recharge the portable music players used by Alan and Peter on their adventures. This was to be as compact, portable and […]
A Great Send Off to Greenland for Alan & Peter on 28th April 2008
April 28, 2008 | Filed Under Education, On the Ice, Pre Expedition | 2 Comments
Today saw a great send off for Alan and Peter Herbert as they head to the coolest classroom on earth - to start their amazing challenge of crossing Greenland. The day started at Exeter Airport where children from local schools and members of Flybe came to see Peter off as he headed by road […]
Weston Park, Bank Leaze & Avon Schools hear about the Great British Mobility Feet of Green Expedition
April 22, 2008 | Filed Under Education | No Comments
22nd April saw a presentation by Richard Hale to Year 6 children at three schools in the Lawrence Weston area of Bristol. The event was kindly hosted at Weston Park and children visited from Avon and Bank Leaze. Just 6 days before Alan and Peter leave the children were excited to learn […]
10 London Schools Meet for a Feet of Green Event at Bishop Douglass School
March 19, 2008 | Filed Under Education | 2 Comments
18th March saw much excitement as 10 schools including primary and secondary schools came together at an event kindly hosted by Bishop Douglass School in Barnet.
Around 300 students in total heard from the Feet of Green team. In the afternoon the secondary school students tackled a number of challenges to encourage a […]
Bristol Launch of Feet of Green at Queen Square Dining Rooms Draws Schools and Business Together
March 7, 2008 | Filed Under Education, Pre Expedition | No Comments
3rd March saw over 70 business people, school teachers and children come together for the Bristol based launch of Feet of Green.
The event was kindly hosted by Queen Square Dining Rooms where the Feet of Green team made a presentation describing how the vision for Feet of Green had been born out of the collaboration […]
Coleg Gwent host Feet of Green Presentation at ‘The Hill’
March 3, 2008 | Filed Under Education | 1 Comment
On 26th February Alan Chambers and Richard Hale presented to around 50 members of the Monmouth community at the wonderful conference facilities at The Hill Education & Conference Centre which is part of Coleg Gwent, the largest educational establishment in Wales. The event followed the Monmouth schools conference sessions held on 19th March and […]
London Science College to host Primary and Secondary Schools at Feet of Green Conference
February 29, 2008 | Filed Under Education | 2 Comments
Angela Murphy, Head Teacher at specialist science college, Bishop Douglass School, Finchley, has co-ordinated plans for a major London based Feet of Green event. On 18th March over 300 children from schools in the Barnet Education Authority area will attend the event and will hear presentations and join in activities run by the Feet […]
Feet of Green Ice samples to Support Leading Research at the University of Bristol
February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Education, Pre Expedition | No Comments
On 6th February Alan Chambers MBE and Dr Richard Hale met with Professor Jonathan Bamber, from the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol. Professor Bamber is a renowned authority in the field of climatology, in particular in the polar regions and is part of The Bristol Glaciology Centre which leads world-class research in the […]
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