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Rachel Hawke

@geogenquirer.bsky.social
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Head of Geography at a school in Exeter. Lead subject mentor for SWTT. Chartered Geographer. FRGS. Eduqas examiner. Co-chair of Exeter GA branch.

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Exeter GA branch @ga-exeter.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Congratulations to Annabel from The Maynard School who is the 1st winner of our branch competition. Her winning entry had links to both physical + human geography, but also reflected on what Devon means to her. Thank you to the schools that entered and we look forward to seeing more next year.
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Crawled to the end of term today. But this was an excellent reward 🎂
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
So very excited and humbled to have been nominated to be @geographicalassoc.bsky.social President 2027-28. If you'd like to use your vote for me I would be very honoured. geography.org.uk/election-ga-...
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Election – GA President 2027–28 - Geographical Association
Following the call for nominations for the role of GA President 2027–28, an election is now taking place. Make your voice heard...
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I am really looking forward to the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social conference. My Y9 classes have been using sustainability stools to decide how sustainable it is to modernise salt mining in Ethiopia. I'll be sharing how I have used these throughout our curriculum in my session.
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Very excited to read this. It's on my Christmas list! 📚🎄
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Yes! I teach in Devon (20 minutes from the nearest beach) and some of our kids still haven't visited a beach. Some have definitely never been outside of Devon.
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Ah, I love this! So glad it's made your day and been of some use 💚
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
An evening listening to @guyshrubsole.bsky.social and others in Exeter was inspiring. So lovely to hear positive stories about the environment, and what is being done to protect our temperate rainforest. Left with so many ideas to update our lesson about temperate rainforest 🌳🌧
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
My 2nd Teaching Geography article (the last one was over 10 years ago...),so I'm feeling pretty proud today 🤓
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
What a day to have a fieldtrip, and it was my birthday 😍 😎 ☀️ ⛱️ #geographyteacherperks
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Such a good time chatting all things geography after a busy day at school today. Huge thanks to everyone who came along, and here's hoping for more next time!
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Thank you for coming! Excited to get this branch up and running 🤩
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Loved my first session with my geography trainees last week. Some brilliant freebies for them from @geographicalassoc.bsky.social, brand new subject knowledge booklets I worked on last year, and new handouts to reduce their cognitive load. Fridays are the best 👌
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Thanks @alanparkinson.bsky.social 's blog on @geographicalassoc.bsky.social work, + others: "Geography is curriculum heartland for climate edu, sustainability & green skills. Its distinctive approach focuses on interactions between people & environment" livinggeography.blogspot.com/2025/09/clim...
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Climate Change in the Curriculum
The Geographical Association has worked with the Council for Subject Associations, UCL’s Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Educa...
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Exeter GA branch @ga-exeter.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Our brilliant first Exeter @geographicalassoc.bsky.social branch event for teachers this Wednesday. Please let us know if you are interested in attending and we can share more details. Free CPD for geography teachers 🌍🌏🌎💙💚
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
This summer @geographicalassoc.bsky.social 's asking children to pick a 'local treasure' & draw a map to it from their home inc local landmarks It might be a swing in the park, a friend or granny's house, local shop or something else you treasure. Full info ⤵️ 🗺️💚 geography.org.uk/the-gas-summ...
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The GA’s Summer Map Makers - Geographical Association
Encourage your students to get involved in being a Summer Map Maker, and be featured in our first collection of treasure maps...
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I will never regret moving to Devon 💙 😎
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
A bit of Geography at bedtime 🌎 🌍 🌏
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Amazing!
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
One thing I've noticed from my review of the department this term is that students are unclear as to what they need to do to improve. So post mocks Y10s today, colour coded the exam qs to identify areas of improvement.
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Exeter GA branch @ga-exeter.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
*Free event for Geography teachers in the Exeter area. Networking, coffee, listening to the brilliant @mattmattfinn.bsky.social* Sign up using the QR code
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Happy to chat schools etc if you are thinking about Devon
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I live in Devon and it's brilliant! Still close enough to London (2hr30 on train) but you have the coast and Dartmoor. Plus Cornwall is a day trip. Love Devon ❤️
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
This rings a distant bell that I might have done but a long time ago. I think we did a short speech they had to write first and then present to the class
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Well this looks *very* exciting for us geographers with an Iceland obsession www.waterstones.com/book/always-...
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Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent | Waterstones
Buy Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Walk up a hill with a view
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Y11 spent some time today analysing an 8 mark exam question. They used three colours to spot the key criteria and examiner would look for: chains of reasoning, key terms and TLAG (thinking like a geographer) 🤔
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This was my charity shop haul inspired by @fiona-sheriff.bsky.social 📚🌍
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Fieldwork yesterday was ☀️ 💙
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This is my a. Best view from a playground b. The best geographical addition to a playground 🌧
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Stepwell project @stepwellprojects.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Very excited to be sharing this: A working group is planned (following many conversations! @geographicalassoc.bsky.social ) to share expertise and ideas for the teaching of global geographical issues. To learn more and join us, link here: forms.gle/Taf9WNqJH989... #GAConf25 @geogmum.bsky.social
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Global Issues in Geography Education A Working Group/Hub of Expertise (South West)
A working group is planned (following many, many conversations!) to create, develop and share resources, expertise and ideas for the teaching of global geographical issues—including development geogra...
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Martin Sutton 🌎 @teachgeogs.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
This is my tree Carbon calculator that I shared at my talk. #GAConf25 🌳 Have a go! Good for in the field crunching. teachgeogs.com/treecarbon.php
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Really enjoyed your session today 🌳
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Had to skip in and out of the GA public lecture this evening for the bedtime routine, but *so* worth it to see @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social in action. What a start to the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social conference and buzzing for tomorrow 👏 #GAConf25
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Exeter GA branch @ga-exeter.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A fab first GA Worldwise Quiz for the Exeter GA branch with some tough questions. Congratulations to Chulmleigh, who were our inaugural winners! 🏆🥇🗺 🤓
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Hina Robinson @robbogeog.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Geography educators last week to book tickets for the GA conference! Keynote on Thursday will be Paras Chandaria who is coming from Nairobi just to deliver this lecture on Nairobi National Park, a place close to his heart. Book tickets here geography.org.uk/events-cpd/g...
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Hina Robinson @robbogeog.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
geographyteachers, you have 2 weeks to get your @The_GA conference tickets booked! We have a great variety of sessions on the theme of connected geographies. Starting us off will be the public lecture from @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social. very excited for this one!
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We refer to Nigeria earlier in Y9 but don't teach it again later. I'd love to get to the stage where they do something similar for a range of key countries across the continents.
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We have an assessment week where students need to work in silence after they've finished their assessment. And their general knowledge about countries is so poor that I thought a profile like this would begin to improve it. The postcard is part of their extension task.
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I was *so* delighted that a Y9 student chose to write her postcard about Nigeria in her native language of Yoruba. It showed just how important it is that we include the voices of people from the countries we teach. Esp as I made such a rookie error with the national dish 🤦🏼‍♀️ (Now corrected)
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Exeter GA branch @ga-exeter.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
If you teach at a school in or near Exeter, let us know if you'd like to join the GA Worldwise Quiz we are running on 26th March. Details in the picture attached 📸 (click to see more) 🌍🌏🌎 🤓❓️📝
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Discovered this fantastic resource yesterday when looking for stories of real people who have migrated to the UK for a Y7 lesson. Next week, students will be drawing the key parts of Nurul's story while listening to it. They will then describe to their partners childmigrantstories.com
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Child Migrant Stories
Child Migrant Stories is a space to explore the lived experiences of child migrants who migrated to the UK, under the age of 18, from 1930 to the present day.
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Kit Marie Rackley @geogramblings.com · 31/01/2025
Climate science and related disciplines (like social & economic science on climate change impacts & solutions) is constantly envolving. Here are some new and updated resources to give your teaching and learning up to date #ClimateChange #GeographyTeacher
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Understanding Climate Change: Resources for Education (2025 Update)
Climate science and related disciplines (like social and economic science on climate change impacts and solutions) is constantly envolving. Back in 2020, I was comissioned by the Geographical Association to produced some member-access resources, with some minor updates for 2022. A lot happens in just three years when it comes to the issue of climate change, and while those GA resources are still relevant and useful, recently commissioned work has compelled me to update some of those resources and create some new ones.
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Really try to build up the knowledge of our students so Y11 geographers all now have their own set of flashcards to take home. Reducing the cognitive load and providing them with the correct knowledge based on wording from the spec #eduqasb #gcsegeography
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Exeter GA branch @ga-exeter.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
If you are a teacher in the Exeter/East Devon area then we have plans for some new events coming up soon! Follow this account for more information #Exeter #geographyteachers
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