8th June 2026 Digimap for Schools Primary – Fieldwork Ideas

History on your Doorstep

Join Darran Bailey, Education Account Manager at Ordnance Survey (OS), for a practical training session on Digimap for Schools (Primary). We will explore simple, achievable ways to use digital maps to support local geography and build in meaningful fieldwork—whether you stay on the school site or take a short walk nearby.

Date and Time

Mon, 8 June 2026, 16:00–16:45 London time.

Who is this training for?

This session is for primary teachers who want straightforward ideas for using maps to support local area learning, enquiry, and light-touch fieldwork activities with minimal preparation.

What will we cover

• Quick ways to use Digimap for Schools to support local geography topics and map skills.
• Simple fieldwork ideas that link classroom mapping to what pupils can observe on or near the school site.
• Practical activities for exploring places, features, routes, and land use using digital maps.
• Suggestions for keeping activities manageable when time, staffing, or travel are limited.

How to register

You can register for the training here After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

Please contact us on digimap.schools@ed.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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17th June 2026 History on Our Doorstep

History on your Doorstep

Discover how to use historic maps in Digimap for Schools to explore how your neighbourhood has changed over time—industry, housing, and transport—and to build pride in place. Bring time‑travel into the classroom without leaving the school grounds or stretching the timetable.

Maps for Everyday Life

Primary and secondary teachers who want to enrich local history and geography with rigorous, map‑based enquiry when off‑site visits are hard to organise.

Who is this training for?

This session is for primary and secondary teachers who want to develop pupils’ confidence using maps for local journeys and community life. Especially when time is tight or transport is limited.

What will we cover

• How to access and compare historical and contemporary maps to trace change and continuity in streets, land use, green space, rivers, and railways.
• Techniques for using 2Up, overlay, and annotation activities that help pupils gather “map evidence” and tell the story of their area.
• Ideas for doorstep fieldwork: plotting short walks to locate old landmarks, street patterns, and surviving features.
• Approaches to connect findings to curriculum themes such as industrial heritage, post‑war housing, transport links, and regeneration, using activities that are low‑prep and device‑agnostic.

How to register

You can register for the training here After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

Please contact us on digimap.schools@ed.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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9th September 2026 Getting Started with Digimap for Schools

Who is this training for?

If you’ve recently subscribed to Digimap for Schools and are eager to start using it in your teaching, this training is perfect for you. We’ll introduce you to the platform, demonstrate how to explore maps and use the tools effectively, and share tips to help you make the most of your subscription. You’ll also have the chance to ask questions and discover how Digimap for Schools can enhance your lessons and engage your students.

What will we cover

• The different maps available in Digimap for Schools
• How to search for locations
• How to navigate and change scale to view different maps
• How to view a map key
• How to measure distances and areas
• How to add your own information and drawings to the map
• How to save maps and create printable maps
• How to use Digimap for Schools tools in your classroom

How to register

You can register for the training here After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

Please contact us on digimap.schools@ed.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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29th September 2026 Investigating Flood Risk with Digimap for Schools

Investigating Flood Risk with Digimap for Schools

Explore how to use Digimap for Schools to investigate flood risk in local and wider areas, helping pupils understand why some places are more vulnerable than others. This session shows how digital mapping can support real-world geography through rivers, coasts, settlement and land use, making an important current issue accessible in the classroom.

Who is this training for?

This session is for primary and secondary teachers who want to make geography more relevant and engaging through practical, map-based enquiry. It is especially useful for teachers covering weather, rivers, coasts, environmental change or local area studies.

What will we cover

• How to use Digimap for Schools to explore local and national areas that may be vulnerable to flooding.
• Ways to compare physical and human features, including rivers, coasts, roads, buildings and green spaces.
• Techniques for identifying places at risk and discussing why some locations may be more affected than others.
• Ideas for enquiry-based activities that help pupils ask questions, gather evidence and explain their thinking using maps.
• Approaches to link the learning to curriculum themes across England, Scotland and Wales, including weather, rivers, coasts, human and physical geography, and environmental change.

How to register

You can register for the training here After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

Please contact us on digimap.schools@ed.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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1st October 2026 Digimap for Schools Secondary – GIS ideas

Digimap for Schools Secondary – GIS Ideas

Join Darren Bailey for a practical session exploring how Digimap for Schools can support GIS teaching in the secondary classroom. Discover ideas for using digital mapping to investigate spatial patterns, ask geographical questions and strengthen enquiry-based learning across a range of topics.

Who is this training for?

This session is for secondary teachers who want to build confidence in using GIS in geography lessons and fieldwork. It is especially useful for teachers looking for practical ways to develop pupils’ map skills, spatial thinking and use of digital tools.

What will we cover

• Practical ways to use Digimap for Schools to explore spatial patterns and relationships.
• Ideas for creating real-world geographical enquiries using digital maps.
• Approaches to support classroom investigations and fieldwork planning.
• Examples of how Digimap for Schools can help pupils interpret data, compare places and explain patterns.
• Suggestions for making GIS more accessible and engaging in everyday secondary geography teaching.

How to register

You can register for the training here After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

Please contact us on digimap.schools@ed.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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21st October 2026 Getting Started with Digimap for Schools

Who is this training for?

If you’ve recently subscribed to Digimap for Schools and are eager to start using it in your teaching, this training is perfect for you. We’ll introduce you to the platform, demonstrate how to explore maps and use the tools effectively, and share tips to help you make the most of your subscription. You’ll also have the chance to ask questions and discover how Digimap for Schools can enhance your lessons and engage your students.

What will we cover

• The different maps available in Digimap for Schools
• How to search for locations
• How to navigate and change scale to view different maps
• How to view a map key
• How to measure distances and areas
• How to add your own information and drawings to the map
• How to save maps and create printable maps
• How to use Digimap for Schools tools in your classroom

How to register

You can register for the training here After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

Please contact us on digimap.schools@ed.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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11th November 2026 Getting Started with Digimap for Schools

Who is this training for?

If you’ve recently subscribed to Digimap for Schools and are eager to start using it in your teaching, this training is perfect for you. We’ll introduce you to the platform, demonstrate how to explore maps and use the tools effectively, and share tips to help you make the most of your subscription. You’ll also have the chance to ask questions and discover how Digimap for Schools can enhance your lessons and engage your students.

What will we cover

• The different maps available in Digimap for Schools
• How to search for locations
• How to navigate and change scale to view different maps
• How to view a map key
• How to measure distances and areas
• How to add your own information and drawings to the map
• How to save maps and create printable maps
• How to use Digimap for Schools tools in your classroom

How to register

You can register for the training here After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

Please contact us on digimap.schools@ed.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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25th November 2026 Changing Settlements and Land Use with Digimap for Schools

Changing Settlements and Land Use with Digimap for Schools

Discover how to use Digimap for Schools to explore how villages, towns and cities change over time, and how land is used in different ways as places develop. This session shows how digital mapping can help pupils investigate the growth of settlements, compare places, and understand how people shape the environment around them.

Who is this training for?

This session is for primary and secondary teachers who want to make geography more relevant and engaging through practical, map-based enquiry. It is especially useful for teachers covering settlements, land use, local area studies, place change or human geography.

What will we cover

• How to use Digimap for Schools to explore settlement patterns in local and wider areas.
• Ways to identify and compare different types of land use, including housing, industry, transport and green space.
• Techniques for spotting change over time and discussing why settlements grow and develop.
• Ideas for enquiry-based activities that help pupils ask questions, gather evidence and explain their thinking using maps.
• Approaches to link the learning to curriculum themes across England, Scotland and Wales, including human geography, land use, settlements, local area studies and environmental change.

How to register

You can register for the training here After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

Please contact us on digimap.schools@ed.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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2nd December 2026 Getting Started with Digimap for Schools

Who is this training for?

If you’ve recently subscribed to Digimap for Schools and are eager to start using it in your teaching, this training is perfect for you. We’ll introduce you to the platform, demonstrate how to explore maps and use the tools effectively, and share tips to help you make the most of your subscription. You’ll also have the chance to ask questions and discover how Digimap for Schools can enhance your lessons and engage your students.

What will we cover

• The different maps available in Digimap for Schools
• How to search for locations
• How to navigate and change scale to view different maps
• How to view a map key
• How to measure distances and areas
• How to add your own information and drawings to the map
• How to save maps and create printable maps
• How to use Digimap for Schools tools in your classroom

How to register

You can register for the training here After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

Please contact us on digimap.schools@ed.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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3rd December 2026 Exploring Shakespeare’s Settings and Journeys with Digimap for Schools

Exploring Shakespeare’s Settings and Journeys with Digimap for Schools

Discover how to use Digimap for Schools to bring Shakespeare’s plays to life through place, movement and setting. This session shows how digital mapping can help pupils explore where stories happen, follow character journeys, and think more deeply about how setting shapes mood, meaning and narrative.

Who is this training for?

This session is for primary and secondary teachers who want to use Digimap for Schools in creative, cross-curricular ways. It is especially useful for teachers looking to strengthen links between English and geography while making Shakespeare more visual and accessible.

What will we cover

• How to use Digimap for Schools to locate real and imagined settings from Shakespeare’s plays.
• Ways to map character journeys and key events to support understanding of plot and movement.
• Techniques for comparing places and discussing how setting influences mood, story and interpretation.
• Ideas for enquiry-based activities that support discussion, analysis and cross-curricular learning through mapping.
• Approaches to link the learning to curriculum themes across England, Scotland and Wales, including literature, place, interpretation and the use of digital tools to deepen understanding.

How to register

You can register for the training here After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

Please contact us on digimap.schools@ed.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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