And, more curriculum development today! It was back to Churchdown Village Junior School (CVJS) just outside the city of Gloucester to work with Emma Aldred-Tow, a very experienced Geography Subject Leader, to see how we might make their current geography curriculum offering even better. The school attained their Primary Geography Quality Mark (PGQM) Silver Award a few years ago and …
Curriculum development (Al-Ashraf Secondary School for Girls, Gloucester)
I was thrilled to receive the below e-mail in my inbox a couple of weeks ago: ‘… Good news to share! After a stressful few days and sleepless nights, we received extremely positive feedback yesterday and were awarded good judgements in all areas. This is indeed a big achievement for our school community and your input has been significant in …
Next Primary Humanities Network meeting (Term 3)
https://create2inspire.co.uk/2019/11/24/primary-humanities-network-meeting-gloucestershire-heritage-hub-2/ Feedback from attendees included: ‘Thank you for today, Emma; your enthusiasm and knowledge is inspiring.’ ‘Interesting resources; History Rocks!; Always spot on from you, Emma!’ ‘Very informative; helpful; thought-provoking.’ ‘Informative; good ideas for teaching; great access to resources.’ ‘Loved the starter activity!’ ‘Lots of ideas to implement and enhance history.’ ‘Ideas for promoting environmental awareness. A great networking opportunity.’ …
Primary Humanities Network meeting, Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Our second meeting of this academic year, with the theme of ‘Ofsted’s new Education Inspection Framework (EIF) and the 3Is – Part 2’, was again held at the newly refurbished Gloucestershire Heritage Hub (https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/heritage-hub), thanks to their very kind offer to host the event and supply complimentary refreshments. Instead of being in the Dunrossil Centre, we were based in the Frith …
Primary Geography Quality Mark (PGQM) Day, Parkinson Lane Community Primary School, Halifax
No travel for me, but remote working instead as Halifax was a little too far to go in a day. Using Skype, I managed to link up with David Weatherly (http://davidweatherlyeducation.co.uk/), who was on site at Parkinson Lane Community Primary School (https://www.parkinsonlane.com/) to deliver some bespoke CPD related to the Geographical Association’s Primary Geography Quality Mark (PGQM) award. David has …
Edward Feild Primary School, Kidlington, Oxfordshire
Well, it was certainly beyond county for me today; a trip to Kidlington, just north of the city of Oxford, to deliver some bespoke CPD on behalf of the Geographical Association (GA) (https://www.geography.org.uk/) (and not an easy or pleasant one given the snow and localised flooding). The remit that I was given from the GA prior to half-term was ‘To …
British Council Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning: Critical thinking and problem solving course (Day 1)
Well, it was back to the recently refurbished and superb Gloucestershire Heritage Hub today; this time to deliver Day 1 of the British Council Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning: Critical thinking and problem solving course, as opposed to steering a Primary Humanities Network meeting. This was the first time that I have delivered such training in Gloucester, so it was good …
Regional Primary History Conference (David Weatherly Education)
Well, it was once again time to pop alomg to David Weatherly’s annual Regional Primary History Conference. The theme for this academic year was ‘Achieving secure chronological knowledge and understanding through thematic investigations’. For those of you not ‘in the know’, David is a School Improvement Adviser and an accomplished teacher with an international reputation as an inspiring trainer. Whether working …
FREE CPD! (British Council Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning: Critical thinking and problem solving)
Are you keen to promote higher order thinking skills, e.g. critical thinking; problem solving, within your school? Are you wondering how to provide sufficient ‘stretch and challenge’ for those higher attainers within your class? Do you wish to have a positive influence on ‘cultural capital’? If the answer to any of the above questions is ‘Yes!’, then do not miss …
Next Primary Humanities Network meeting (one not to miss if feedback from our last meeting is anything to go by!)
Come and join us! Feedback from attendees included: ‘Informative; helpful; interesting. Thank you.’ ‘Thank you, Emma. I’ve taken on geography and history this year. Very informative and encouraging. I feel that the EIF was explained clearly and lots of ideas given.’ ‘I have a better understanding of the word ‘intent’ and what I need to do within my curriculum area …