The last week of term for many, but no let up for me! Ron Richards asked if I would conduct an Online Safety Mark (OSM) assessment at Prince Henry’s High School in Evesham, Worcestershire (https://www.princehenrys.worcs.sch.uk/) and complete the follow-up report before the end of this academic year. So, today, I set off early, thankfully in slightly lower temperatures than of …
Time for the return to school!
Today’s task was a contribution to the whole staff INSET day at Foxmoor Primary School near Stroud, Gloucestershire (https://www.foxmoorprimary.co.uk/). A morning had been allocated to work with classroom teachers and SLT on their whole school curriculum offering for geography. After a formal welcome and introductions, I outlined the aims of the session. Staff then embarked upon a SWOT analysis of …
Online Safety Mark (OSM) assessment, Stroud High School (SHS), Gloucestershire
Time to conduct another Online Safety Mark assessment, and in situ! Today, I was off to Stroud High School (SHS) in Gloucestershire to meet the Head Teacher, Senior Leadership Team, teachers, administrative and technical staff, students, governors and parents/carers, to assess whether they had reached the benchmark standard in all 21 aspects of the 360 degree safe self-review tool …
Online Safety Mark assessment (Hardenhuish School, Chippenham, Wiltshire)
Time for an Online Safety Mark assessment in situ … hooray! Restrictions imposed by Covid-19 over the past couple of years have meant that any Online Safety Mark assessments that I have completed have been done so virtually. However, it was great to be ‘back on the road’ again, meeting staff, governors, parents/carers and students and witnessing policy being put …
Bespoke CPD: Curriculum Development (World’s End Junior School, Birmingham)
Hetal Trivedi, Geography Subject Leader at World’s End Junior School (https://worldsendjuniors.co.uk/), approached me earlier this week for a spot of advice regarding her continued whole school curriculum planning. It was suggested that we had a couple of virtual bespoke CPD sessions, so that we could address some of her concerns, identify areas for development, etc. Having these sessions a week …
What a lot of freebies to take away! (virtual Primary Humanities Network meeting – Term 6)
Well, it was time for our final meeting of this academic year; once again, we gathered virtually from all areas of the UK. The foci for today’s session were determined by recent requests from many teachers, as well as discussions in the media and among those at the leading subject associations; ‘What makes outstanding geography and history in the eyes of …
Online Safety Mark assessment, Lakefield C of E Primary School, Gloucestershire
What a pleasure it was to spend the day at Lakefield C of E Primary School yesterday to conduct an Online Safety Mark assessment. Not only did I receive a warm welcome on arrival, but staff, pupils, parents/carers and governors were very open and friendly throughout my time there. The school was extremely spacious and airy (a huge asset on …