Another year has passed. It was time to head off to the University of the West of England (UWE), just north of Bristol, for geography southwest’s annual secondary conference, organised so efficiently by Simon Ross and John Davidson in conjunction with Dr Harry West and colleagues in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management. This is one of the highlights …
Enhancing cultural diversity in history and geography (EYFS to Year 6)
Time for me to be trained! I attended a similar event that David Weatherly and Sheena Wright delivered last year, but it only focused on EYFS. Whilst there was a little overlap today, it was good to be able to consider this important theme across all Key Stages. David is a School Improvement Adviser and an accomplished teacher at all …
Bespoke CPD (Part 2)!
It was, once again, time to reconvene with the History Subject Leader at Lawrence View Primary and Nursery School in Eastwood, Nottingham (https://www.lawrenceviewprimary.co.uk/) to continue our discussions around their whole school curriculum map for the subject. Following our previous session, the History Subject Leader had revisited my suggested websites, resources and ideas. I was really impressed with the progress that she …
Not quite the same as face-to-face, but virtual does the job well for now!
Primary Humanities Network meeting (Term 1; 2020-2021)
Thanks to Zoom, our first Primary Humanities Network meeting of this academic year was able to go ahead with the theme of ‘Assessment, including moderation of pupils’ work’. After welcoming attendees, some familiar faces and several new ones, I outlined the aims and structure of the meeting: To begin with, I focused on the latest developments; not only items from …
India-themed workshop, Abbeymead Primary School, Gloucester
Well, it was off to Abbeymead Primary School in Gloucester today for my final pupil workshop for this academic year. The theme for the day was ‘India’ and, due to the school using their Global Learning Programme e-credits to fund the event, there was also an element of CPD for staff to deliver (in the form of a working lunch). …
C&T
Gloucester Docks/Gloucester Quays
Fortunately, the hot and sunny weather at the weekend decided to hold out a little longer for my meeting at Gloucester Docks/Gloucester Quays with Paul and Max from C&T (http://www.candt.org/). I first came into contact with both Paul and Max when presenting at a conference at the University of Worcester a few weeks ago. They had been invited along as …