Back into the swing of things with my Chair of GlosGeog (Gloucestershire’s local Geographical Association [GA] branch) hat on! For our first virtual speaker session of this academic year, aimed at Key Stage 4 and 5 students and their teachers, I managed to secure the services of Mark Giffard-Lindsay. Mark is Managing Director of Global Action, a company providing educational …
GlosGeog collaboration with the Met. Office, University of Reading
Today, it was time for GlosGeog to join forces with Nichole (Nicki) Schantz, who is the Climate Ambassador SouthWest Hub Manager and based at the Met. Office at the University of Reading, to offer one of two FREE CPD workshops centred around climate action planning. There is an expectation from the Department for Education (DfE) that all educational settings should …
History’s turn now!
This week has been devoted to bespoke CPD. Today, it was a session with the History Subject Leaders at Oliver Tomkins C of E VA Schools near Swindon, Wiltshire (https://www.olivertomkinsschools.co.uk/swindon/primary/olivertomkins). Prior to this morning’s virtual session, there had been a brief conversation and number of e-mails sent between myself, the Headteacher and History Subject Leaders to share documentation and establish ‘where they were at’. This …
UK Safer Internet Centre/SWGfL: Online Safety Live – England
Well, it was time to gain all the very latest regarding online safety from the highly informed and confident team at the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) and SWGfL. Online Safety Live events are open to all who work with children and young people and aim to provide the latest information relating to research, legislation, technology, tools and resources, along …
CPD: Tewkesbury District Partnership (TDP)
'What makes an effective Subject Leader (geography and history)?' - Part 1
Towards the end of Term 2, I was approached by Jane Farren, Head Teacher at Norton C of E Primary School and Co-Chair of the Tewkesbury District Partnership (TDP), to see if I was available to deliver two, virtual CPD sessions for Geography/History/Humanities Subject Leaders in local primary schools. It was agreed to focus on ‘What makes an effective Subject …
UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) in partnership with SWGfL, Childnet and IWF: Online Safety Live
Despite attending Online Safety Day 2021 in September, I decided to also sign up to one of the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC)’s (https://saferinternet.org.uk/) Online Safety Live events as they are always so enlightening and engaging. You can never hear enough about staying safe online. It is such a dynamic realm and really important to embrace every opportunity to stay up-to-date …
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 …
Online Safety Mark assessment goes virtual!
Like many other things over the past year, Online Safety Mark assessing is now being done virtually. This was my first remote assessment, and like several other assessors, I think that there is potential to continue offering virtual and face-to-face assessments once lockdown restrictions are lifted. No very early starts or long-distance travel for me, which was certainly a bonus, …
Online Safety Live (in conjunction with SWGfL and UK Safer Internet Centre)
Attending one of SWGfL and the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC)’s Online Safety Live events is a must, especially in these Covid-19 times when so much of our lives are now being spent online, whether for education/work or leisure purposes. If you missed this one, do try and reserve a place at one of their forthcoming events; keep an eye …
Why not join (virtually) our next Primary Humanities Network meeting (Term 6)?
Feedback from our previous Primary Humanities Network meeting on Monday 18th May 2020 (https://create2inspire.co.uk/2020/05/20/virtual-primary-humanities-network-meeting-term-5/) revealed that many would like to explore the role and responsibilities of the Subject Leader further (including policy development), as well as considering what a progression of vocabulary in geography and history might look like. Thus, our next meeting will take these as foci and is …
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