Well, it was time for David Weatherly to return to Gloucestershire for his annual Regional Primary Geography Conference (www.davidweatherlyeducation.co.uk). David is a School Improvement Adviser and an accomplished teacher with an international reputation as an inspiring trainer. Whether working in schools or at CPD events, he always models practical and achievable approaches to improving engagement and outcomes of pupils. He …
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 …
Teach Meet Gloucestershire 2019 (Cleeve School and Sixth Form Centre of Excellence)
I cannot believe a year has passed since the last Teach Meet! The weather this afternoon and evening was just like last year too … warm and sunny, making for a very pleasant drive from Gloucester to Bishops Cleeve. On arrival, we were warmly welcomed by Jerome Garnier, Lead Practitioner and Assistant Head of MFL and organiser of the annual …
Next Primary Humanities Network meeting: Come and join us!
Please note that you do not need to have attended the last meeting in order to be able to participate fully in this one. Our fifth session of this academic year will continue with the theme of ‘Progression and assessment in geography and history’, bearing in mind that the reporting window will be opening for many shortly! At our last …
AQA GCSE Geography Network meeting , Marling School, Stroud, Gloucestershire
I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to pop along to Marling School this afternoon to hear Stacey Hill, AQA’s Head of Curriculum for Geography, speak about ‘Improving performance on key themes from summer 2018′. The session was divided into four parts, namely: Key outcomes of summer 2018: Including using geographical terminology. The use of stimulus material in GCSE …
Online Safety Mark Assessors’ Update Training
Rodney Parade Stadium, home to Newport Gwent Dragons, called this morning; for an Online Safety Mark Assessors’ Update Training session and not for anything rugby-related, I hasten to add! After helping ourselves to refreshments, we were welcomed by Ron Richards and introduced to a number of representatives from South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) (https://swgfl.org.uk/), namely David Wright, Andrew Williams, …
CPD session (‘Report writing and effective plenaries’), Al-Ashraf Secondary School, Gloucester
Straight back to work after the half-term break; a two hour CPD session for staff at Al-Ashraf Secondary School, followed by one and a half hours of teaching (GCSE geography to a quiet, diligent group of Year 11 students)! The remit that I was given by the Head Teacher for the CPD session this morning was ‘report writing and effective …
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 …