Well, it was back to the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub (https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/heritage-hub/) again today to deliver Day 2 of the British Council’s ‘Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning: Critical thinking and problem solving’ course. We were based in the new Dunrossil Centre and being a small group were able to spread out and make ourselves very comfortable, as well as having access to …
Primary Humanities Network meeting (Gloucestershire Heritage Hub, Gloucester)
A warm welcome awaited us at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub (https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/heritage-hub/) on Thursday 16th January 2020 for our third Primary Humanities Network meeting of this academic year. Previous Wi-Fi issues had been resolved, so we were able to use the new Dunrossil Centre as our base for the afternoon. Despite many schools being involved in Young Voices, the turnout was still …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Primary Humanities Network meeting (Gloucestershire Heritage Hub)
A different venue to our usual one! At a previous Network meeting, John Putley, Hub Facilities Manager, very kindly offered to host one of our future gatherings at the new Gloucestershire Heritage Hub, so I took him up on this straightaway! I led a HLF WWW1 school and community groups’ project back in 2014-2015 and had a lot of dealings …
‘Intent, implementation and impact: History within the broad and balanced curriculum’ (University of Gloucestershire)
Well, it was rather nice to attend a conference today and be able to just sit back and listen, rather than having to present! I have not been to an event like this at the University of Gloucestershire before. However, their flier suggested that we were in for a treat: ‘A one day course for primary teachers (KS1 and KS2), history …
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 …
Primary Humanities Network meeting (Tom Roberts Adventure Centre [TRAC], near Newent, Gloucestershire)
Not quite the weather that I had hoped for, but we managed! The theme for our final meeting of this academic year was ‘Taking learning outside the classroom‘. After welcoming individuals, I shared the aims and format of the session. The intention was for majority of this session to be held outside at the Tom Roberts Adventure Centre (TRAC) (https://www.tracnewent.org.uk/); …