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: Coalway Community Infant School, Gloucestershire
Time for a spot of bespoke CPD today; the first of two virtual sessions with the current Class 2 (EYFS) Teacher and Geography Subject Leader at Coalway Community Infant School in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire (https://www.coalway-inf.gloucs.sch.uk/website). In an e-mail prior to today’s session, I had been briefed about geography across the school and the areas which were felt to …
EYFS Cultural Diversity Training Day
Time to be inducted by David Weatherly and Sheena Wright once again! David Weatherly is a School Improvement Adviser and an accomplished teacher at all stages of learning. He is author of the award-winning Primary Connected History and Primary Connected Geography schemes published by Harper Collins. Sheena Wright is an EYFS Education Consultant and a former Local Authority Early Years Lead Adviser …
‘Ensuring successful subject leadership in geography and history (EYFS to Year 6)’, David Weatherly Education
Yet again, another engaging, inspiring and informative CPD event delivered by David Weatherly, with input from Sheena Wright too, yesterday. Six and a half hours is a long time to sit at a screen and listen/watch, but David’s informal and chatty approach ensures that all are attentive and absorbed. Today’s training was a repeat of one that I attended earlier …
Ensuring successful subject leadership in primary schools
Well, the onus was not on me today! Once in a while, it is rather nice to be able to sit back, listen and absorb. David Weatherly’s third CPD event of this academic year was entitled ‘Ensuring successful subject leadership in primary schools‘ (http://www.davidweatherlyeducation.co.uk/geography-training.html), and very timely it was too, given that I am delivering training to schools within the …
Bespoke CPD (Lawrence View Primary School and Nursery, Nottinghamshire)
What a productive morning we had! Annie Ratcliffe, Geography Subject Leader at Lawrence View Primary School and Nursery in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire (https://www.lawrenceviewprimary.co.uk/), requested a morning of CPD to support her with development of the whole school’s geography curriculum. We began by tweaking the school’s intent document, referring to the National Curriculum programme of study for geography at Key Stages 1 …
British Council: ‘Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning: Critical thinking and problem solving’ (Day 2)
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 …