Two We Are In Beta highlights to bring you this week. The first one's a biggie. The second's at the bottom.
📚🧠Curriculum Thinking Week 2022 kicks off on Monday 30th. 🎉
Talks go live at 8.30 am. 🕣
The conference space is now open. 📣
100+ short, sharp talks, 375+ resources, across 20 subjects in 13 subject groups.
Available to all for the next 7 days only.
Talks and resources will only be available on demand to those who access by 30/01, speakers and full members of the Curriculum Thinkers Community.
Don’t miss out.
Come on in to learn how brilliant subject specialists from our member schools are developing every aspect of curriculum.
Check out the full agenda and…
Wondering what colleagues will be talking about in your subject? Read on 👇
Curriculum Thinking Week 2023 is supported by Ambition Institute.
Ambition Institute’s research-informed ‘Curriculum for Senior Leaders’ programme focuses on improving outcomes for pupils by transforming the quality of curriculum design across your school.
Application deadline’s been extended to: Tuesday 31 January.
🎯 Leading whole-school curriculum
Supporting EAL Students - Mary Morris, King's Academy Prospect.
Creating and designing a school ethos that is lead by character and values - Bekki Smith, Five Acres High School.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: a whole school approach - Jon Andrews, Manor School.
Form Time Reading for All. - Matt Hallam, St. Anne's CofE Academy Middleton.
A curriculum for the curriculum: it's all about the journey - Mason Davies, Gloucester Academy.
Secondary Transition - how to support reading - Emma Bezer, The Brian Clarke CofE Academy (Cranmer Education Trust).
Oracy: The Fundamentals & Developing Oracy across the curriculum - Sheba George, Challney High School for Girls.
Dual and Multiple Exceptionality: What it is and why it's important - Nina Pearson, Landau Forte Academy Amington.
Adapting Ofsted's Deep Dive methodology to drive improvement without freaking everyone out. - Maurice Dixon & Fay Cooper, Oxford Spires Academy.
Developing Subject Knowledge Expertise - Flora Burt & Kerry Ward, Chiltern Learning Trust.
How Artificial Intelligence can be used to support teaching and learning - Susan Farrimond, Little Lever School.
Leading a trust-wide strategy for Reading - Nicola Quick, Challney High School for Boys / Chiltern Learning Trust.
🧠 Social Science
Giving effective whole class feedback - Mohsin Gulsher, Beaumont School.
Feedback and implications for KS5 Social Sciences - Adam Walton, Dover Grammar School for Girls.
Retrieval starters as a tool for increasing self-belief - Freya Ralph, Didcot Girls' School.
Effective marking and feedback in A Level Sociology - Jessica Abercrombie, Twynham School.
The Impact of Dual Icons and Direct Questioning (first shared in CTW 2022) - Danni Heard, Plympton Academy.
🧬 Science
The use of HVT in Science to improve the quality of pupils work - Louise Marshall, The Oxford Academy.
Designing a 5 year spiral curriculum - Helen Warsop, Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy.
Developing and embedding disciplinary literacy in science - Victoria Mandizha, Brighton Hill Community School.
We need to stop talking about powerful knowledge - here’s what we should do instead - George Duoblys, Greenshaw Learning Trust.
Implementing curriculum change - Jonathan Radcliffe, Anthem Trust.
Increasing uptake of A Level Physics - Helena Copley, Chiswick School.
Retrieval Practice in Practice - Steve Barnes, Cantell School.
A case study for curriculum development and subject CPD - Amelia Kyriakides, Didcot Girls' School.
Sequencing the Big Ideas in Science - Nick Rogers & Harry Birch, Oxford Spires Academy.
🕌 Religious Education
Curriculum Planning and Endpoints in RE - William Kneeshaw, Northampton School for Boys.
Demonstrating intent, implementation and impact in your RE curriculum (first shared in CTW 2022) - Jo Weir, Hodge Hill College.
Individualised feedback with minimal workload - Rebecca Baxendale, St Mark's Church of England Academy.
What do careful curriculum decisions, excellent textbooks and teacher-led lessons look like in Divinity? (Curriculum Thinkers Master Class) - Abby Hughes, West London Free School.
Using art to teach difficult concepts (first shared in CTW 2022) - Lucy Sidney, Beaumont School.
⚖ PSHE & Citizenship
Assessing PSHE - Adam Walton, Dover Grammar School for Girls.
Creating high-quality GCSE Citizenship resources - Mackenzie Robinson-Hunt, St Mark's Church of England Academy.
How and why using PE staff reinvigorated our PSHE Curriculum - Clare Price, Poltair School.
Delivering statutory content for PSHE, RSE, SMSC & Citizenship - Wendy Moore, Brighton Hill Community School.
How we have sequenced our curriculum to teach consent from Year 7 to Year 13 (first shared in CTW 2022) - Ria Searle, Northwood School.
Purposeful Use of Form Time - Alex Reed, Levenshulme High School.
🏅Physical Education
Getting the best out of your GCSE PE Students - Sarah Bowen, Glenmoor and Winton Academies.
How to get the best out of your KS3 groups when you see them only once or twice per week. - Laura Best, Glenmoor and Winton Academies.
A Deep Dive Into P.E - Our Experience - Chloe Young, Noel-Baker Academy.
An inclusive PE curriculum - Mark Potter, Brakenhale School.
Meaningful PE- Make PE a whole School Focus (first shared in CTW 2022) - Will Grove, Broadwater School.
Verbal feedback in key stage 3 core PE (first shared in CTW 2022) - Jacqui Green, Wheatley Park School.
🎭 🎶 Performing Arts & Music
Developing Wellbeing outside of the classroom to ensure pupils are ready for learning - Laura Wilson, Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy .
Challenge in CPA; golden threads and sequencing. - Laura Rossiter, Melksham Oak Community School.
A Carefully Sequenced and Ambitious KS3 Drama Curriculum - Rachel Fellows, Tytherington School.
Creativity in the Curriculum - Melissa Barron, Manor School.
Modelling in Music - Lisa Clarke, Levenshulme High School.
📊 Maths
Developing Multiplicative Reasoning skills in KS3&4 - James Butler, Duke's Secondary School, NCEA Trust.
Developing Mathematical Thinking - Carleen Masson, Anthem Trust.
Curriculum Conversations in Secondary Maths - from Theory to Practice: Leading Curriculum Development in an Ever-Changing Landscape - Rhiannon, Dave, Matt Rainbow, Tushingham, Hussey, Greenshaw Learning Trust.
KS3 curriculum planning - teaching for understanding - Eve Tomlinson, The Oxford Academy.
Creating a successful homework culture - Kevin Imrith, St Bonaventure's School.
Moving Forward Feedback and Assessment in Mathematics - Stephanie Bolton, Sir Christopher Hatton Academy.
Checking for Understanding - Glyn Brown, Cantell School.
Mixed Ability Teaching for Maths Mastery - Luke Lambert, Q3 Academy Langley.
👋 Languages
Embracing literature in MFL - Sue Lutz, Beaumont School.
Positive effects of retrieval practice in MFL lessons, Anthi Glymidou, St Mark's Church of England Academy.
What choices do we make for our Year 7 curriculum? (first shared April 2021) - MFL Group Discussion.
🏰 History
Planning for meaning: how students make meaning in History and what that means for curriculum planning - Ed Durbin, Yate Academy.
Changing the Lens- Teaching Medieval Queens - Laura Wallett, Tytherington School.
Reading Together in the History Classroom: History teachers as teachers of reading - Rachel Lewin, The Five Islands Academy.
Time-Effective Formative Feedback and Marking in History - Hannah Nonnenmacher, Chiswick School.
Digital strategies and Dual Coding at KS4 and 5 History - Charlie Newey, Ark Bolingbroke Academy.
Why teaching the Silk Roads enhances a KS3 curriculum - Tim Whiteman, Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form.
How we've used research and theory to improve the History curriculum - Ammar Khan, Barnhill Community High School.
Supporting engagement with wider reading in A level Politics - Christopher Batt, Beaumont School.
Making it stick in the Mixed Ability Classroom - Joanne Bryce , Harris Academy Greenwich.
Designing a through curriculum based on embedding substantive concepts - Rachael Coles , Twynham School.
Culture of Curriculum Excellence: A Subject Leader's Experience - Samir Richards, Challney High School for Boys.
Using images to activate prior learning - Allan Green, Cantell School.
Year 9 as a hybrid year - Dom Bell, Greenshaw High School.
Widening the lens – increasing diversity and representation in the History curriculum - Eleanor Mowbray, The Hurlingham Academy and The Elms Academy.
🌍 Geography
Activism in the community - stakeholder engagement in the Geography. curriculum - Hattie Stromberg, The Five Islands Academy.
Strategies for positive outcomes at GCSE - Jennifer Ryrie, Northampton Academy.
Scaffolding summative assessment to promote success - Ben Bishop, Twynham School & The Grange School.
Integrating mathematical skills into AQA GCSE Geography - Lori Gleeson, John Taylor Free School.
📚 English
Modelling Thinking - Hayley Muse, Glenmoor and Winton Academies.
Using homework to address misconceptions and build schema in English - Laura Ceney, John Taylor Free School.
Sequencing a robust and diverse English curriculum post-lockdown - Ellie Clark, Anthem Trust.
Powering Up the Sentence Starter - Clare Simutis, The Five Islands Academy.
Fostering independent homework at KS3 and KS5 - Wonu Adedoyin-Salau, St Bonaventure's School.
Meaningful Assessment in Key Stage 3 English - Rachel Hadley, Tytherington School.
A Blended Approach to Teaching Syntactic Control and Fluency - Emilio Chain Lopez, Les Quennevais School.
Raising Challenge: literary theory at KS3 - Marthe Broadhurst, The Five Islands Academy.
Using Tier 2 vocabulary to enhance students' analysis of Literature - Amy Talbot, Poltair School.
Sequencing Stories across the Curriculum - Helen Howell, Blue Coat.
New Texts, New(ish) Team - Katie Johnson, Orchard Park High School.
🛠 Design and Technology
What are the end points for K33 D&T? - Lewis Glaze, John Taylor Free School.
Delivering Substantive knowledge in KS3 D&T - Amanda Britton, Twynham School.
Vocational Construction Curriculum at Prospect School (first shared in CTW 2021) - Heather Ridgus, King's Academy Prospect.
How we have developed creativity in Design Technology at The Dorcan Academy (first shared in CTW 2021) - Jazz Bansal, The Dorcan Academy.
Planning KS3 curriculum with limited teaching time (first shared in CTW 2021) - Will Yates, The Vyne Community School.
Incremental action steps in coaching. The challenge behind finding the right action steps. (first shared in CTW 2021) - Beverley Simmons, Chiswick School.
👩💻 Computer Science & ICT
How we incorporate computing, creativity and office skills into our KS3 Computer Science Curriculum - Richard Singer, Tytherington School.
How Artificial Intelligence can be used to support teaching and learning - Susan Farrimond, Little Lever School.
💸Business
How to embed knowledge organisers to improve Business KS4 outcomes - Ellie Steele, Wheatley Park School.
Assessment & Feedback in Business Lessons (first shared in CTW 2021) - Atiya Ejaz, Levenshulme High School.
Developing and launching a brand new curriculum - GCSE Business at Copleston High School (first shared in CTW 2021) - Jack Goodrich, Copleston High School.
🎨 Art
Dialogic learning: Depth of ideas through peer-driven questioning - Peter Corkish, The Dorcan Academy.
Supporting student outcomes through a mixed media curriculum - Gemma McCarthy, Landau Forte Academy Amington.
Reading in Art lessons - Pete Jones, Les Quennevais School.
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Primary Maths Subject Lead - Athena Trust (Various location across Cornwall).
Senior leadership.
Principal - Charles Warren Academy (Milton Keynes).
Vice Principal - St Marks CoE Academy (Mitcham, London).
Whole School Literacy Coach and Teacher of English - (King's Academy Easthampstead Park, Bracknell Forest).
Assistant leader for P16 - John Taylor Free School (Burton-on Trent).
Middle leadership.
Leader of History - Little Lever School (Bolton).
Head of Religious Studies - The Thomas Aveling School (Kent).
Head of RE - St Marks CoE Academy (Mitcham, London).
2nd in English - The Robert Napier School (Gillingham, Kent).
2nd in Science - Fort Pitt Grammar School (Chatham, Kent).
KS3 Lead in Science - Etone College (Warwickshire).
Lead Practitioner of Maths - Oxford Sires Academy (Oxford).
Curriculum Leads for Social Sciences; Humanities - John Taylor Free School (Burton-on Trent).
2nds in: Maths; Science - John Taylor Free School (Burton-on Trent).
Director of English - Ormiston Victory Academy (Norfolk).
KS4 Coordinator English - Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls (Woolwich, London).
Co-ordinator of house and student voice activities - Queensbury Academy (Dunstable).
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