It all starts Monday.
Plan your Curriculum Thinking Week.
Hello everyone,
One highlight to bring you this week. But it’s a biggie.
Curriculum Thinking Week 2022 kicks off on Monday 21st. 🎉
Talks go live at 8.30am. 🕣
The conference space is now open. 📣
90 short, sharp talks, across 15 subjects, 340+ resources, big prizes and more.
Available to all this week only. Don’t miss out.
Come on in to learn how brilliant subject leaders from our member schools are developing every aspect of curriculum.
Check out the full agenda and…
Want to jump straight to your subject? Read on 👇
Plan the week ahead. Find your frees. Bookmark your talks.
🎨 Art
Diversity and great outcomes - Gillian Turner, Kingsley Academy.
Context and writing in a practical Art Lesson - Natasha Wiffill, Greenshaw High School.
Developing student responsibility in GCSE Photography - Tracy Wilhelmy, The Brakenhale School.
Recorded Video Modelling - Ben Cousins, Manor School.
Objectives V Outcomes - Teaching the Big Concepts of Art - Laura Drinkwater, MEA Central.
'Writing Like an Art Critic' and 'Thinking About Every Brushmark'. A look at our Year 7 Painting Curriculum - Pete Jones, Les Quennevais School.
💸👩💻 Business, Computer Science & ICT
Making the IT curriculum engaging - Tom Watson, Les Quennevais.
GCSE Business - how we are tackling revision, retrieval and assessment - Laura Pollitt, John Taylor Free School.
Futureproofing our 'work' curriculum in a business and computing context - Cheryl Collier, Manor School.
Use of knowledge retrieval in ICT - Anna McCorry , Worle Community School.
Decomposing teaching and learning to stop over-loading students - focusing on coding - Matt Jones, St Thomas the Apostle.
📚 English
How to design an assessment model that effectively assesses progress in KS3 English - Chris Jones, South Bank University Academy.
How to make homework work - Kelly Wilcox, Wheatley Park School.
Drop Everything and Read at BFS - Whole School Reading Curriculum - Natasha Merola, Bedford Free School.
How to use quotation exploders to analyse language in English - Tegs Downer, The Oxford Academy.
"There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for" (Tolkien). Intent: a driving force for positive change in English. - Gemma Harris, Worle Community School.
Collaborative planning in fortnightly units for Year 11 Revision - Melanie Smith, Portslade Aldridge Community Academy.
The Writing Journey - Samantha Jennings, Mill Hill Primary Academy.
Creating an English curriculum with reading at the core - Katherine Jones, The Stanway School.
Responsive Teaching to Support EAL and Low Attaining Writers - Jack Winslow, Kingsley Academy.
🌍📅🧭 Humanities
📅 History
Creating coherence within GCSE History specifications - Ed Durbin, Yate Academy.
Disciplinary knowledge in the History curriculum and classroom - David Hibbert, The Cherwell School.
Words Matter: Vocabulary Instruction in History - Lila Cherrih, Whitefield School.
Creating a History curriculum within Humanities: a macro-level approach - Tom Plevoets, Southbank University Academy.
Developing cultural literacy within the History curriculum - Daniel Tanner, The Dorcan Academy.
History taught by Historians - Emily Rowe, Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College.
Changing and diversifying a history curriculum in KS3 history - Tim Whiteman, Thorpe St Andrew School.
Developing golden threads within the History Curriculum. - MICHAEL MAGUIRE, Melksham Oak Community School.
Beboldhistory- linking historians and history teachers - Harriet Cornwell, Lodge Park Academy.
Introducing Classics and Latin in a State School - Dom Bell, Greenshaw High School.
🌍 Geography
Guided Reading in Geography: What is the point, how has it gone and how can I use it? - Rupert Littlewood, The Cherwell School.
Using Thinking Maps to encourage depth and fluency in Geography - Christopher Jones, Plympton Academy.
The Tree of Geography: Implementation and Impact in Key Stage 3 - Catherine Thorpe, Thorpe St Andrew School.
Reviewing and adapting the Geography curriculum based on the Ofsted Subject Review - Marzan Ahmed, Forest Gate Community School.
🧭 RE
Using art to teach difficult concepts - Lucy Sidney, Beaumont School.
Demonstrating intent, implementation and impact in your RE curriculum - Jo Weir, Hodge Hill College.
Cross-dept
Use of knowledge Quilts and other revision tools to embed deep connections - Alexandra Ritchie, Les Quennevais School.
👋 Languages
Implementing the EPI pedagogy & Improving confidence in our classrooms - Gemma Jones, John Taylor Free School.
MFL enrichment activities in lieu of overseas trips - Richard Thompson, Allestree Woodlands School.
Boosting engagement and uptake in MFL - Sonia Byrne, Walton Academy.
Using Sentence Builders to accelerate fluency - Naomi Davenport, Plympton Academy.
How we incorporated the CUDDLE method into our curriculum - Pip Farnham, Les Quennevais School.
Improving Student Confidence and Writing Output at Key Stage 3 - Natalie McLaughlan, Harris Academy Ockendon.
Decolonising the MFL curriculum - Sue Lutz, Beaumont School.
Supporting students in becoming independent learners - Olivia Hughes, The Brakenhale School.
MFL curriculum at KS3: how we develop fluency and diversity in the curriculum - Arianna Moretuzzo, Fulham Cross Girls School.
Using Rosenshine's principles in the MFL lessons. - Anthi Glymidou, St Mark's.
Introducing Classics and Latin in a State School - Dom Bell, Greenshaw High School.
📊 Maths
An element of mastery that can help conceptual understanding in any subject - Annabelle Pearson, Wheatley Park.
How to use your curriculum to improve students' outcomes - Ufumwen Onoka, Thornhill Academy.
What does mastery look like in a maths curriculum - Natasha Brown, Noel Baker Academy.
Improving homework completion rates - Rishi Shah, Orchard Park High.
Assessing the Curriculum - Ali Benn, Beaumont School.
Leading through Collaboration - transforming the Mathematics Department through a collaborative leadership approach. - Matthew Brown, Plympton Academy.
🎭 Performing Arts
Curriculum Planning for Knowledge Retention in The Arts - Dan Wright, Kibworth Mead Academy.
A Representative Music Curriculum - Caragh Campbell, South Bank University Academy.
Assessing and monitoring progress in KS3 Music - Sean Dingley, Ridgeway Education Trust.
Tracking progress through the Performing Arts department - Vikki Woodley, Princes Risborough School.
Creating development department sessions - Melissa Barron, Manor School.
Out with the old and in with the new - Cultural capital. - Laura Rossiter, Melksham Oak.
🏅Physical Education
Meaningful PE- Make PE a whole School Focus - Will Grove, Broadwater School.
Verbal feedback in key stage 3 core PE - Jacqui Green, Wheatley Park School.
Our Curriculum Journey In P.E - Chloe Young, Noel Baker Academy.
⚖ PSHE & Citizenship
Wellbeing curriculum in and beyond the classroom - Manaz Pimple, The Rise School.
How we have sequenced our curriculum to teach consent from Year7 to Year 13 - Ria Searle, Northwood School.
🧬 Science
Building a STEM culture in schools - Daisy Walker, Bedford Free School.
Prioritising knowledge & literacy across the Science curriculum - Jayleigh Mathyi, South Bank University Academy.
Facilitating interconnectedness within our science curriculum - Katie Clifton Rabone, Wheatley Park School.
Embedding formative assessment in KS3 Science - Helen Skelton, Beaumont School.
Leading changes in assessment including both retrieval of knowledge and cumulative assessments - Jane Needham, Wolfreton School.
Sequencing KS3 science - Maha Abdelrahman, Fulham Cross Girls' School.
Curriculum and Booklet Development in Science - Jamie Drake, Noel Baker Academy.
How we improved KS3 Science Assessments & Feedback - Ahmed Khattab, Orchard Park High School.
Developing a skills curriculum in science - Aran Davis, Harris Academy Ockendon.
🧠 Social Science
The Impact of Dual Icons and Direct Questioning - Danni Heard, Plympton Academy.
Recovery, retrieval and research methods - Amy Mills, Duke's Secondary School.
Pimp your Booklets - Freya Ralph, Didcot Girls School.
KS5 Retrieval - Adam Walton, Dover Grammar School for Girls.
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