Who's speaking at Curriculum Thinking Week 2023? And what about?
Starts 03/07. Register by 29/06 to access all talks and resources.
Your fellow community members have been nominating brilliant subject specialists to celebrate their work at Curriculum Thinking Week Summer 2023 - starting Monday 3rd July.
So far we’ve added:
📺 50+ talks
📝 75+ curriculum resources across
📚 20 subjects
…to the full programme of 100+ talks and 400+ resources shared at Curriculum Thinking Week Spring 2023 back in January.
Wait, there was a Curriculum Thinking Week In January?!
Yes! If you missed it, here’s your chance to catch up. But ssh, don’t tell anyone.
All talks and resources (from both our Spring and Summer conferences) will be available on demand to only:
anyone who registers by 29/06/23
speakers and their nominators
paying members of the Curriculum Thinkers Community.
In case you’ve missed messages about nominating colleagues and submitting sessions, you can read how it works here. There are a number of colleagues who had later exams yet to submit. So it’s not too late yet.
From the look of sessions so far, you are in for a treat. 🎁
We - schools - Are In Beta - always learning (when we tune into others’ subject specific practice and cheer them on for putting it out there).
Think someone would find this useful?
Here’s a sample of what you’ve got to look forward to at Curriculum Thinking Week Summer 2023.
🎯Whole-school curriculum leadership
Careers Leadership - Hannah Rickaby, Northampton School for Boys.
Developing Independence - Joe Collins, The Thomas Aveling School.
Avoiding Literacy Bolt-ons: Easy Tweaks to Add Literacy in all Subjects - Kristy Keller, Dorcan Academy.
🧠 Social Science
Supporting exam skills for longer questions in Psychology GCSE - Mark Schvetz, Dorothy Stringer School.
Getting the best from students on the Tech Award - Helen Warsop, Blessed Robert Sutton Academy.
More TBC
🧬 Science
How I led my team to develop a context-driven scheme of learning for KS4 quantitative chemistry - Samantha Drewett, John Mason School.
Curriculum sequencing in Science - Julia Quick, Harris Academy Chafford Hundred.
Using Walkthrus for CPD sessions on Thinking Hard - Julie Goodley, King's Academy Binfield.
🕌 Religious Education
Story telling in RE - William Kneeshaw, Northampton School for Boys.
How Do We Use Religious Accounts and Texts In RE? - Katherine Hawthorne, Q3 Academy Langley.
Curriculum Intent and Implementation in RS & Citizenship - Simon Wallace, Barnhill Community High School.
⚖ PSHE & Citizenship
Designing a PCSHE Curriculum - Leah Turvey, Five Acres High School.
Nurturing Better Citizens - Tori Blair, Harrow Way Community School.
PSHE Curriculum design - for progress and pace - Helen Kennedy, Northampton School for Boys.
🏅Physical Education
KS3 curriculum planning in PE - Aimee Churchill, Harris Academy Greenwich.
A Deep Dive Into P.E - Our Experience - Chloe Young, Noel Baker Academy.
More TBC
🎭 🎶 Performing Arts & Music
Using technology to foster Independence in assessment - Lianne Roberts, King's Academy Binfield.
Curriculum leadership in Performing Arts - Georgina Millard, Brakenhale.
Curriculum Planning: Creative Arts - Thomas Davies, Denbigh High School.
📊 Maths
Using guided instruction to secure endpoints - Ben Mapp, Harris Academy Chafford Hundred.
Moving Forward Feedback and Assessment in Mathematics - Stephanie Bolton, Sir Christopher Hatton Academy.
More TBC.
👋 Languages
5 Key Principles for Designing Curriculum from Scratch - Jenny d'Arcy, Harris Academy Greenwich.
Making it stick in MFL - Natasha Bermejo, King's Academy Binfield.
More TBC.
🏰 History
Retrieval Practice in History, Politics and Law - Joe Thornham, Wolfreton School & Sixth Form.
Feedback in History - Hollie Winrow, Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College.
Making it stick in the Mixed Ability Classroom - Joanne Bryce , Harris Academy Greenwich.
🌍 Geography
Integrating mathematical skills into AQA GCSE Geography - Lori Gleeson, John Taylor Free School.
What is teaching through enquiry? - William Harvey, St Marks Academy.
Curriculum Design & Implementation - David Milligan, Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College.
How to significantly improve uptake of and results in GCSE Geography - Ciaran McGarry, Broughton Hall Catholic High School.
📚 English
Undertaking a curriculum review with a spotlight on knowledge sequencing - Leanne Sigsworth , Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College.
Thesis statements- Enabling students to write personal responses to Literature texts - Kate Poulton, St Marks Academy.
How useful is cognitive science for everyday classroom practice? - Emma De Vito, Northampton School for Boys.
Assessment: how do we know if students are 'good' at English? - Dena Eden, Inspiration Trust.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: a teaching and learning approach - Eve O Giwa-Osagie, Harris Academy Greenwich.
Reading fluency - Richard Patterson, Inspiration Trust.
🛠 Design and Technology
Spiral curriculum at KS3 / 4 Food Preparation - Lisa Butcher, Fitzharrys School.
Adaptive teaching in Design Technology - Jazz Bansal-Momi, The Dorcan Academy.
💸👩💻 Business, Computer Science & ICT
The curriculum journey: Business Studies GCSE OCR - Nicola Walker, Harris Academy Ockendon
Managing Coursework courses - Michelle Gibson, Sewell Park Academy.
More TBC
🎨 Art
From the vision down... - Andrew Richardson Medd, Wolfreton School & Sixth Form.
Reading in Art lessons - Pete Jones, Les Quennevais School.
Dialogic learning: Depth of ideas through peer driven questioning - Peter Corkish, The Dorcan Academy.
On a personal note.
It never gets any easier.
Even after fours year and 185+ editions of the We Are In Beta newsletter.
I still get nervous putting it out there into the world.
Is it good enough? Will readers find the contents useful? Have we made the right choices behind the scenes in the lead up to publication?
Just some of the doubt-casting questions that creep through my mind before hitting send.
So I doff my cap to anyone and everyone who shares their work with the world.
In this case, I want to say how much respect and gratitude I have for the all the Curriculum Thinking Week Summer 2023 speakers, who’ve contributed sessions and resources to help you learn how they do what you do.
The same goes for everyone who’s played their part in building the extraordinary bank of talks and resources inside We Are In Beta. Thank you.
Today, I’m not drawing any lessons from this reflection.
Instead I’m making at ask.
If you’ve ever found what we do at We Are In Beta useful, I’d love it if you shared Curriculum Thinking Week Summer 2023 with your networks.
The more practitioners who join, the greater the impact.
Here’s how Mike Hoad (VP at Walton Academy) did it:
Thanks, Mike.
Thanks for reading.
@NiallAlcock and the We Are In Beta team
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