It’s that time of year when subject leaders might be considering their department handbooks so I thought I’d write a blog post (I know,...

Now that we’ve been teaching remotely for two weeks with the knowledge that we will be until (dare I say it) at least February half term,...

The other day I shared my ‘Keep learning…’ sheet to help year 11 and year 13 to continue learning despite the cancellation of this year’s...

Last week when it was announced that GCSE exams were cancelled, I was heartbroken for my incredibly hardworking year 11 students. Many...

If you haven’t already read my post on metacognition in the classroom, I’d suggest starting there as it provided some context to the...

Whilst many of us are getting ready for heading back to school I thought I’d share with you my resources for the first few lessons with...

I know not everyone sees the power of feedback in the same way I do. I also recognise that not everyone that has tried implementing...

During a lesson with one of my year 13 classes recently, it became apparent that I often ask “did you see in the news…?” after my...

This is a resource I’ve been working on now for a couple of weeks and finally today I was determined to get it finished. It’s a revision...

I wanted to create something for my students that would provide them with guidance on the wide variety of geographical skills they could...

As part of the current GCSE specification we explore the opportunities and challenges associated with development. Our case study is on...

Teaching about weather and climate is probably one of my favourite topics to teach in Geography. I love the relevance, I love the theory...

This is a project I’ve been meaning to do for a while now to support revision and recall inspired by Jen Monk’s ‘Geog your memory’...

I was recently searching for GIS resources when I came across an old document I had about the use of simulation games in Geography. I...

Recently I’ve been doing a lot of work on revision and recall; primarily this arose from a number of concerns students expressed last...

Yesterday I shared this post on twitter and since then I’ve had a number of requests for a copy of the document. Year 10 parents evening...

To start with the user should consider what they want to achieve exactly to develop the ‘big picture’. Next link that to the school or...

There are a wide range of videos that could be shown to the class alongside the resources to develop their understanding of the...

One of the things I go through in my introductions are expectations, those I have of them and that they should have of themselves. I...

Twitter has been alive with incredible display material this August. To some degree it scares me that people are working so hard during...