The A-Z of curriculum development.
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Here’s your A-Z of every brilliant talk by subject.
🎨 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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