Category Archives: CPD Notes

TLAB15: David Fawcett

Posted on March 21, 2015 by sallythorne

David is talking us through creating a coherent curriculum that sticks. It rounds off a day of thinking about improving retention of knowledge and skills. We start by discussing some questions about how we prep students for their exams – … Continue reading →

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TLAB15: Neal Watkin

Posted on March 21, 2015 by sallythorne

Watkin is taking about what makes good learning in History. He starts with some video clips of students sharing their knowledge. J knows loads and loads, but his written work isn’t good. R can structure a really good written answer … Continue reading →

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TLAB15: Elizabeth Carr

Posted on March 21, 2015 by sallythorne

Carr is talking about the relationship between knowledge, progress and assessment in History. She shares the department’s discussion on models of progression. The departmental vision: inspired by the past, learning by enquiry, winning the arguments. They have been reflecting on … Continue reading →

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TLAB15: Keynote 1: Sarah Jayne Blakemore

Posted on March 21, 2015 by sallythorne

I love Blakemore’s sessions! This year’s theme is “All in the mind” so she is ideal to open the conference. She begins by talking about adolescence as a concept, suggesting that some people think it is a modern construct; however … Continue reading →

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SHP2014: Christine Counsell

Posted on July 13, 2014 by sallythorne

Christine is speaking about knowledge. We don’t spend a lot of time talking about it which gives us bad PR as a profession. We should attend to it much more explicitly and not be frightened of it. The reaction from … Continue reading →

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SHP2014: Teachmeet

Posted on July 12, 2014 by sallythorne

Ed Podesta first. He’s making a plea for teachers to come and help answer questions and provide advice for students on the student forum section of the schoolhistory.co.uk forum. Luke Mayhew second, talking about GCSE Classical civilisation. He pitches it … Continue reading →

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SHP2014: Neil Smith and Simon Orth

Posted on July 12, 2014 by sallythorne

Neil and Simon are explaining the Harkness idea of collaborative learning. It involves a bit of the flipped learning idea, where students read and complete tasks before the lesson and then discuss it in class, tackling tasks set by the … Continue reading →

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SHP2014: Christine Counsell

Posted on July 12, 2014 by sallythorne

Christine is talking about the curriculum jewel of interpretations and its protection. Christine uses a variety of examples: an association of little ships from Dunkirk, a Facebook page dedicated to a destroyed mural commemorating the Chartists in Newport, a 19th … Continue reading →

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SHP2014: Sally Burnham

Posted on July 12, 2014 by sallythorne

Sally is talking about rigorous historical thinking in the mixed ability classroom. We start by thinking about the challenges and the joys of mixed ability. Sally says she spent so much time doing different activities and differentiated sheets that she … Continue reading →

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SHP2014: Richard McFahn and Alec Fisher

Posted on July 12, 2014 by sallythorne

Sadly, without Alec Fisher. Richard is going to be talking about teaching outstanding history. Make your lessons a flipping PEACH: feedback, prior knowledge, engagement, access, challenge, higher order thinking. We look at the advice for Ofsted inspectors when they are … Continue reading →

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