Knowledge rich curriculum – RE with Mrs McGee

A year in my classroom – Part 1 The curse of content coverage.

One of my roles as a Trust Lead is to run my own department, this means that I get to see first hand how our units of work play out in the classroom. Presently I am only teaching Year 7 and this has given me a unique opportunity to have a sharp focus on oneContinue reading “A year in my classroom – Part 1 The curse of content coverage.”

Some personal reflections on personal knowledge.

The recent OFSTED review presented three types of knowledge. The substantive The disciplinary The personal knowledge I first heard about personal knowledge in RE when Richard Kueh spoke to the RE Exchange conference in October 2020. Immediately I took that back to the RE team at Inspiration Trust and we started to think about whatContinue reading “Some personal reflections on personal knowledge.”

Education Exposed – my best bits!

I am a head of faculty who has just heard those magic words “you got the job” to a new and exciting leadership opportunity and so this book was a timely read for me. The 92 pages are packed with great advice from Sam Strickland and I constantly found myself nodding along in enthusiastic agreementContinue reading “Education Exposed – my best bits!”

Sticking to the plan

All departments have some form of development plan, the challenge as a head of department is to enable your team to firstly remember the key elements of that plan and then actually be guided by it in their daily practice. In addition your development plan should be a living document that is returned to throughoutContinue reading “Sticking to the plan”

Planning our interweaved GCSE curriculum

As somebody who has been teaching in a wide variety of schools for over 15 years I have attended lots of CPD events. Sadly it isn’t often that somebody suggests an idea that you want to rush back to school and implement immediately. However a session with Joanne Harris at my first Strictly RE conferenceContinue reading “Planning our interweaved GCSE curriculum”

Planning an interweaved Key Stage 3 curriculum

Over the past few years I have been updating and planning our Key Stage 3 curriculum, hoping to achieve the following: Provide students with a rich source of knowledge. Use strategies that help students retain the information they are taught. Enable students to make links and meaningful comparisons between the faiths and concepts that weContinue reading “Planning an interweaved Key Stage 3 curriculum”