Ideas from teachers

How three magic words can improve the length of students' explanations

Teacher training sometimes gets a bad press - this blog highlights the positives.

Using a Story Map as a resource and a revision tool

Following training provided by the RGS-IBG Data Skills Programme, we have used the free ArcGIS Online system with our year 12 A Level students (we have around 80 year 12 students) for several years but with the new specification we decided to develop student use of Survey123 to help manage the NEA Independent Investigation project.

Subject specialists, subject communities and sustaining subject expertise

The benefits of being an International School

How to prepare students for the A Level Changing Places topic from Key Stage 3 onwards.

The training provided by the RGS-IBG Data Skills project opened my eyes to the lack of data skills embedded into our Key Stage 3 curriculum. For me, incorporating data skills into Key Stage 3 topics became a priority

How to incorporate model-making into geography.

One school's experience of the A Level NEA

Teaching about coasts when you do not live anywhere near the coasts has always been an issue in the schools I have taught in; for urban studies you can look out of the window or go for a walk but there is no way to easily bring the scale, might and wonder of coastlines to students in the inner city.