Rob Chambers

Geography education consultant | Curriculum & sustainability | Former MAT National Geography Lead | CGeog FRGS | Geographical Association Trustee |

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

@MrGoodwin23 @adamboxer1 It was indeed - great session

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

Looking forward to diving into this one that arrived today @MrMetacognition great to see a chapter from my friend Dr Dowey :) #curriculum #edchat #metacognition

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

Wishing all those with Year 11 geography cohorts the very best for tomorrow’s AQA GCSE Paper 2 exam. I hope students get the chance to show everything they’ve worked so hard to learn. (particular good luck wishes to the fab #astreageographycommunity - good luck!) @astreacademies #geography #geographyteacher #GCSE #AQAGeography @AQA

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

Kat’s new blog is an important read for both subject and senior leaders. If QA is going to drive meaningful improvement, it has to be built around subject expertise, not simply compliance. Routines being in place is not a proxy for curriculum quality or student learning. Subject leaders need to sit at the heart of QA because they are best placed to judge the quality of curriculum enactment: what excellence looks like in their subject, how well the curriculum is being taught, and whether students are learning what was intended. The strongest QA does not remove accountability but roots it in subject expertise, careful use of evidence, and a relentless focus on improving what students are taught and come to understand. #curriculum #subjectleadership #QualityAssurance
#EducationLeadership

[Kat Howard @SaysMiss]

**NEW BLOG**

Curriculum and leadership | Who Owns Quality in Subject? https://t.co/JpxQooAwAl

[Geographical Association @The_GA]

Teach geography the way it was meant to be experienced.

Fieldwork Through Enquiry is now 20% off for all with code NFF26.

Fieldwork is to geography what books are to English.

Plan your #NFF26 curriculum here: https://t.co/RvvEIulaUY

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

Can highly recommend a visit to AAW! A chance to see how it transformed into the fabulous school it is today! :)

[Astrea Academy Woodfields @AAWoodfields]

Astrea Academy Woodfields – Final Visit Day

Visit Astrea Academy Woodfields in Doncaster on Thursday 9 July from 7:30am–12:30pm.

Meet staff and students and see the school community in action.

https://t.co/pSvt9TKfAZ

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

Please to have added this to my PD library today @AlexJQuigley #literacy #edchat #teacher

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

Great to arrive back to this in the letter box :) #curriculum @MaryMyatt - my weeks reading is sorted! #teacher #geographyteacher #KS3 #edchat

[InnerDrive @Inner_Drive]

Independent reading can have a huge impact on:
→ vocabulary
→ writing
→ comprehension
→ academic success 📚

This course explores how schools can build stronger reading habits and reading cultures.
https://t.co/rNqfMcZ0cO

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

This new post from Alex really resonates, particularly in how it frames literacy as central to KS3 curriculum success. In my previous role, developing a new common curriculum, literacy was a key part of the design thinking, ensuring frequent access to high-quality texts, careful selection of vocabulary to teach, consolidate and revisit, explicit attention to etymology and meaning in context, and regular practice in constructing explanations and arguments using structures such as “because, but, so”. What Alex captures here is that literacy is not an add-on to curriculum. It is how students access the curriculum. If KS3 is to be more than a “squeezed middle”, reading, vocabulary, writing and academic talk need to be designed into the curriculum from the outset. #literacy #geographyteacher #teacher #edchat #teacher #curriculumdesign

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

💡 NEW POST 💡

“Literacy and Key Stage 3 Success’

“Without secure literacy foundations, academic success is denied long before GCSE examinations or intensive interventions begin.”

https://t.co/GgKqwZmkdU

[SoL in the Wild @SoLInTheWild]

Knowledge-rich curriculum isn’t about knowing and teaching more “stuff”.

It is about developing more meaningful, coherent, and interconnected knowledge in our students long-term memory. The kind of knowledge necessary for critical and creative thinking.

Knowledge builds. Vocabulary recurs. Concepts connect. Questions interweave. Yesterday supports today, and today prepares students for tomorrow and beyond.

In my latest post, I explore the difference between a knowledge-rich and knowledge-poor curriculum design through the redesign of my Africa unit using invaluable insights from Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival.

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

"When Climate Education Feels Political" - https://t.co/5vXXwpkLSW - a really interesting read for #teacher #geographyteacher #climateeducation

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

Not long until the start of the National Festival of Fieldwork #geography #geographyteacher #fieldwork

[Geographical Association @The_GA]

Only a few days until the official start of the National Festival of Fieldwork!

If you have been participating with your students so far, don't forget to share the photos with us, and if you still have it in the schedule, do make use of the GA's extensive bank of fieldwork ideas.

Go outside this June!

#NFF26

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

An ambitious KS3 curriculum matters in its own right, building the secure knowledge, conceptual understanding and disciplinary thinking students need to flourish as geographers. It also means they are better placed at KS4 to deepen their understanding, apply knowledge with confidence, and continue developing their ability to think like geographers. #KS3 #edchat Really looking forward to @MaryMyatt new book - KS3 - The Ambitious Years
https://t.co/1yZkRdhYBI

[Kate Stockings @kate_stockings]

My quarterly subject-knowledge update on all things Arctic geography: the free online magazine from @WWF_Arctic 🌎❄️🦭

A recommended read for all geography teachers!

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

💡 ‘SHARE to support struggling readers and writers’ 💡

“How do we enact something that is potentially fuzzy like 'scaffolding' or 'high expectations'? Strategies need to be distilled, concrete and practical, and we need to name them.”

https://t.co/wRA2BIlhaU

[Brad Busch @BradleyKBusch]

In case the above link is broken, this one should work!

https://t.co/cfOCO4DEs9

[Geographical Association @The_GA]

The GA's Subject Knowledge Scholar programme is now open to ITE and Pre-ITE applicants for the 2026 cohort.

The deadline to apply for the programme is 31 May but what exactly do you get when you do so?

Please find more information below and with this link: https://t.co/TwuLvSOM1n

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

@1917AndAllThat Indeed - likewise the overlays!