Ben Bishop

Experiment: I gave year 11 an open book past exam paper to complete in class, results are really useful. It tells me who is underperforming because they lack the skills in exam practice and who is underperforming because they haven't done revision! Also highlighted to students where they miss notes!

Good for globalisation!

Very exciting Mark, well done!

Interesting for a geography decision making? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Interesting article on how and why we map our oceans! www.economist.com/interactive/...

Geography The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.

Useful for all the #geographers out there educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/geography

Inside Ethiopia’s Fano insurgency – photo essay As Ethiopia teeters on the brink of renewed conflict, this photographic report of the Fano, a local nationalist militia already fighting the government across the remote highlands, offers a glimpse in...

Really interesting article on Ethiopia and conflict which I had no idea about, good for subject knowledge if doing case study on #Ethiopia. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Blueprints and Beats Listen and make your own on Suno.

One of my year 7 'made' this as part of his revision for our local area study...
The class went ballistic when I played it for Friday fun! Sometimes AI makes me smile! suno.com/song/043e848...

Creating a Forward Looking Geography Curriculum This piece continues my exploration of what makes a curriculum genuinely ambitious, purposeful and hopeful. As schools rethink their geography provision in light of new expectations and a rapidly chan...

Substack is very much becoming my new favourite place to go... @ensermark.bsky.social features heavily in this! 😂
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I've just been putting together a booklet for year 8 on Coasts which uses QR codes to take them to Hemsby, we are planning to do it alongside optional Brighton (where we live) fieldwork. The logistics of a whole year group are too much...!🥹
Can send you what I've done, would love feedback!

Sierra Leone’s ecotourism dream goes up in smoke | The Observer

This makes me sad, my visit to Sierra Leone inspired me to start my Pgce and this beach was at the time the most amazing beach I had ever been to... Great article for impacts of development and sustainability! 🥹
observer.co.uk/news/interna...

Powerful for What? Why Powerful Knowledge Needs a Pedagogy to Match

Substack is starting to feel like Twitter used to, you know when there was a community of people sharing great ideas, really enjoying @ensermark.bsky.social being back! This is another great article for geographers! open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...

Orphans of history: the forgotten republic of Transnistria – photo essay Photographer Didier Bizet has spent time documenting life in the self-proclaimed autonomous republic, which is not recognised by the international community

Super interesting article for geographers on identity and geopolitics! share.google/EH0gzp6OhIej...

Love this, too often we as teachers forget this... Great to be reminded, thanks Mark

Troubled Waters? Rights of access to the foreshore - Brecher The legal status of beaches in this country is more complicated than you might think. See our Q&A on rights of access to the foreshore in England and Wales. 1) What is the foreshore? The foreshore is ...

How many of us geography teachers talk about access to beaches as common land...? I certainly thought it was, but it's not always. www.brecher.co.uk/news/trouble...

This links to a private land owner preventing access to beaches... Who owns land- big question!

Hurricane Melissa: a visual guide to Jamaica’s strongest storm since 1851 Slow-moving giant makes landfall and will linger over the island before slamming into Cuba

Some really useful visuals and explanations on here #melissa, really hope preparations ensure everything is ok! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

I think assumptions around 'cultural capital' are also a barrier. We as teachers can assume knowledge of the world because many of us have had the privilege of travel and experience of different places and people but don't of my students hadn't even been to the beach in the UK...

I think one of the barriers that I have seen (having worked in very deprived schools) is that parents hear 'geography leads you to do almost any job' but actually hear 'it leads you to nothing'. Students don't have the privilege of risking 'nothing in particular'. Lots of communication needed!

‘Every day’s a fight’: join the commuters in Africa’s rapidly growing cities With more and more people moving to big cities such as Nairobi and Abidjan, daily commutes are becoming tougher

Urbanisation issues in rapidly growing cities across Africa, #contemporarychallenges www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

They are really great, so tricky to get good shots!

Out of interest what are you using to take the photos?

Evidence of changing climate? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Well this is exciting, just read @geogenquirer.bsky.social 's article in Teaching Geography and I've been referenced 🤯. Think that's a life ambition ✅! Glad you found the article useful Rachel, I'm actually going to use yours for department meeting as we are looking at purpose!

BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 32, Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Phil Wang, Ana Ferreira and Chris Jackson Brian Cox and Robin Ince dig deep to unveil the high-pressured world beneath our feet.

This is quite a useful podcast on structure of the Earth, I like the idea of mantle being like glass, solid but flows. @ahamill.bsky.social what do you think? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This doesn't bode well for #geography, we barely get any applications for jobs and didn't get a single one for maternity cover...😬

Had a great few days in #dorset on residential. It really is a beautiful part of the world! Favourite quote from a student: geography is coming alive!

Well done David, this is exciting!!

We are implementing a whole school approach to spoken communication using 'think, pair, share' does anyone know if there is research on how long staff should give to students to make it really purposeful? Is there too much time? @alexjquigley.bsky.social @didau.bsky.social

Boy Wasted - Episode 1: The Body | Eco Chamber A mystery body of a boy is found in a bale of recycled plastic in Turkey...

Some really hard hitting geography in here: migration, recycling, globalisation! shows.acast.com/ends/episode...

Hey Hanna, my school doesn't do A level so I feel a little bit out of the loop on that one. We used to use Geofiles but really depends on students because they can be quite heavy going? Could geography review be worth looking at? magazines.hachettelearning.com/magazines/ge...