Ben Bishop
@mrbishopgeog.bsky.social
#Geography teacher, helping to deliver whole school #literacy
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...
The class went ballistic when I played it for Friday fun! Sometimes AI makes me smile! suno.com/song/043e848...
Blueprints and Beats
Listen and make your own on Suno.
suno.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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...
The class went ballistic when I played it for Friday fun! Sometimes AI makes me smile! suno.com/song/043e848...
Substack is very much becoming my new favourite place to go... @ensermark.bsky.social features heavily in this! π
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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...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Substack is very much becoming my new favourite place to go... @ensermark.bsky.social features heavily in this! π
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
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...!π₯Ή
Can send you what I've done, would love feedback!
Can send you what I've done, would love feedback!
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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...!π₯Ή
Can send you what I've done, would love feedback!
Can send you what I've done, would love feedback!
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! π₯Ή
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Sierra Leoneβs ecotourism dream goes up in smoke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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! π₯Ή
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
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...
Powerful for What?
Why Powerful Knowledge Needs a Pedagogy to Match
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November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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...
Super interesting article for geographers on identity and geopolitics! share.google/EH0gzp6OhIej...
Orphans of history: the forgotten republic of Transnistria β photo essay
Photographer Didier Bizet has spent time documenting life in the self-proclaimed autonomous republic, which is not recognised by the international community
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November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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
November 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Love this, too often we as teachers forget this... Great to be reminded, thanks Mark
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!
This links to a private land owner preventing access to beaches... Who owns land- big question!
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 ...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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!
This links to a private land owner preventing access to beaches... Who owns land- big question!
Some really useful visuals and explanations on here #melissa, really hope preparations ensure everything is ok! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Hurricane Melissa: a visual guide to Jamaicaβs strongest storm since 1851
Slow-moving giant makes landfall and will linger over the island before slamming into Cuba
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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...
October 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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!
October 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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!
Urbanisation issues in rapidly growing cities across Africa, #contemporarychallenges www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
βEvery dayβs a fightβ: join the commuters in Africaβs rapidly growing cities
With more and more people moving to big cities such as Nairobi and Abidjan, daily commutes are becoming tougher
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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!
October 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
They are really great, so tricky to get good shots!
Out of interest what are you using to take the photos?
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Out of interest what are you using to take the photos?
Evidence of changing climate? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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 π€―. Think that's a life ambition β
! Glad you found the article useful Rachel, I'm actually going to use yours for department meeting as we are looking at purpose!
October 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Well this is exciting, just read @geogenquirer.bsky.social 's article in Teaching Geography and I've been referenced π€―. Think that's a life ambition β
! Glad you found the article useful Rachel, I'm actually going to use yours for department meeting as we are looking at purpose!
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...
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.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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...π¬
October 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This doesn't bode well for #geography, we barely get any applications for jobs and didn't get a single one for maternity cover...π¬
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!
October 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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!!
October 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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
September 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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
Some really hard hitting geography in here: migration, recycling, globalisation! shows.acast.com/ends/episode...
Boy Wasted - Episode 1: The Body | Eco Chamber
A mystery body of a boy is found in a bale of recycled plastic in Turkey...
shows.acast.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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...
September 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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...
Yeah, I just don't think that's much for a test track and research buildings!? Bit if a rubbish question of you ask me π
September 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Yeah, I just don't think that's much for a test track and research buildings!? Bit if a rubbish question of you ask me π
Surely that's not big enough for a test track and research building?
September 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Surely that's not big enough for a test track and research building?