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Jo Payne

@jopayne.bsky.social
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Geography and sociology teacher | Head of Humanities | ECT Induction Tutor | ITT Coordinator | Author | Examiner | Former AHT i/c T&L | 💚 Living and teaching in Devon

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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
SW Geography Conference (Monday 16 June, UWE) . . . just 4 weeks to go! Join us for an exciting and diverse programme of free lectures and workshops and browse our largest ever range of exhibitors! Find out more at www.geographysouthwest.co.uk/conference/g... and register TODAY!
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SW Geography Conference 2025 - Geography South West
SW Geography Conference 2025 SW Geography Conference Introduction Welcome to the SW Geography Conference 2025 page! We are delighted to announce that the date of the conference will be Monday 16 June ...
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Elizabeth Carr @egcarr.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Since 2022 when I became a subject lead for Humanities I have discovered just how powerful a rigorous, coherent RE curriculum can be and how much it underpins and complements other subjects. Important words from Richard Kueh here.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Nice! Looks too light for Green Smoke. Calke, maybe? Or Breakfast Room? 🤔 Put me out of my misery. Which one?
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
A diverting game is to plot your own lifetime alongside the geophysical breakdown of the earth
1976-2025 in temperature averages, i.e. my own lifetime
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I was gifted this one by a colleague for Christmas. Looking forward to it!
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
My husband and I have had the same for about a week now. I powered through the catering and entertaining on Christmas Day but have been good for nothing since. The cough is the most annoying thing! Hope you feel better soon.
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Rob Chambers @rob-geog.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
grist.org/climate-ener... #geography #geographyteacher #climatechange #tropicalstorms
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Climate change made all of this year's Atlantic hurricanes so much worse
A new analysis finds that the storms’ wind speeds increased by up to 28 miles per hour, boosting their destructive power.
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Hannah 🌋 🌿 🌍 @geogsteel.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Just reposting some geology knowledge organizers I made and posted on Twitter back in the day. I hope some people find them useful! #EduSky #Geogchat #GeographyTeacher #STEMTeacher #EarthScience #Geology drive.google.com/file/d/11LS-...
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Nice to see you over here, Graham 👋
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Haven’t been on either platform for a while. Leading the humanities team alongside the ECF Lead and ITEC role is keeping me busy! Great to see so many familiar names that have moved over to Bluesky. Here’s a photo of a different sky from school last week!
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 12/10/2024
Beautiful 5k Samaritans Dawn Walk in memory of our friend, Jon, this morning 🌅🧡
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Bob Henson @bhensonweather.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
The window is narrowing for residents to evacuate surge-prone areas on the FL West Coast ahead of Hurricane #Milton – now aiming for a second round of Cat 5 strength (top winds up to 155 mph at 2 PM ET). An update from @drjeffmasters.bsky.social and I: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/10/hurr...
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Hurricane and storm surge warnings for much of Florida for extremely dangerous Hurricane Milton » Yale Climate Connections
If you receive evacuation orders from local authorities, follow them.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 05/10/2024
I was sad to miss ResearchED Cornwall today, but I was on parenting duties taking my daughter to a hockey match in Sidmouth. We went for fish & chips and had a mooch around the shops afterwards. Windy day!
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
Only just spotted this. Thank you @geogmum.bsky.social
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
Sorry to hear that. We’ve got our trip on Friday next week. Didn’t have a great experience last year, but it was my first year at the school and I didn’t know my colleagues or any of the Year 11s. Hoping for a great day this time!
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
That reminds me! I forgot that last year we had a table per year group around the outside of the room so families could see how the content/depth changes through the year. Bit like a timeline.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
You’re right. My last but one school did the tours that way and these were the two things we did before families moved on. Current school is free rein to go around as they like. We also have our Year 11 subject captains helping, so they take care of the maps while teachers can chat.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
Factfulness quiz is a great shout! We use it, and extracts from the book, in our Year 7 curriculum.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
We have our Open Evening on Thursday next week. We: Have a world map and various food. Visitors place them on the country they think they came from. Big OS map of our area. Visitors add a sticky dot to show where they live. Examples of pupil work and books. What other ideas are there? #geogchat
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
Felt better than the summer! Hoping to get out mid-week too, but we’ll see.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
This is the very thing I was discussing with our ECT2 in our mentor meeting last week.
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Adam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
Your Sunday read: Golden Silence achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk/2021/11/07/g...
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Golden Silence
There's something magical about a silent classroom. Students are focused, heads are down, pens are busily scratching away. Participation Ratio is high, and you can almost feel the learning in the room...
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
Hockey mum for me. On Weds night, I’d never seen so much rain ☔️ Yesterday, she had U14s training in the morning and played in a match with the senior ladies team in the afternoon (debut match and scored a goal!). Glorious sunshine; plenty of coffee and cake consumed. Typical Sept weather 🤷🏻‍♀️
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NATRE @natre-update.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
Are you an ECT or TWO teaching RE? Make sure you sign up for our series of free subject knowledge webinars to support you and your CPD. The first one has already taken place, but there are 10 more. The October webinar will focus on teaching about Islam www.natre.org.uk/membership/e...
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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
'Adaptive teaching: What is it anyway?' "Adaptive teaching is the subtle, tricky, but compelling stuff of teaching. No lesson package you lift from the Internet can eliminate the necessity for adaptation and responsiveness." alexquigley.co.uk/adaptive-tea...
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Adaptive teaching: What is it anyway?
“Sir, I don’t know where to start with this Scrooge essay!” “Neither do I…” “How many paragraphs do I need to do again?” “What does redemption mean?” Even the best laid lesson pla...
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
Beautiful morning for a 5.5km run 🏃🏻‍♀️☀️ #EduRunners
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Catherine Owen @geogmum.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
So great to see the new book I am editing with Jen Monk advertised all beside new books by @geogviz.bsky.social & @doctorpreece.bsky.social #geogchat
Photograph of leaflet advertising new geography books.
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Mark Enser @ensermark.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
*** NEW POST *** Coming back to teaching wp.me/p7mhqT-MV
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Guess who’s back?
After two and a half years away, tomorrow I am back in the classroom as a Head of Department. When I told people that I was leaving teaching to join Ofsted's Curriculum Unit as the national geography ...
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
My husband is the deputy at my school (Headteacher in Sept 25). He always wears his suit for inset days. I wear jeans, trainers and a t-shirt. I feel that we fully meet ‘smart-casual’.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
Welcome back, Mark. This was a lovely read this morning and I completely agree with all the reasons you listed about why Head of Geography is such a great job. I’ve done other things, but it’s the role I’ve always come back to. Best of luck for the start of the new term.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
September is my favourite month and autumn is my favourite season. Love the feeling of new beginnings at school, whilst seeing the leaves change colour and start to fall at home (we live in a very rural area). The weather is usually pretty nice too.
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a sign that says hello september with autumn leaves in the background
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
Yes please 🙌 A colleague sent me a link to your posts on ‘the other place’. It looks like the excellent product of a lot of hard work. I used to write a trust curriculum for geography, so know the role. PSHE has come to me very last minute. Can I send you my email?
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
When you lead humanities in a small school, you experience the full breadth of the subjects. The role is totally different to when I did it in a larger school. Currently writing a topic plan on Judaism. Yesterday, I wrote the KS3 PoS for PSHE. I’m a geography specialist, but also teach sociology.
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a woman is talking to a man and says i 've got so much going on in my head right now netflix
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 31/08/2024
We have been using Carousel for some GCSE beliefs and practices quizzes in RS but not as much as we use it for geography and history. Plan to make more next year as we’re started a new KS3 RS curriculum.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 31/08/2024
That is so fast. Wow 😮
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
Love this too! 🌍
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
I use mine every lesson. Plug it in at the same time as my charger in the morning. Means it’s always ready to go if I want to model something quickly or mark a pupil’s answer live with everyone. Game changer.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
Ipevo V4K every time for us. All classrooms had them at my last school. Bought one for everyone in my new team when I moved last year. Great visualisers.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
Day trip for us as we live about an hour away. I went to Pecorama as a child. Brings back memories. We went to Charmouth last week and my daughter found a great ammonite (after spending a long time trying!).
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
Day trip to Beer and Seaton. Enjoyed crab sandwiches, cockles and ice cream (not all at the same time!). Trying to make the most of the last few days of the summer break.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
Love a Popsy dress. Ordered a new one yesterday.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
We have one of these!
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
Would like to say the same. We’ve had a big improvement in results. The dept wasn’t using @internetgeography.bsky.social before last year. I didn’t teach year 11, but my colleagues who did used a lot of the materials, particularly the revision grids & pre-release resources.
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
@neilpayne.bsky.social
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
Gentle 3.5km run/walk along the lanes this morning. Stopped and spoke to a couple of neighbours #EduRunners
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Jo Payne @jopayne.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
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