Sarah Larsen 🌎
@sarahlarsen74.bsky.social
Geography 🌎 and RE teacher • NPQLTD • Teaching and Learning • Evidence-informed • Mum of ASC teen girls • Edubook contributor • ResearchED speaker • Former SCITT subject lead mentor and Link Tutor • Blog: https://sarahlarsen.school.blog/ 📌🖊️
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Sarah Larsen 🌎
@sarahlarsen74.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Narrating compliance and depersonalising interactions as a classroom management tool has been a game changer for me these last few years. Three examples below. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ 1/n
1st blog post in a while.💪⬇️
My school’s been focussing on methods and principles linked with checking for understanding. But why’s it so important? I’ll aim to put out some separate blog posts containing practical methods for the classroom in due course.
sarahlarsen.school.blog/2025/09/22/d...
My school’s been focussing on methods and principles linked with checking for understanding. But why’s it so important? I’ll aim to put out some separate blog posts containing practical methods for the classroom in due course.
sarahlarsen.school.blog/2025/09/22/d...
Don’t assume they know – why checking for understanding matters.
In years gone by, before I became interested in applying educational research and cognitive science to my practice, the extent to which I checked for understanding in the moment involved asking the…
sarahlarsen.school.blog
September 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
1st blog post in a while.💪⬇️
My school’s been focussing on methods and principles linked with checking for understanding. But why’s it so important? I’ll aim to put out some separate blog posts containing practical methods for the classroom in due course.
sarahlarsen.school.blog/2025/09/22/d...
My school’s been focussing on methods and principles linked with checking for understanding. But why’s it so important? I’ll aim to put out some separate blog posts containing practical methods for the classroom in due course.
sarahlarsen.school.blog/2025/09/22/d...
Posting these videos on here because they are too big to email them to myself and this is the only way to transfer them to a computer!! Feel free to pinch - river in its upper course in the Brecon Beacons! 🌎
September 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Posting these videos on here because they are too big to email them to myself and this is the only way to transfer them to a computer!! Feel free to pinch - river in its upper course in the Brecon Beacons! 🌎
Two days of preparation and I’m raring to go when the students return to school tomorrow. I always feel a little rusty after the six week break, and if that describes how you’re also feeling, just keep in mind the underlying principles of learning. 1/3
September 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Two days of preparation and I’m raring to go when the students return to school tomorrow. I always feel a little rusty after the six week break, and if that describes how you’re also feeling, just keep in mind the underlying principles of learning. 1/3
Spent the day in school today excitedly beginning to think about teaching some lower school geog for the first time in a few years. Whilst I’ve still taught KS4, I’m really looking forward to lighting some fires with the younger ones and convincing as many as possible to pick it as a GCSE option🔥🌎
August 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Spent the day in school today excitedly beginning to think about teaching some lower school geog for the first time in a few years. Whilst I’ve still taught KS4, I’m really looking forward to lighting some fires with the younger ones and convincing as many as possible to pick it as a GCSE option🔥🌎
Really looking forward to presenting at this event about misconceptions in the geography classroom and how to address them. What’s more, it’s FREE!! ⬇️🔥⬇️🔥
📍 Location: Manchester
🎟️ Price: FREE
💬 Audience: Teachers of Geography, History, RE, and Humanities
🧠 Why come?
✅ Practical strategies
✅ Curriculum innovation
✅ Networking + resources
Sign up today: www.eventbrite.com/e/teachers-t...
🎟️ Price: FREE
💬 Audience: Teachers of Geography, History, RE, and Humanities
🧠 Why come?
✅ Practical strategies
✅ Curriculum innovation
✅ Networking + resources
Sign up today: www.eventbrite.com/e/teachers-t...
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August 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Really looking forward to presenting at this event about misconceptions in the geography classroom and how to address them. What’s more, it’s FREE!! ⬇️🔥⬇️🔥
As someone who had to fight for alternative provision for my autistic teen, I couldn’t agree more…
Thanks kids for the 5am wake up call. Here is my substack open.substack.com/pub/johnsonp...
When evidence isn’t enough - what education owes to morality
I’m going to begin with the caveat that I’m not a philosopher and suspect I’ll be a pretty awful one if I tried.
open.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
As someone who had to fight for alternative provision for my autistic teen, I couldn’t agree more…
If you missed my @The_GA session this year about tackling geographical misconceptions that our students hold, there’s another chance to catch me talking about them in September. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Link to book tickets to this free event is in the thread below. 🌎🌎🌎
🌍 Geography
Thalina Chowdhury
Metacognition in Humanities – classroom-ready strategies for helping students think about their own thinking.
🧠 @sarahlarsen74.bsky.social
Tackling geographical misconceptions to deepen understanding.
#TeamGeog
Thalina Chowdhury
Metacognition in Humanities – classroom-ready strategies for helping students think about their own thinking.
🧠 @sarahlarsen74.bsky.social
Tackling geographical misconceptions to deepen understanding.
#TeamGeog
July 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you missed my @The_GA session this year about tackling geographical misconceptions that our students hold, there’s another chance to catch me talking about them in September. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Link to book tickets to this free event is in the thread below. 🌎🌎🌎
As a human geographer, teaching weathering and mass movement is one of the subjects I find most tricky. However, I thoroughly enjoyed prepping and executing weathering yesterday. Kept it simple - 4 large, high quality photos on screen and… 1/2
June 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
As a human geographer, teaching weathering and mass movement is one of the subjects I find most tricky. However, I thoroughly enjoyed prepping and executing weathering yesterday. Kept it simple - 4 large, high quality photos on screen and… 1/2
Think this is the year of the Nordic countries 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇮🇸 🇮🇸 #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Think this is the year of the Nordic countries 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇮🇸 🇮🇸 #eurovision
My entire teacher feed is literally just Eurovision posts!! Clearly this is what we all do of a mid May Saturday night! 🤣 And yes, there is a small chance that I might also be watching… 😬 #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My entire teacher feed is literally just Eurovision posts!! Clearly this is what we all do of a mid May Saturday night! 🤣 And yes, there is a small chance that I might also be watching… 😬 #eurovision
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I am excited to announce our new book, which pulls together all of different threads of what great schools do & celebrating them.
We've explored curriculum, learning, behaviour, attendance, personal development, & leadership. I'm forever indebted to all schools I've visited & worked with.
We've explored curriculum, learning, behaviour, attendance, personal development, & leadership. I'm forever indebted to all schools I've visited & worked with.
COMING JULY 2025! 📚
In #HowDoTheyDoIt?, @ensermark.bsky.social and @greeborunner.bsky.social unpack what sets truly outstanding schools apart - and more importantly, what we can all learn from them.
Find out more at: www.crownhouse.co.uk/how-do-they-...
In #HowDoTheyDoIt?, @ensermark.bsky.social and @greeborunner.bsky.social unpack what sets truly outstanding schools apart - and more importantly, what we can all learn from them.
Find out more at: www.crownhouse.co.uk/how-do-they-...
April 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I am excited to announce our new book, which pulls together all of different threads of what great schools do & celebrating them.
We've explored curriculum, learning, behaviour, attendance, personal development, & leadership. I'm forever indebted to all schools I've visited & worked with.
We've explored curriculum, learning, behaviour, attendance, personal development, & leadership. I'm forever indebted to all schools I've visited & worked with.
Couldn’t have asked for better weather today at Eastbourne for our y10s to collect their physical fieldwork data. ☀️ Recent beach reprofiling meant some unexpected results. Prevailing wind from the SW yet shingle was higher on NE side of each groyne, not SW…
April 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Couldn’t have asked for better weather today at Eastbourne for our y10s to collect their physical fieldwork data. ☀️ Recent beach reprofiling meant some unexpected results. Prevailing wind from the SW yet shingle was higher on NE side of each groyne, not SW…
I may be a human geographer, but I have a real soft spot for learning about tectonic processes and their impact. The @discoverthewild.bsky.social session at #GAConf25 today focussed on a town I’ve been to many times - Grindavik, Iceland.
April 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I may be a human geographer, but I have a real soft spot for learning about tectonic processes and their impact. The @discoverthewild.bsky.social session at #GAConf25 today focussed on a town I’ve been to many times - Grindavik, Iceland.
Really pertinent stuff in this piece by @katejonesteach.bsky.social Addressing the knowing-doing gap amongst staff takes time, as does unpicking reasons why some are reluctant to engage with evidence-informed strategies. Hence the need for a long term CPD curriculum which responds to these factors.
The Professional Learning Gap
"The use of evidence-informed strategies, such as retrieval practice, are designed to find and close gaps in all students’ knowledge;..."
Blog by Kate Jones
Read it here 👉 buff.ly/V2Ok3Iw
#EduBlogShare
"The use of evidence-informed strategies, such as retrieval practice, are designed to find and close gaps in all students’ knowledge;..."
Blog by Kate Jones
Read it here 👉 buff.ly/V2Ok3Iw
#EduBlogShare
The Professional Learning Gap
Learn about the professional learning gap in the teaching profession. Explore ways to bridge the gap for career progression.
buff.ly
April 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Really pertinent stuff in this piece by @katejonesteach.bsky.social Addressing the knowing-doing gap amongst staff takes time, as does unpicking reasons why some are reluctant to engage with evidence-informed strategies. Hence the need for a long term CPD curriculum which responds to these factors.
Looking forward to this time next week at the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social #GAConf25 where I’ll be speaking about and inviting delegates to share their students’ misconceptions. How can we find out what they are and what can we do to address them? Come and join me! 🌎
April 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Looking forward to this time next week at the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social #GAConf25 where I’ll be speaking about and inviting delegates to share their students’ misconceptions. How can we find out what they are and what can we do to address them? Come and join me! 🌎
This is desperately sad news. As a non-specialist who has been teaching a fair bit of RE of late, her writing, posts and interactions have been and will continue to be incredibly valuable to me. My deepest condolences to her partner, family, friends and colleagues.
Friends who knew Dawn Cox - either on social media or in real life may not have heard the awful news that she was involved in a serious car accident a few days ago.
I'm heartbroken to say that Dawn passed away this morning. She will be remembered with so much love.
@missdcox.bsky.social
I'm heartbroken to say that Dawn passed away this morning. She will be remembered with so much love.
@missdcox.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This is desperately sad news. As a non-specialist who has been teaching a fair bit of RE of late, her writing, posts and interactions have been and will continue to be incredibly valuable to me. My deepest condolences to her partner, family, friends and colleagues.
I’ve dispensed with the zip up wallets for my MWBs. Was too difficult to keep tabs on lids on pens and wallets were extraneous load. Now part of my exit routine is that nobody leaves their desk until boards are stacked with pens on top ready for next class to immediately begin their Do Now task.
April 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’ve dispensed with the zip up wallets for my MWBs. Was too difficult to keep tabs on lids on pens and wallets were extraneous load. Now part of my exit routine is that nobody leaves their desk until boards are stacked with pens on top ready for next class to immediately begin their Do Now task.
Pin hole camera worked and the clouds stayed away!! With a bit of squinting, the ‘bite’ mark of the moon across the sun can be seen! #partialsolareclipse.
March 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Pin hole camera worked and the clouds stayed away!! With a bit of squinting, the ‘bite’ mark of the moon across the sun can be seen! #partialsolareclipse.
Make shift wave tank (glue box!) filled with mud and stones to demonstrate transportation, deposition and sorting today. Cloudy brown water cleared by the end of the lesson to demonstrate deposition of fine material to perfection!! Worked a treat under the visualiser! 🌎 #geographyteacher
March 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Make shift wave tank (glue box!) filled with mud and stones to demonstrate transportation, deposition and sorting today. Cloudy brown water cleared by the end of the lesson to demonstrate deposition of fine material to perfection!! Worked a treat under the visualiser! 🌎 #geographyteacher
Back to basics: no Power Point presentation, just pen, paper and a visualiser to teach the processes of erosion and transportation. Explaining and questioning as I go. 🌎 #geographyteacher
March 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Back to basics: no Power Point presentation, just pen, paper and a visualiser to teach the processes of erosion and transportation. Explaining and questioning as I go. 🌎 #geographyteacher
Really useful resource for the AQA Geography GCSE Pre release from my former colleague James Simmonds (I don’t think he is on here yet!) ⬇️💥⬇️💥
youtu.be/bPeWv8S9gFY?...
youtu.be/bPeWv8S9gFY?...
AQA Geography 2025. Unit 3 Pre-release. Morecambe Bay & Duddon Estuary Tidal Gateway Project.
YouTube video by GEOGRAPHY REVISION VIDEOS - GCSE & A'Level
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March 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Really useful resource for the AQA Geography GCSE Pre release from my former colleague James Simmonds (I don’t think he is on here yet!) ⬇️💥⬇️💥
youtu.be/bPeWv8S9gFY?...
youtu.be/bPeWv8S9gFY?...
A rudimentary wave tank this morning (container, water, visualiser and a bit of puff 💨 !) to demonstrate the effect of wind in wave creation. Simple, but visually effective! 🌊 🌎
March 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A rudimentary wave tank this morning (container, water, visualiser and a bit of puff 💨 !) to demonstrate the effect of wind in wave creation. Simple, but visually effective! 🌊 🌎
This graphic has just made me finally realise what an ‘equinox’ is!! (I’m a human geographer, if that’s a good enough excuse not to have known this before today!! 😬🌎)
March 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This graphic has just made me finally realise what an ‘equinox’ is!! (I’m a human geographer, if that’s a good enough excuse not to have known this before today!! 😬🌎)
The ‘quick, positive reminder about expectations’ at the threshold with a student whilst they enter the classroom really is an incredibly powerful way to reset slipping behaviours. Followed by non verbal signals across the lesson to show you are noticing the desired changes. 1/2
March 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The ‘quick, positive reminder about expectations’ at the threshold with a student whilst they enter the classroom really is an incredibly powerful way to reset slipping behaviours. Followed by non verbal signals across the lesson to show you are noticing the desired changes. 1/2