Exploring the new 7-10 Geography Syllabus

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Presenters: Khya Brooks & Jade Cunningham

Planning for clarity, integration, and meaningful learning

This webinar will offer an insightful unpacking of the new NSW 7-10 Geography syllabus. This session will guide teachers through the key changes to the syllabus and explore how these shifts present both exciting opportunities and practical challenges for Geography educators. The webinar will include:

• An overview of major updates to content, structure, and outcomes
• Strategies for navigating challenges and capitalising on new opportunities to strengthen geographical thinking through inquiry, fieldwork, concepts and contemporary case studies
• Planning tools to support programming and classroom delivery, including backwards mapping templates, differentiation tools, checklists, and examples for each focus area

Whether you’re leading a faculty or just beginning your planning journey, this session will equip you with strategies to confidently implement the new syllabus with clarity, coherence and creativity.

PRESENTER PROFILES:

Khya has over 9 years’ experience teaching Geography in NSW public schools as a classroom teacher and as the head of a Social Science faculty. Through her teaching career, she has led the development and refinement of Geography programs that have resulted in a high value of Geography within the schools she teaches; evidenced by an ever increasing number of Senior Geography classes that produce excellent results.

Khya’s immense passion for the discipline of Geography has resulted in her contributing to the professional learning of others across the network in various ways. She is an author of the Powerful Geography books 1 and 2 for the NSW Stage 6 Geography course and the Good Geography Stage 4 and 5 textbooks for the new syllabus. She has also worked in resource development for NESA and the Department of Education for Geography in both 7-10 and Stage 6. Khya has presented lectures and workshops annually at the NSW Geography Teachers Association of NSW and ACT conference; providing professional learning on creative approaches to Geography unit development and learning activities, the use of AI in the Geography classroom, explicit teaching strategies for effective student evaluation and ways of formatively assessing student skill and knowledge acquisition within Geography. Khya has also written for the NSW Teachers Federation Centre for professional learning and has publications in the NSWACT Geography Teachers Association bulletin.

As a result of these contributions to the Geography teaching network, Khya received the prestigious NSW Geography Teachers Association of NSW and ACT Brock Rowe teaching award in 2024. She believes that Geography is a fundamental subject for students to learn about the complexities, challenges and opportunities for the future of our ever-increasing globalised world.

Jade has six years of experience teaching Geography in New South Wales public schools. She has demonstrated a strong commitment to inclusive education throughout her career. Jade has focused on differentiation to ensure all students, particularly those in her Stage 4 discrete learning support class, can access and apply Geography content and skills in a meaningful way.

In order to help her students develop a deeper understanding and curiosity, Jade is passionate about incorporating creative and critical thinking into Geography programs. She has played a key role in developing differentiated Stage 4 and 5 Geography assessment tasks within her school that balance being academically rigorous whilst also accessible, helping students of all abilities succeed. Jade has presented a practical workshop focused on this at the Geography Teachers’ Association of NSW & ACT Annual Conference.

She co-leads Aboriginal Education within her school, working closely with students, families, staff and other stakeholders to promote Aboriginal student achievement and embed Aboriginal perspectives meaningfully. She advocates for culturally responsive practice and plays an active role in building strong school-community partnerships that honour and celebrate Aboriginal culture and histories. This informs her classroom pedagogy, which is grounded in respect, inclusivity, and high expectations for all learners, and shaped by a deep understanding of the importance of culture, voice, and connection in student engagement and success.

Jade is motivated by her vision of Geography education that is equitable, thought-provoking and future-focused, and feels that Geography gives students vital tools to comprehend and interpret the world around them.

A recording of the webinar will be available for fourteen (14) days following the webinar