The Grenfell Disaster CPD Workshop: Justice and Disaster Across the Curriculum

One of the worst disasters in modern British history, claiming 72 lives, the Grenfell Tower fire has raised pressing questions about humans, technology, and social justice. Human-made disasters such as Grenfell have significant economic and societal impacts, but how we could teach about them in schools has received minimal attention – think of Hillsborough, 9/11 or the Manchester bombings. This raises an important question: how can education contribute to creating a society with disaster justice, particularly for disasters caused by human error and mistakes?

This FREE workshop is for any teachers (primary and secondary),  who are interested in teaching about the Grenfell Tower in their lessons, across the curriclulum – science, history, RE, English, geography, economics etc.

In the workshop, we will:

(a) explore the links and intersections between disasters, justice and curriculum;

(b) present the views of the Grenfell survivors, bereaved families and local residents on what should be taught and how;

(c) develop together appropriate strategies for teaching about this disaster across the curriculum.

Note – this event is part of the development of an online CPD programme, so we hope to gather your views and experiences during the sessions or afterwards.