It's been a few years since I wrote my last blog on knowledge organisers and I felt it was time for an update. I tend to update and tweak my knowledge organisers every year. However, seeing how much my style has actually changed over the last three years, a bit of reading about cognitive load, and some fantastic advice from Oliver Caviglioli have convinced me that it might be time for an update. So, here it is; my updated walk through of how I write knowledge organisers: 1. Define your schema and sequence. Knowledge organisers should only contain the information which we expect your pupils to memorise and, rather than being an additional ‘bolt on’, they should be a true reflection and reinforcement of what is taught by all teachers within a team. As a result, I believe that planning lesson sequences and the key content of the lessons within a unit is vital before I even think about the knowledge organiser. In the past, where units and lessons have n
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