Following the success of ‘Resources for our Bay; Place, Sustainability, Environment and Hope’, Morecambe Bay Curriculum is teaming up with Our Future Coast to create a suite of co-designed teaching resources that will support coastal learning around the Bay. This project will support teachers to explore their subject, everyday teaching and how to weave in the themes of sustainability and place. Watch a short video on the last project here.

10 educators from around the Bay with expertise in their area of education will be matched with academics who specialise in research relevant to sustainability, environment (coasts) and place. Between November 2025 and May 2026, pairs will have five days of their time paid to focus on developing teaching resources that link the curriculum to coastal education.

We are looking for educators to create teaching resources in the following areas:

1) Early Years: Understanding the world and exploring Our Future Coast sites with Karen Lloyd

2) Early Years: Coasts and Curiosity with Marina Bazhydai

3) Primary Geography: Geographical skills, Fieldwork and Our Future Coast site working alongside JBA Trust, a charity who specialise in resilience to water cycle and climate risks, communicating complex ideas using hands-on engaging learning resources.

4) Primary History: Coastal Change through the ages with Deborah Sutton

5) Secondary Physical Geography: Nature-based solutions for our coasts, exploring the Our Future Coast sites with Suzana Ilic

6) Secondary Geography: classroom decision-making activity with a broad look at coastal defence across the NW coast with Paul Cureton

7) SEND Geography: Exploring nature based solutions at Our Future Coast site, in order to support SEND provision, this could include health, wellbeing, careers, fieldwork, map skills etc with Andy Folkard

8) Alternative Provision: Exploring coast, environment and sustainability in flexible ways that support development. This could be focused on wellbeing, careers or other skills, working with Mike Stead

Educators we are looking for:

• Feel a personal connection to Morecambe Bay, care about their locality and are passionate about the environment
• Believe in the vision of the Morecambe Bay Curriculum.
• Want to empower young people to become change-makers and innovators by focusing on their heads, hearts and hands (knowledge, values and skills)
• Are keen to explore how young people can feel a positive connection to where we live, the coast and how we live here sustainably.
• Will try out their developed resources in the classroom
• Are experts in their field, possibly with a background in the subject that they want to lead on
• Are confident to research and write resources for the designated phase and subject area
• Will be supported to undertake the 5 days of work by a headteacher or member of SLT, who believes in the ethos of the Morecambe Bay Curriculum.
• Can create curriculum content by the deadline of May 2026

Benefits for educators:

• 5 days of your time bought out to use on the project between November 25 and May 26. This will be broken down into two in-person days* and 3 days that you can use flexibly to generate course content alongside your academic partner.
• Each educator will receive inspiring CPD sessions focussed on curriculum development and co-design, with refreshments and lunches provided.
• Each educator will be matched with an academic with subject-specific knowledge connected to your subject.
• One to one support from the Morecambe Bay Curriculum team.
• A network of likeminded teachers and academics to work alongside.
• The work you produce will be professionally designed and presented as part of the collective resources developed.
• Opportunity to showcase your work on a local, regional and national scale.

*A full day introduction is scheduled for 19^th November, two half day sessions are scheduled for 15^th January and 10^th March

What schools will receive as part of this project:

• Lancaster University will cover 5 days of teaching time buy out, paying schools £350 a day per teacher which equates to £1750 total for your school.
• The school will be listed as a supporting partner as part of the work.
• Free support and development opportunities for a member of staff throughout the project.

How to apply:

If you would like to apply to be one of our lead educators on this project, we would love to hear from you!

To apply, please fill in the form below, letting us know which subject you would like to develop and what you could bring to this project.

Please note that the form will ask you to upload a letter of support from your headteacher or a member of SLT, confirming they support you attending the in-person sessions (19^th November, 15^th January and 10^th March) and taking time to work with an academic to develop course materials.

Deadline: Monday 6^th October.

All applications will be reviewed by members of the Morecambe Bay Curriculum Steering Group. We hope to notify successful candidates by 17^th October.

Apply here!

‘I loved seeing the wide array of inspirational and imaginative partnerships. I really got a sense of being part of a community.’ (Teacher)

‘I think the energy has been absolutely amazing right from the word go, the support behind the scenes from you guys has been wonderful and I feel like I’ve learnt a lot.’ (Teacher)