Cartography. The science or practice of drawing maps. I don’t claim to be any sort of an expert in this, but I do understand maps to be graphical representations. They demonstrate, in a pictorial form, what things are and where they are so people can see and appreciate the landscape on a page. Users can work out how things relate to other things, how to move from one thing to another thing. Planning journeys, making connections and considering ideas of space and time are all made possible. So, this ‘cartographic approach’ (that's what I am calling it anyway!) is how I have decided to progress my curriculum thinking – with a graphic ‘map’ of each subject. A visual representation of the subject that shows how I conceive of the subject landscape and one that will enable me to plan and consider the journeys across the landscape, to identify sensible checkpoints along the way, to appreciate where we might wander back on ourselves, or how to cut across previous paths. A map al...