Curriculum

Talking Curriculum; Let’s Avoid Confusion

There’s a lot of chatter, courses and blog posts appearing with the word “Curriculum” in these days. Accountability, as ever, is the tail that wags the dog. The curriculum is and always has been important; it breathes life into a school’s or teacher’s philosophy of education; it is purpose enacted.

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Please Don’t Just Give Teachers Curriculum Documents and Resources

The latest flavour of the month to reduce workload is giving teachers curriculum documents and resources, to save them time and energy.  Produce them centrally; share or sell them to the masses and workload will be significantly reduced.  Another magic bullet has been fired … and will miss the target. Continue reading →

Teaching Phonics is Only a Start; Fluency and Comprehension Required

TeacherTapp’s revelation that reading every day by primary school teacher was not as common as I thought has spurred me on with respect to reading, as an entitlement, at our two primary academies.  In a previous blog post, actions taken at St Mary’s to overcome reading difficulties that impacted upon comprehension across the curriculum were shared. Continue reading →