Monthly Archives: December 2012
Rigour makes creativity possible
I’m a big fan of Michael Morpurgo’s work. I have read Private Peaceful with several year 7 classes and always have difficulty not crying at the end of it. About 5 years or so ago I also took a group … Continue reading
Why history matters
There was an excellent article in yesterday’s Guardian about history teaching. In it, Martin Kettle argues that the English are bereft of history and that such a loss has huge and damaging social implications. Here at The Curriculum Centre we … Continue reading
Fun and engaging lessons
In a previous post I wrote about how I had revamped a unit on writing skills so that pupils spent more time thinking about the aims of the lesson. Is this new revamped unit as ‘fun’ as the old unit? I … Continue reading
Defining educational success and opening the two-lock box
A post from Caroline Nash, the chair of The Curriculum Centre. As an academy sponsor I hope, very much, that one day I will be able to look in the mirror and say to myself “Yes, we have been really … Continue reading
Using curriculum freedoms to innovate – our two five-year history cycles
Pimlico Academy has a history specialism and as such we have put a great deal of thought into its history curriculum. We wanted the curriculum to be based on sound historical principles. We wanted it to be sequenced chronologically, to … Continue reading
Why Ancient History is very 21st century
Yesterday Daisy and I spoke at Wellington’s conference on using independence to transform schools. One of the wonderful joys of freedom from the local authority and from the national curriculum is that we can improve and innovate on what we … Continue reading
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