At our Head of Department meeting this week we considered the intent behind our curriculum and tested how well we were able to answer the questions that underpin the curriculum decisions we have made. Continue Reading
Curriculum
I’ve got my Knowledge Organisers – now what?
Practical suggestions for using Knowledge Organisers in the classroom.
This blog is made up of two parts. The first is a little overview of KOs and why they can be so helpful in your medium term planning. I’ll structure this part as an FAQ based on the last year of working with departments. The second is a list of 20 practical lesson planning ideas for using KOs with pupils in which I’ll seek to answer the question at the top of this blog. Continue Reading
Getting the Most from Written Feedback
I have been thinking a lot about the issue of written feedback, partly as I’ve been running inset on this topic to a few different audiences. As schools tighten up on assessment, there are inevitable concerns about the sustainability of their strategies and policies. Continue Reading
Learning-Centred Curriculum Design
When you start delving into the research on how pupils learn, you would be forgiven for thinking that they do very little of it at all. Indeed, there is as much written about what doesn’t support learning as what does. What is immediately clear however, is just how counter-intuitive the process of learning can be. As we plan for the remaining two years of curriculum changes, perhaps it is time to think about the extent to which we take this research into account when designing schemes of learning, resources and classroom practices.
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