'It's a dull as ditchwater'
Well hello there, and welcome to update #147!
A recurring theme with colleagues recently when we’re talking about the curriculum in their settings goes like this:
‘We’ve worked hard to make sure that the curriculum follow the NC programmes of study.
It’s all in place. However, it’s dull to teach and while pupils have covered the content, we’re not convinced they’ve learnt it deeply.
The coverage is there, we can tick it off on curriculum plans, but frankly it’s as dull as ditchwater.’
Now these colleagues are not saying that they want the curriculum to be whizzing and fizzing with whacky activities.
But they are saying that something is missing.
We’re showing with the The Teachers' Collection that it’s possible to shift this!
It’s not about novelty, it’s about going back to what we know instinctively works.
I’ll be running a free CPD session to the Primary Curriculum Accelerator on Mon 8 September 3.30-4.30, link to join here.
Until next time
Mary