Monthly Archives: Jan 2020

This is the first in a new series of blogs on developing the wider curriculum. I have selected several topics that I believe there are excellent reasons for including in the curriculum for particular year groups or phases, and will outline the National Curriculum objectives that can be taught through each topic and how itContinue reading “Why you should teach a topic on the Amazon at Upper KS2”

In contrast to KS1, the majority of the areas of study for KS2 are stated explicitly. However, there are some choices that will need to be made before you can decide on the specific content you will teach in each unit, and place them in a logical sequence. Select an ancient civilisation for in depthContinue reading “Curriculum planning:KS2 History”

The National Curriculum specifies four very broad areas of study for KS1. As these objectives are so open, there are multiple ways that they can be translated into units of work when planning the curriculum. Each objective will be considered in turn, with suggestions about how to select units of work, and how they couldContinue reading “Curriculum planning:KS1 History”

As there is considerably more content  in the KS2 curriculum, I have chosen to focus on the elements that affect how units could be chosen and sequenced. My not having mentioned certain objectives, or parts of objectives, does not indicate a lack of importance – it is because they would clearly warrant a unit ofContinue reading “Curriculum planning:KS2 geography”