Monthly Archives: Feb 2020

This is the next in my series of posts about exemplar topics and how they can build on children’s prior knowledge (following on from the post about the Amazon). As I said in my first post, there are many ways for schools to deliver the National Curriculum, so please don’t worry if your school doesn’tContinue reading “Why you should teach Charles Darwin’s Voyage on the Beagle in Year 6”

In the previous two parts of this series of posts, I described how I found myself thinking about the best way to develop as many prototypes as possible. Is it by placing linked topics together in the same term, or is there a different way of planning that would expose children to lots of examplesContinue reading “History & Geography Curriculum Decisions (Part 3)”

As I said in Part 1, these posts are a record of my reflections during and after a workshop led by Christine Counsell on shaping the primary curriculum. Part of this workshop involved a summary of the research on prototypes by Eleanor Rosch. Rosch found that the more prototypes we have for a particular word,Continue reading “History & Geography Curriculum Decisions (Part 2)”

I’m taking a break from my series of posts about specific topics because I was lucky enough to attend a workshop lead by Christine Counsell on Shaping the Primary Curriculum recently. It caused me to think more generally about the process of curriculum design, so I’ve written this two part blog to capture my thoughtsContinue reading “History & Geography Curriculum Decisions (Part 1)”