Juliette Green When the children at Kings Norton Primary School, Birmingham, returned from lockdown in March, Year 4 began a cross-curricular theme based on the book The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Over a period of four weeks, we carried out a range of activities based on the characters, settings and events of…
The Golden Thread – UCET, the Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers, has a new report on teacher professional development. It has a section on climate change and the ecological emergency which we covered in a blog last week. The report says that that the entire ‘golden thread’ from the Early Career Framework (ECF) to the National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) is silent on these issues. Meanwhile…
Here’s a further update from Natural England by way of relevant evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items from the UK and abroad, with a focus on schools, education and learning. This supports the Strategic Research Network for People and Nature to develop better coherence and collaboration…
With the appointment of Gillian Keegan as Secretary of State for Education, it is said that the government has signalled its wish to reform 11 to 19 education, and there is talk of a baccalaureate style approach with greater emphasis on work-related learning. The Times ran an Education Commission over the last couple of years…