Click here to read the letter that GAP has sent to Brigid Phillipson about the Curriculum and Assessment review that was recently launched. It begins: “Many congratulations on the General Election result and on your appointment as Secretary of State for Education. We wish you well in your role and are keen to work with…
Click here to read the terms of reference for the Francis Curriculum Review and the letter sent to Professor Francis by the Secretary of State. See also the written ministerial statement by the Secretary of State. In brief, the Review will: The Review will be rigorously evidence-driven, focusing on identifying and addressing barriers that hold children…
Bridget Phillipson is the new Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities. Her team comprises: Soon to be Baroness Jacqui Smith is Minister of State for Skills Catherine McKinnell is Minister of State for School Standards Janet Daby is Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families Stephen Morgan is Parliamentary…
Tyger, Tyger – Global Tiger Day is celebrated on July 29th to raise awareness about this endangered big cat. You can download WWF’s free printable tiger activity sheets for students to take part in this wild day, including a word puzzle, maze game, mad lib, and more. Also explore other learning resources in WWF’s full toolkit. . Youth Award – Applications are now…
The DfE has said that a broader, richer, cutting-edge curriculum that drives high and rising schools standards and sets all young people up for life and work will be central to the government’s vision for education, as it launches its wide-ranging Curriculum and Assessment Review. Spanning from Key Stage 1 through to Key Stage 5,…
Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies. His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by NAEE.…
To all working in early years, children’s services, schools, further and higher education – Here is the open letter that the new Secretary of State for Education sent out last week. In it she says that she is “determined to drive change together”. You can subscribe to receive all such communications at the open letter…
Teach the Future has a recent blog setting out what it wants the new government to do. Written by Freddie Emms, it begins: “Yesterday, many of us around the country used our voices to speak up for issues we care about, and voted for the candidates that we feel will stand up for climate education…
The Case for Global Learning – DERC, along with over 30 educational organisations from across the UK, has written an advocacy paper calledThe Case for Global Learning. This is intended as a call to arms, setting out the facts and urging wide support for the schooling community to address the issues facing our planet in a concerted…
In a post for the BERA blog, Stephen Scoffham wonders whether it is time to start thinking about reframing climate change education. This is how his post begins: Teaching pupils about climate change and sustainability is problematic. Simply confronting them directly with the facts can be both disturbing and unsettling but trying to conceal or…