Creative curricular planning With the National Curriculum under review, it seems that more schools are taking a creative approach to planning by delivering the curriculum through a focused theme or topic. This has allowed schools to take more ownership of the curriculum and has helped teachers become more innovative in their...

Towards a new primary curriculum: Cambridge Primary Review Part 1, Past and Present, Part 2, The Future - An editorial response to the Cambridge Primary Review.  Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Introduction The Cambridge Primary Review, director Robin Alexander, is the...

Alf Wilkinson our Professional Development Officer has produced a PowerPoint presentation to enable more effective use of ICT in the primary classroom...

Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and references are outdated. The history of primary history in state schools is a chequered one. Until the National Curriculum the quality of history teaching in primary schools depended largely on the enthusiasm and interest of individual teachers. This resulted...