Curriculum

The latest news and developments on school curriculum, including Ofsted subject reviews, new policy and best-practice advice for your subject

Friday

21st Jan 2022

Does your school need a tech-free week?
After months of teaching and learning virtually, leaders at Alisha East’s school decided to ditch all devices for a week – here, she talks to Tes about the impact
Does your school need a device free week?
How to use worked examples effectively
Worked examples may seem straightforward, but there’s more to using them than you think, writes Kirstin Mulholland
Work, examples

Tuesday

18th Jan 2022

Do vocabulary games boost literacy?
Wordle has captured the world’s attention this January, but do games like this have a place in the classroom? Kate Parker investigates
Wordle

Monday

17th Jan 2022

Why the key to Covid recovery is listening to students
Children’s rights – and their voices – need to be at the heart of all decisions about education, writes Megan Dixon
Listening, Covid

Friday

14th Jan 2022

Time management: is this approach the silver bullet?
In teaching, the job is never ‘done’; there’s always more work to do. So how can teachers manage their time? Mark Enser shares his approach
Time management: is this approach the silver bullet?

Wednesday

12th Jan 2022

Curriculum maps: are they worth the effort?
The usefulness of curriculum maps in the classroom is often debated – here, two teachers on different sides of the fence go head to head
Curriculum, maps

Wednesday

5th Jan 2022

Why early language matters for mental health
As new research reveals a link between early language difficulties and poor mental health, the experts explain what teachers need to know
Mental health: The research on why early language matters

Friday

17th Dec 2021

How do we solve a problem like transition?
Despite its importance, transition isn’t prioritised, says this deputy head as he lists seven ways primary and secondary teachers can work together
Transition: 7 ways to make it work
10 questions with... Bruce Adamson
Bruce Adamson, the children’s commissioner for Scotland, talks about his disciplinarian school in New Zealand and the importance of giving children a voice in education
10 questions with… Bruce Adamson

Monday

13th Dec 2021

How to develop a tutor-time metacognitive programme
When this teacher introduced metacognition techniques into tutor times, students reported huge levels of improvement – he explains how he did it
Metacognition: How to embed it into tutor-time

Friday

10th Dec 2021

What are the perfect conditions for learning?
Learning is an invisible process – but if we teach a curriculum that is worth learning, it should happen, says Mark Enser 
Classroom practice: what are the perfect conditions for learning?
Climate change and the curriculum: what needs to change?
By 2023, a ‘world-leading’ climate change education will be in place in schools – Claudia Civinini talks to the experts about what it will look like
Climate change and the curriculum: what needs to change?