NEW BLOG: on thematic curriculum design in English. Really nervous about this one! A long read (apologies) on how, two years ago, we rebuilt our English curriculum from the ground up. By no means me advocating for a specific approach, but just some thoughts about how we did, and…
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@HaleDonal
It was a bit of a lightbulb moment - I decided I'd be hard pressed to find any literary text which didn't deal with power in some way. Would absolutely love to support with one! 🤩
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@teachals
I really enjoyed reading this blog post Amy - it’s great to see how varied and engaging thematic approaches to curriculum design can be!
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@thecockerill
Anthony! You've no idea how absolutely instrumental your work for NATE was on this for me. It showed me the art of the possible, and gave me the confidence to take the plunge. Thank you so much for it, and thank you for reading mine!!
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@teachals
@Diane_Duncan
Thank you
@teachals
for sharing your thinking. Curriculum design in English is a wonderful thing and I never tire of discussing it. I'm currently on my third school as HoD and the journey of shaping each curriculum has been a joy.
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@Diane_Duncan
I totally agree with the word “joy”, Philip! Thank you so much for reading!
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@teachals
Brilliant read. Really interesting and also similar to how we’ve approached curriculum design for our texts at primary.
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@theliteracytree
Thank you so much for reading! There’s definitely more to exploit in the relationships between primary and secondary curriculum design, isn’t there?
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@teachals
A really brilliant read. I would love to know more about your strategies for teaching all of these whole texts. Finding that balance of breadth and depth is so tricky.
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@MissEWhittaker
Thank you so much for reading, Emma! Yes this is something we really grapple with - that balance is tricky. We haven’t got it right in absolutely every unit yet. Maybe I’ll write some more on the pedagogical approaches to planning which came next?
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@teachals
This is a brilliant read and so, so useful. I love the way you've written about your clearly methodical approach with academic and thought-provoking ideas in the driver's seat. Thank you for this!
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