Before you read this, please consume Jeffrey Boakye's 'The long, insidious, shadows of colonialism':  https://bigeducation.org...

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Actually '7 Ways To Choose Artists, Artworks and Artistic Movements For Your Primary Curriculum' would have been a more accurate tit...

“Design and technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject…” But is it really, in your school? I mean, it could be. But how...

After two half terms in my new school, and since curriculum planning and delivery is a hot topic, I thought I'd share a document I put t...

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In response to the DfE's latest documents, I wrote this for Third Space Learning. It's a summary of the key changes in the way pri...

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In 'All In The Same Boat' I touched very briefly on today's subject matter and after a couple of conversations after yesterda...

Now that we've all experienced the cocktail of initial relief , mild anger and nervous hilarity that the DfE's announcements yester...

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