Comments on: Is The Primary Curriculum In England Too Narrow? http://plainsailinginschools.com/education-news/is-the-primary-curriculum-in-england-too-narrow Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:19:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: LindaH http://plainsailinginschools.com/education-news/is-the-primary-curriculum-in-england-too-narrow/comment-page-1#comment-125 LindaH Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:16:16 +0000 http://plainsailinginschools.com/v1/?p=58#comment-125 Long time since anyone mentioned 'the integrated day' :-) That was all the range when I did my first TP. Call it the creative curriculum, or project based learning or just topics, or what ever, it's a much more interesting and engaging way of teaching and learning. Long time since anyone mentioned ‘the integrated day’ :-) That was all the range when I did my first TP. Call it the creative curriculum, or project based learning or just topics, or what ever, it’s a much more interesting and engaging way of teaching and learning.

]]> By: Ian Barrett http://plainsailinginschools.com/education-news/is-the-primary-curriculum-in-england-too-narrow/comment-page-1#comment-4 Ian Barrett Tue, 19 May 2009 15:28:41 +0000 http://plainsailinginschools.com/v1/?p=58#comment-4 Thanks for your responses Clare. When I first started teaching we used the integrated day model and it was all topic based. The children loved it. In any one lesson, I would have an aet activity, a maths activity, a literacy activity, and possibly a fourth one too. Children don't see the world in neatly defined subject areas - everything is interrelated. I am so happy the new curriculum is coming in. It will be more fun for teachers too. Thanks for your responses Clare. When I first started teaching we used the integrated day model and it was all topic based. The children loved it. In any one lesson, I would have an aet activity, a maths activity, a literacy activity, and possibly a fourth one too.

Children don’t see the world in neatly defined subject areas – everything is interrelated. I am so happy the new curriculum is coming in. It will be more fun for teachers too.

]]> By: Clare http://plainsailinginschools.com/education-news/is-the-primary-curriculum-in-england-too-narrow/comment-page-1#comment-3 Clare Sun, 17 May 2009 11:13:51 +0000 http://plainsailinginschools.com/v1/?p=58#comment-3 I agree totally with this article although as with most things in teaching, isn't it funny how things have gone full circle as this is how things used to be done! I'm lucky that I teach in a school where we do have a topic based approach which really does help children to make relevant connections and put what they learn into context. I agree totally with this article although as with most things in teaching, isn’t it funny how things have gone full circle as this is how things used to be done! I’m lucky that I teach in a school where we do have a topic based approach which really does help children to make relevant connections and put what they learn into context.

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