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Round the World in 20 Assemblies
Tim Nelson & his love for the Geography Curriculum... Geography is my subject, though if I’ve ever visited your school, you will probably be surprised to hear that having guided around like a forgetful elderly relative and repeatedly reminded me where the staffroom is and where the main entrance is... View Article
Category: Curriculum Subject Leadership
Teacher Training Made Easy with Focus Mini Clips
Put the Professional in to your CPD with Focus Mini Clips. Let us help you to focus your teacher training sessions or twilights. The consultants at Focus Education have prepared a range of Mini Clips - these are short video inputs to introduce and give an overview of your meeting/twilight... View Article
Category: Teaching Guidance
Back to the Front Page | The Change in the National Curriculum
This blog has been written by Focus Education’s Associate Consultant, Tim Nelson. In my last blog, I mentioned the inspection focus on concepts as well as knowledge. This was especially relevant in a recent remote inspection where the HMI was asking the school about their history national curriculum. Now,... View Article
Category: Curriculum Inspection
School Monitoring | Out of the mouths of babes and children
This blog has been written by Focus Education’s Associate Consultant, Tim Nelson. Right, your starter for ten is where is that quote from? It’s originally from the bible, so well done if you knew that. Have a house point. The reason I chose that as a focus for this... View Article
Category: School Leadership Teaching Guidance
8 Things for Primary Subject Leaders should consider as schools re-open
This blog has been written by Focus Education's Associate Consultant, Tim Nelson. When the papers and news channels announced schools are re-opening in March it would have been nice if they had acknowledged they never actually closed. We all know they have been open for more and more vulnerable children... View Article
Category: Subject Leadership
Taking Knowledge Organisers to the Next Level
Many schools have developed knowledge organisers, knowledge mats, or something similar, even before the first lockdown. These carefully identified the key vocabulary for each unit of work, listing the ten or twelve ‘Roman’ or ‘Brazilian’ words and phrases, alongside the key learning. These have proved to be very useful. They... View Article
Category: Curriculum
Character Education – The 6 Skills
The skills for ‘Character Education’ are suitably broken up into 6 areas Self Awareness Team Workers Being Resilient Commitment Problem Solver Showing Empathy These need to be taught and nurtured across all areas and ages. You may wish to view these as the ‘Learn to Live’ skills. We recognise that... View Article
Category: Assessment
Ofsted and Subject Leadership – Key Questions
Key elements of the subject leader role Key purpose Ensure that pupils make progress through each year group, acquiring and applying key knowledge, so that they at least meet the agreed age expectations in a subject. This is achieved by: securing high quality teaching; ensuring that planning meets the requirements... View Article
Category: Inspection Subject Leadership
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