Curriculum
The latest news and developments on school curriculum, including Ofsted subject reviews, new policy and best-practice advice for your subject
Friday
18th Jun 2021
Teaching drama online: ‘All the world’s a stage’
Teacher Anne Looker was anxious about switching Shakespearean drama online – but her students showed amazing creativity
School dinners: a fresh way to teach about diversity
Few things can teach us more about other cultures than food, says Gemma Hargraves, whose school is planning a week-long celebration of international cuisines
Friday
4th Jun 2021
Financial education: tips for teaching teenagers
After overhearing some of his students talking about risky investments they’d seen on social media, teacher Darren Collins decided they would benefit from lessons in personal finance. Now he is teaching young people how to be savvy with their money
Do we really need to teach children ‘21st-century skills’?
There is much talk of teaching young people how to succeed in a technology driven, fast-changing world, but how and what we teach them needs to change less than you might think, argues Christian Bokhove
What does the future hold for small schools?
Despite the considerable benefits they bring to their local communities, schools with fewer than 150 pupils are struggling to compete financially with their bigger neighbours – as a result, their numbers are rapidly dwindling. So, are such schools destined to die out or can something be done to turn their fortunes around? Zofia Niemtus reports