What is the Cornerstones Curriculum?

4th August 2017 | By Melanie Moore | In Curriculum | Reply

The Cornerstones Curriculum is a skills and knowledge based curriculum with a creative edge. But what does that mean? Imaginative Learning Projects The Cornerstones curriculum is based around over 80 Imaginative Learning Projects. We call these ILPs. Each ILP has an overarching theme linked to a national curriculum subject. In addition to the main...

Introducing Cornerstones Yoimoji – time to put SMSC and FBV at the heart of your school

28th July 2017 | By Melanie Moore | In British Values, Curriculum, SMSC | Reply

We’re delighted to announce our brand new product, Cornerstones Yoimoji. Cornerstones Yoimoji helps you put spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development and fundamental British values (FBV) at the heart of your school. And in a way that will truly get your children engaged, enthused and excited. Are you ready to transform your school’s...

Schools must plan curriculum and be able to show inspectors, says Harford

13th July 2017 | By Melanie Moore | In Curriculum, General news | Reply

Last week Sean Harford, Ofsted’s National Director of Education, spoke about Ofsted’s plans for inspection. He said Ofsted would increasingly look for evidence of ‘strategic decision-making' in a school’s curriculum design, something that was likely to be part of a new inspection framework in September 2019. In his speech, Harford stated that leaders...

Is the Digital Competence Framework embedded in your curriculum?

7th July 2017 | By Catherine Scutt | In Curriculum, New Welsh curriculum updates, Wales | 3

One of the most significant developments for schools in Wales this year has been the launch of the Digital Competence Framework (DCF). For the past ten months, schools have been familiarising themselves with the content of the DCF, auditing and improving the skills of staff and working out how to incorporate the framework across...

Get your children talking about their next project with our new project boards

7th July 2017 | By Melanie Moore | In Curriculum | Reply

Generating meaningful talk Why not begin your next project with one of our new project boards? Designed to help you strike up a conversation with children about your chosen Imaginative Learning Project (ILP), these boards combine a variety of thematic images and quotes relevant to the topic. Pop them on your classroom whiteboard before...

What is a broad and balanced curriculum?

30th June 2017 | By Melanie Moore | In Curriculum | Reply

A broad and balanced curriculum is a curriculum that allows children to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding in all areas of the curriculum to prepare them for life in the 21st century. That’s my definition anyway, and I think it pretty much hits the spot. There’s always been an understanding by primary teachers...

NAHT general election campaign 2017– valuing a broad range of subjects in the school day.

2nd June 2017 | By Melanie Moore | In Curriculum, General news | Reply

The NAHT has laid out five key priorities for the main political parties to include in their General Election manifestos. Russell Hobby, NAHT general secretary said ‘Our five priorities reflect the real challenges affecting schools and young people right now. Parties hoping for the support of parents, teachers and school leaders need to have...

New Reception ILPs available June 2017

26th May 2017 | By Melanie Moore | In Curriculum, EYFS | Reply

Our new and updated Reception ILPs bring our EYFS curriculum bang up to date and include many new features linked to feedback from schools (requests for the ELG to be identified) and responses to national initiatives (the identification of SMSC and FBV in children’s learning.) These changes and the additional new features listed below,...

How do I identify opportunities for SMSC and FBV in the subject I lead?

26th May 2017 | By Melanie Moore | In British Values, Curriculum, SMSC | Reply

With children's spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development and fundamental British values (FBV) being required to be at the heart of a school’s work, we've developed SMSC and FBV subject-leader checklists to help you identify and evidence opportunities for both. A school may decide to audit one subject at a time or all...

Ysgol Y Bynea – An excellent school

23rd May 2017 | By Melanie Moore | In Curriculum, Wales | Reply

A modern and creative curriculum In 2014 the staff and Headteacher at Ysgol Y Bynea were looking to modernise and add more creativity to their curriculum. After hearing colleagues at other schools talk about the Cornerstones Curriculum, they approached us to find out more. They adopted the Cornerstones Curriculum Wales in April 2015 and in...

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