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- 10 Big Ideas – FREE home learning challenges for children and families
- Free access to Cornerstones’ Love to Read resources for home learning
- Why subject leadership is crucial to the success of your primary curriculum
- Knowledge and skills: getting the balance right across the primary curriculum
- What to expect from Ofsted’s subject ‘deep dives’
- The importance of early reading
- Primary curriculum event
- How to achieve subject coverage and progression with Cornerstones
- What are knowledge organisers and how can we use them in the primary classroom?
- Knowledge-rich curriculum projects for primary schools
- Curriculum intent for primary schools
- How to design your curriculum
- Tom Sherrington spoilt my Sunday (not really) – A blog about the Cornerstones Curriculum, then and now.
- Ofsted’s new inspection framework: What can primary schools expect?
- The real cost of curriculum design
- Cornerstones in action: How to make teacher workload work
- How connected is your curriculum?
- A summary of Amanda Spielman’s (HCMI Ofsted) latest curriculum update
- First World War centenary: marking 100 years since the Armistice
- Meaningful assessment: my conversation with Sean Harford, Ofsted’s National Director of Education
- How to choose the best primary teaching resources
- My curriculum conversation with Ofsted’s National Director of Education, Sean Harford.
- What makes a coherent curriculum?
- Coherent curriculums: How to be part of the curriculum revolution
- Beyond the word wall: building vocabulary in the classroom
- FREE resources for British Science Week!
- The importance of continuous provision in the early years
- What is a broad and balanced curriculum?
- What are curriculum principles and why are they important?
- What is the best type of curriculum?
- Summary of Amanda Spielman’s (HMCI Ofsted) report on the primary curriculum October 2017
- Spotlight on the curriculum
- What is Diwali?
- Schools must plan curriculum and be able to show inspectors, says Harford
- What is SMSC?
- Put more art and design into your primary curriculum
- Mind the gap! Improving boys writing in KS1 and KS2
- Top 5 tips for managing enhanced provision in EYFS
- Teaching primary science…our top 10 tips for non-experts
- Science Week lesson ideas
- Science Week lesson plan: Chocolate structures (EYFS/KS1/KS2)
- Science Week lesson plan: Liquid layers (KS2)
- Science Week lesson plan: Milk shapes (EYFS/KS1)
- Science Week lesson plan: Bubble bangs (KS2)
- Science Week lesson plan: Floating flowers (KS1/KS2)
- Take a look at our Anglo Saxon and Viking Timeline video and resources
- 11 engaging autumn activities for primary schools
- How to explain the theory of evolution to Year 6 children
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- Manchester Old Trafford primary curriculum event – afternoon session
- Manchester Old Trafford primary curriculum event – morning session
- London Borough of Havering Annual 2020 Headteachers’ Conference & Exhibition
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- Hartlepool primary curriculum event – afternoon session
- Hartlepool primary curriculum event – morning session
- Blackpool primary curriculum event – afternoon session
- Blackpool primary curriculum event – morning session
- Bristol primary curriculum event – afternoon session
- Bristol primary curriculum event – morning session
- Plymouth primary curriculum event – morning session
- Bournemouth primary curriculum event – afternoon session
- Bournemouth primary curriculum event – morning session
- Sittingbourne primary curriculum event – afternoon session
- Sittingbourne primary curriculum event – morning session
- Lowestoft – Primary curriculum morning event
- Grimsby – Primary curriculum afternoon event
- Grimsby – Primary curriculum morning event
- “Birmingham – Schools and Academies Show 2019 “
- Cheshire – The Heads of Junior Schools’ Conference
- Cardiff – The National Education Show
- Cardiff – Curriculum Evolution
- Devon – DAPH Annual School Leadership Conference
- Birmingham – MATs Summit
- Manchester – The Northern Education Show
- Leicestershire – Curriculum Maestro
Podcasts
- How to use the Love to Read guides for home learning and family time
- Update and support for primary schools during COVID-19
- Why subject leadership is crucial to the success of your curriculum
- Primary curriculum design in action: The Stour Federation
- Ofsted’s new early years inspection – what does it mean in practice?
- Curriculum principles, purpose and pedagogy – with Jonathan Lear
- Initial Teacher Training and the Early Career Framework – an update with Professor Sam Twiselton, OBE
- Deep dives: How to achieve subject coverage and progression
- Wellbeing in the primary classroom
- Raising the status of teaching: Dame Alison Peacock
- Curriculum intent: big ideas and larger concepts
- Primary curriculum: three schools’ stories (part 3)
- What is Curriculum Maestro?
- Primary curriculum: three schools’ stories (part 2)
- What to expect when you’re inspected: a myth-busting conversation with Ofsted’s Matthew Purves
- Using LEGO Education in the primary classroom
- Primary curriculum: three schools’ stories (part 1)
- The transformative power of education: Hallam Festival of Education
- Debugging computing in the primary curriculum
- What’s the real cost of curriculum design?
- My curriculum conversation with Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman
- My curriculum conversation with Professor Sam Twiselton, OBE
- Excellence in the Early Years
- Are there three types of curriculum?
- How to achieve Ofsted’s three Is of curriculum
- What are knowledge organisers and how can we use them in the primary classroom?
- Bonfire Night – classroom edition 1
- Cornerstones in action: reducing teacher workload with Adam Newman
- How connected is your curriculum?
- Teaching the First World War in a primary classroom
- How to set up continuous and enhanced provision in the Early Years
- Testing and assessment: making it meaningful
- Cornerstones in action: Spilsby Primary Academy
- How to choose the best primary teaching resources
- ‘Children only have one childhood and we have a responsibility to get it right’
- An interview with Sean Harford, Ofsted’s National Director of Education
- Coherent curriculums: Why are they important?
- Coherent curriculums: how to be part of the curriculum revolution
- Beyond the word wall: building vocabulary in the classroom
- Teaching English across the primary curriculum
- The importance of history in the primary curriculum
- The importance of science in the primary curriculum
- Imagineering, uncharted territories and adventures in learning
- Implementing the six steps of curriculum design
- Community, philosophy and inspiration in education, with Hywel Roberts
- How to teach and cover the ‘cultural’ in children’s SMSC development
- An introduction to SMSC and fundamental British values
- The impact of a broad and balanced curriculum with Lyn McNamara of Probus Primary School
- Curriculum design in the classroom with Anthony Robinson of Farmilo Primary School
- Curriculum design and ‘learning not lessons’ with Farmilo Primary School
- How to ensure coverage with a broad and balanced curriculum
- How to plan a broad and balanced curriculum
- What is a broad and balanced curriculum?
- Introducing The Curriculum podcast
Case Studies
- Lea Forest Primary Academy: How a remarkable school brought subjects to life
- Kentmere Academy: Our curriculum journey
- Hockley Heath Academy: Increasing engagement with pupils, staff and parents
- Hardwick Primary School: ‘Requires improvement’ to ‘outstanding’ in 18 months
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Projects
- Inuit
- Fallen Fields
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- Fallen Fields
- Eat the Seasons
- Vista
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- Ammonite
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- Tomorrow’s World
- Revolution
- ID
- Hola Mexico!
- Gallery Rebels
- Frozen Kingdoms
- Darwin’s Delights
- Blood Heart
- A Child’s War
- Time Traveller
- Stargazers
- Scream Machine
- Pharaohs
- Peasants, Princes and Pestilence
- Off with Her Head!
- Beast Creator
- Allotment
- Alchemy Island
- Traders and Raiders
- Road Trip USA!
- Potions
- Playlist
- Misty Mountain Sierra
- I am Warrior!
- Burps, Bottoms and Bile
- Blue Abyss
- 1066
- Urban Pioneers
- Tribal Tales
- Tremors
- Scrumdiddlyumptious!
- Predator!
- Heroes and Villains
- Mighty Metals
- Gods and Mortals
- Flow
- Wriggle and Crawl
- Towers, Tunnels and Turrets
- The Scented Garden
- Street Detectives
- Muck, Mess and Mixtures
- Land Ahoy!
- Bounce
- Beat Band Boogie!
- Beachcombers
- The Enchanted Woodland
- Superheroes
- Splendid Skies
- Rio de Vida
- Paws, Claws and Whiskers
- Moon Zoom!
- Memory Box
- Dinosaur Planet
- Bright Lights, Big City
- Will you read me a story?
- Why don’t snakes have legs?
- Why do zebras have stripes?
- Why do squirrels hide their nuts?
- Why do ladybirds have spots?
- Who lives in a rock pool?
- What’s that sound?
- What is a reflection?
- What happens when I fall asleep?
- What can you see in summer?
- Do you want to be friends?
- Do cows drink milk?
- Can I switch it on?
- Are we there yet?
- Are carrots orange?
- Why is water wet?
- Why do you love me so much?
- Why do leaves go crispy?
- Why can’t I have chocolate for breakfast?
- Where does snow go?
- What is a shadow?
- Is it shiny?
- How many pebbles on the beach?
- How many colours in a rainbow?
- How high can I jump?
- How does that building stay up?
- Do dragons exist?
- Can we explore it?
- Can I have a dog?
- Are eggs alive?
