CBBC broadcasts aim to ensure all children can access curriculum-based learning without the internet Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A significant expansion of BBC educational programming for children is to be launchedin response to the latest UK lockdowns and school closures that are expected to continue Read more…
What is the most effective way of creating a whole-school Grammar and Punctuation programme? Schools that adopt a whole-school Grammar and Punctuation Programme typically find it easier to respond to the demands of the English Programmes of Study. For not only does it make it easier to have a unified Read more…
The Black Curriculum report says England’s ‘white, Eurocentric curriculum’ fails to reflect UK society The national curriculum in England “systematically omits the contribution of black British history in favour of a dominant white, Eurocentric curriculum” which fails to reflect the UK’s multi-ethnic society, according to a new report. It accuses Read more…
For many children, the key to learning maths is being able to see how the familiar links with the new. Take any random group of primary school pupils and the range of maths understanding within the group will be significant. Even if the groups are selected by maths ability the Read more…
Children will always come across words they don’t know. How they respond determines their reading age. In a language that is derived from as many separate sources as English it is inevitable that children will, throughout their time at school, come across words that they don’t know. At that point Read more…
How can we motivate the more reluctant learners to become engaged in their times tables? There are of course a number of different ways of motivating children to learn their times tables. One popular approach is through competition and testing, but the problem here is that those who pick up Read more…
Should black history be compulsory in England’s schools? We talk to educators There is increasing pressure on the government to make black history a compulsory element of the national curriculum in England, not only something to be taught in Black History Month. The schools minister, Nick Gibb, told a parliamentary Read more…
Exam board AQA features no black writers on GCSE English literature syllabus Pupils could complete their GCSEs and leave secondary school in England without studying a single work of literature by a non-white author, research has found. The largest exam board in the country, AQA, does not feature a single Read more…
Report highlights rarity of BAME writers in GCSE English literature syllabus of exam board AQA Pupils could complete their GCSEs and leave secondary school in England without studying a single work of literature by a non-white author, research has found. The largest exam board in the country, AQA, does not Read more…
Rhythm, humour and politics of verse give young people a voice, says poet. Making it optional at GCSE is a mistake I was a bit of a troublemaker in secondary school. I got sent to “time out” for busying myself with trying to make my peers laugh. I got detention Read more…