Herts for Learning is delighted to announce that the Curriculum Symposium, launching on Monday 20th May 2019, is now available to book.
Ensuring access to a rich, broad, balanced and linked curriculum is at the heart of effective school provision. School leaders should rightly invest time and energy into making sure that the decisions they make regarding their curriculum are well informed, and right for their school. However, making decisions in this key area of school development can seem daunting.
The Curriculum Symposium intends to address this by offering a safe space for school leaders to come together to engage with information from a range of professionals who have considerable expertise within this area of school development.
Schools can choose to join the conference programme or the extended development programme.
Conference programme
Across three conferences, delegates will gain insight from well‑respected speakers ranging from academics and theorists, practising headteachers and senior leaders, and subject and phase specialists who are able to discuss how the curriculum debates can be interpreted within their specialist age‑ranges and subject domains.
The conference programme dates are:
Monday 20th May 2019
Friday 7th June 2019
Friday 14th June 2019
Extended development programme
Schools on the extended development programme will attend an additional session at the end of each conference day, where their allocated consultant school effectiveness adviser will guide leaders to deliberate upon the information presented in light of each school’s particular needs and contexts. This will provide a further opportunity to consider the information presented, as well as develop supportive networks with other schools.
Following the conference days, participating schools will have a half-day consultancy visit, supported by their consultant adviser, which will allow them to continue the conversations back in their school setting, as well as consider next steps.
The extended development programme will conclude with a half-day showcase where participating schools will have the opportunity to share how they have progressed in their journey towards evaluating and developing their curriculum offer, as well as hear from colleagues on the programme who have travelled along the same learning path.
Sessions across the three conference days will be delivered by a range of external speakers along with specialist advisers and consultants from Herts for Learning:
Curriculum: concepts, controversies and conversations
Mary Myatt, Education Adviser
Developing the curriculum for long-term learning
Clare Sealy, Headteacher, St Matthias School, Tower Hamlets
The role of assessment in the curriculum
Herts for Learning Assessment Team
Mathematics – a subject that fosters curiosity and creativity?
Herts for Learning Primary Mathematics Team
Securing an active and engaging Early Years curriculum
Herts for Learning Early Years Team
Spoken language: the golden thread deepening the learning
Jane Andrews, English Adviser, Herts for Learning
Ofsted in action!
Marina Breeze, Headteacher, Little Munden C of E (VC) Primary School, Ware
Science curriculum – the foundations for understanding the world
Charlotte Jackson, Science Adviser, Herts for Learning
Thinking about the curriculum – international insights on ‘individualised learning’
Tim Oates, Group Director of Assessment Research and Development, Cambridge Assessment
Reviewing geography and history within the curriculum
Christine Lloyd-Staples, Independent Humanities Consultant
Beyond words: designing a primary languages curriculum for the 21st century
Yvonne Kennedy, Languages Adviser, Herts for Learning
Computing, ICT and the big picture
Chris Carter, e-Developments Adviser, Herts for Learning
Going for Gold! Empowering the curriculum so disadvantaged pupils achieve
Marcus Cooper, Primary Adviser, Southwark Diocesan Board of Education
For further information on the symposium, please visit: Primary Curriculum Symposium 2019.
If you have any queries regarding either programme, please email: training@hertsforlearning.co.uk.
Contact details
Herts for Learning