The moral imperative: creating a curriculum that develops identity, broadens horizons and enables success for all Published: 24 April 2023 How can we ensure that the curriculum is a force for good: building identity, broadening horizons and closing gaps?
What do ‘substantive’ and ‘disciplinary’ mean when thinking about primary foundation subjects? Published: 23 February 2023 Kate explores what ‘substantive’ and ‘disciplinary’ are, why we need both, and the implications for curriculum planning and teaching.
The untold stories of our grandparents Published: 06 February 2023 Shammi Rahman talks about the untold story of her grandfather being in the British Army in Burma in World War 2 and the impact this had on her.
The changing role of primary school subject leaders Published: 24 January 2023 Kate explores what a subject leader might focus on when prioritising actions.
Offering a broad and balanced curriculum for all - Introducing HFL’s beyond the core curriculum team Published: 28 November 2022 Read our team’s first blog to find out more about how our new team can support your school’s curriculum journey.
Forget the geese-a-laying! Six festive computing activities Published: 06 December 2019 It’s that time of year again, and whilst many children’s priorities may not be those of computational thinking skills and creative ICT, there are...
How the National Centre for Computing Education can help your school Published: 19 March 2019 The National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) is a DfE funded organisation that aims to support the teaching of computing in primary and...
Text based programming in primary schools - three ways to get started Published: 20 November 2018 Whilst not essential in primary schools, exploring the basics of a text-based programming language can help solidify children's understanding of...
Six things we can do with programming tools Published: 02 December 2016 As I mentioned in a recent blog post about apps for programming, we are rather spoilt for choice in the number of learn-to-code tools that are...
Getting more from those early programming apps Published: 15 September 2016 It seems that a new app for programming or teaching children to code appears every week, and we are rather spoilt for choice these days.