Creativity…risky business or essential to learning?
February 3, 2017
In this post Sally Betteridge explores issues around Creativity and its role in the Primary Curriculum. A recent article in the TES discussed an anti-testing campaign and a week of Creativity in protest against the SATs and the constant testing regimes in Primary schools. However, is this enough – a week of creativity – …
Let’s talk about oracy
January 4, 2017
Literacy and numeracy are part of daily life for primary teachers, but in this post Rupert Knight explores what we mean by oracy and considers its possible impact. What do we mean by oracy? Put simply, oracy refers to skills related to talk and learning through talk. Between 1987 and 1993 the work of the …
The importance of memory in learning
December 1, 2016
How often do you feel frustrated that your pupils cannot remember what you have rigorously and carefully taught them, employing your most effective pedagogies to no avail? How often have you employed memory techniques in your pedagogy to aid their ability to remember? In this post Carmen Mohamed demonstrates the importance of employing memory techniques …
