National considerations about the primary education curriculum will be detailed and discussed during a series of events this spring from University of Northampton.
The University’s Centre for Education and Research (CER) is hosting a seminar series with leading experts, following the Government’s recent National Curriculum and Assessment Review.
The Government hopes the findings of the review will deliver a “world-leading curriculum and give every child a better, more well-rounded education that sets them up for life after school”.
The CER seminar programme will focus on primary education and take place in March and May and the areas to be discussed are:
- The impact of 1:1 pupil conferencing on Year 5 pupils in writing lessons
- Primary mathematics textbooks and schemes
- Why art matters in the primary curriculum
- England’s primary music education needs
- Bringing the humanities primary curriculum to life through oracy and drama
- A writing assessment workshop, with live feedback, to support developing primary school writers.
The University’s Jane Murray, Professor of Education, says: “The Government’s recent Curriculum and Assessment Review – the first major planned changes to the National Curriculum in over ten years – is, not surprisingly, a hot topic of conversation for educators up and down the country.
“Any wholesale changes to primary education in England are always of keen interest to education professionals, policy makers and families, so our seminar series will see the invited experts take a deep dive into these updates and what they will mean in practice. We look forward to you joining what will be fascinating discussions.”
There’s no need to book, just save the dates of the seminars you are interested in and use the Teams link on the day. All details are on the CER’s webpage (scroll down to the Events section).