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	Curriculum Development Whether you want to find out about the national or local Birmingham picture, you can find all the latest information, links and resources about Curriculum Development on this page!

Curriculum Opportunities

Let your KS3 pupils escape!

Let your children escape into worlds of imagination where the theme...

Frankfurt Christmas Market School Activity Packs 2009 are ready!

From 12 November until 23 December 2009, the Frankfurt Christmas...

Key Stage 3 Escapes! Website now open!

Let your pupils' imagination escape and run wild - check out the latest ...

Association for Science Education responds to GCSE criteria.

The ASE’s contribution to the consultation on GCSE...

Oxfam support for youth and schools in the Midlands

Oxfam have recently expanded their work to include more direct...

Primary Curriculum Review and assessment: the position of science

From the document "Primary Curriculum Review and...

New Secondary Site


	If you want to know about the new Secondary N.C ... "The curriculum should be treasured. There should be real pride in our curriculum: the learning that the nation has decided to set before its young. Teachers, parents, employers, the media and the public should all see the curriculum as something to embrace, support and celebrate. Most of all, young people should relish the opportunity for discovery and achievement that the curriculum offers." - Mick Waters, Director of Curriculum, QCA. The new secondary national curriculum site offers everything you need to know about curriculum, planning and assessment. Why not watch the QCA navigation video created at Four Dwellings High School, Birmingham,for QCA to learn how to find your way around the new site? (Well done to Four Dwellings!

Web Articles

Twitter Tips for High Scchool Journalists

A tips sheet and an online presentation showing how school based...

Facebook: Classroom Tool for a Classroom Community?

A review of the educational uses that can be made of social...

How mobile phones help learning in secondary schools

A paper describing research from 2007-8, showing the positive...

Cyber-bullying information and resources

This site contains a range of information and resources linked...

Early Years Quality Improvement Support Programme

Keep an eye out for the new instalments of the Early Years...

AccessArt @ Sketchbooks in schools

Sketchbooks in Schools is an evolving collection of co-created...

The National Picture

The new National Primary Curriculum ...

The Independent Review - the final document

The Independent Review - webpage for the primary Curriculum Review. This includes the Executive summary, learning programmes and a variety of related documents.

The Curriculum Reform Consultation process

The Primary Review – led by Robin Alexander.

Briefings and 30 interim reports.

... or the National Secondary Picture ...

The QCDA Picture


	If you want to know about the Big Picture ... The QCDA website shows some of the national strategies for managing the curriculum. Some schools have chosen to join the co-development curriculum networks. Click here for details of QCDA support. OR If you choose to join a local rather than the national group, look at the B'ham Picture Box to see how schools, such as Four Oaks are managing this for themselves …

Leading Change

Leadership for personalising learning

"It is impossible to over-state the importance of leadership in making personalised learning work. Leadership that is focused on learning has the greatest impact on performance and achievement."

John West-Burnham (NCSL, 2008)

Reference: NCSL online learning resource

The B'ham Picture

If you want to know about the Birmingham Picture...

Summer Term 2009

Curriculum update meetings have been held this term to support schools with consultation on the new Primary Curriculum [Rose Review]. To access the power point slides used at these meetings, click here.

For schools who have already embarked on the curriculum journey, there are termly Network meetings.

These offer an update on the national picture and opportunities for schools to discuss and collaborate with each other.

For details of Spring Term meetings, contact: Jenny Cox, Events Team Administrator: 0121 464 1542 or jenny.cox@birmingham.gov.uk.

B'ham studies


	Curriculum Innovation "The purpose of Curriculum Innovation is to improve learning experiences, to increase motivation and engagement and to raise standards. Our role is to work alongside schools on this curriculum journey." - The Curriculum Team If you want to know about Case Studies in Birmingham ... then click here for the latest updates.

Transition in B'ham

If you want to find out more about transition in Birmingham ...

- Take a look at our Personalising Transition DVD (or this alternative version), now sent to all B'ham schools, along with poster, CPD booklet.

If you want to know about seminars and support, contact Marilyn Mottram at: marilyn.mottram@birmingham.gov.uk