Thus it is that this Monday morning, for instance, we hear that philosophy is to be introduced into the Foundation curriculum. Yes, OK, I'm all for improving children's skills at critical thinking.
But not content with that, the secondary curriculum is to get a bit of a heave too. Well, it's about time that lot shared the experience of all the changes we hard-working primary teachers have had to put up with over the last 20 years! (Sorry, YP, only joking - don't get the hazel switch out yet!) So the secondary curriculum is to become more flexible - like the primary curriculum. Sorry, which planet has that particular politician been on? 'Flexible' and 'primary school' ceased to have any connection with each other with the advent of the National Curriculum.
Oh, and cookery will have to be taught, as well as care of the environment, the two world wars and the slave trade, with a little Chinese and/or Arabic thrown in for good measure.
Now, what were we talking about again? Oh yes,
A Flexible Curriculum
So that will be on alternate wet Friday afternoons, right?
3 comments:
A hazel wand can be extremely flexible - so can plasticine, Stretch Armstrong and other bendy toys. Perhaps that is what is meant by a flexible curriculum? Please don't be concerned about me. I am not over-stressed at all just insane! Tom's a cold! I come Graymalkin!
Ah, just insane.... ofcourse....!
arabic hey? مالجديد؟
they should never have phased it out of primary schools in the forst place. It would be great if they bring back these old languages from my day that don't get taught anymore, like chinese and english
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