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09/05/2010 - "The Curriculum Catalyst Creating curriculum ideas together. An opportunity to contribute and vote for the most interesting or relevant curriculum topic ideas. These will then be the focus of development by the wider education community. After a period of voting we will focus on the top topic and crowd-source an ideas map. This will be a collection of subject related ideas in a simple format that could be a catalyst for further more detailed topic planning. Two things you can do: 1) Contribute a curriculum topic idea + description 2) Vote for you favourite, most interesting or most relevant topic idea"

29/2/08 - A narrowing of the curriculum has led to a decrease in the quality of English primary schooling, says a report. "High stakes" testing of pupils has led to a system "focused on literacy and numeracy at the expense of the broader curriculum", it suggests.

Rose Report of the Primary Curriculum in the UK

'Get Moving, Get Learning' is a teaching resource, written by primary teachers, for Key Stage 1 teachers. Its overall aim is to enable children to be more active. The resource supports teachers to increase children's participation in physical activity by sharing ideas on how curriculum areas other than physical education can be delivered through physical activities. It reflects the principles of the National Curriculum for Key Stage 1, the primary national strategy 'Excellence and enjoyment' and 'High quality PE and sport for young people'.

20/2/09 - "'Ideas to Inspire' is a collection of Google Docs presentations, which offer a large number of ideas for engaging lesson activities in a range of curriculum areas.The presentations are a collaboration between lots of fantastic teachers around the world.Choose a presentation to begin..."

A number of curriculum guides are available in electronic format which indicate how Corus education resources relate to the various curricula and course specifications.

17/1/09 - integrating ICT across the curriculum

18/4/08 - Expanded QCA scheme with links and resources.

19/4/08 - Onscreen tutorials on most aspects of ICT curriculum - very clear and easy to follow. Potentially suitable for advanced Y4+ or even as a refresher for teachers (it doesn't patronise).

Search engine/links for different curriculum areas.

Welcome to the Teaching and Learning Resources Website! Whether you are a teacher or a pupil, from the UK or overseas, I am sure you will find something of interest here. The purpose of this site is to provide stimulating, interactive resources for children in Key Stage 2 (ages 7 to 11) of Primary School. LEARNING In the Learning section, you will find specially created interactive resources written to support learning in Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum for England and Wales. All the resources in this section have been written by myself, a fully-qualified teacher with over 17 years' experience in the classroom teaching pupils aged 7 to 13. Resources include crosswords, multiple choice exercises, cloze procedure, wordsearches, web quests, games and more.

22/6/08 - Great tool for assessing work. Search by level of attainment, QCA module, National Curriculum strand, cross-curricular link, keystage or year group.

Some resources look relevant for primary too.

Established in 2006, Curriculumbits.com offer free online access to a growing range of interactive multimedia elearning resources. The online resource library contains games, quizzes, animations and videos in a variety of subjects. Resources have been produced according to key stage 3 and 4 of the UK National Curriculum for students aged 11 to 16. All resources are produced by elearning multimedia specialists in collaboration with every day teaching staff as a direct solution to their classroom requirements.

31/8/08 - Although intended for KS3, there are PowerPoints aimed at boosting attainment from L3 to L4 and from L4 to L5; covering most of the mathematics curriculum.

Lots of links to websites for different areas of the curriculum.

25/6/08 - Arts on the Move site. Lots of resources and ideas for using drama across the curriculum.

Hundreds of topic and subject-specific links on a fairly basic but very useful and comprehensive site.

Download the national curriculum

Here are all the quick, compelling one-session activities you need to incorporate interactive learning and technology into your curriculum. Each activity requires no prep and can be completed in 15-30 minutes. * Use these 50+ activities in the computer lab. * Add selected favorites to your Class Homepage. * Build excitement and discussion when you introduce a new topic.