Gunthorpe Curriculum
Most of this post has been inspired from 2 sources- one being Curriculum Ed and Clare Sealy talk on boxset curriculum and the other being reading the book Legacy by James Kerr about the All Blacks. I will start with Clare's talk which inspired me to think about how what we teach needs to be interlinked. This also reminded me of Tom Sherringham's the learning rainforest where we consider knowledge in schemas. I have always traditionally been more skills based as a teacher but this talk really challenged me to think about how when knowledge is clearly thought about and planned accordingly then children can make the links they need from previous learning to support them in their new learning. Rather than each topic being a one off episode (such as the simpsons) where you can 'drop in' at any point instead it is like a really good series (such as line of duty) where you need to know about the characters in order to fully understand what they say. Small, possibly seemi