The delivery of high quality learning for Religious Education, Humanities and RSE in all schools
Primary History
Telling the story is only half the story
History should be more than just recounting individual events or periods in the past. The word actually has its origins from the Greek ‘historia,’ which can be translated as to investigate, to inquire and research.
The curriculum should be sequenced in a way that allows pupils to recognise how our lives in a modern multicultural Britain today are not just different to the past, but how they have been shaped because of it.
Relationships and
Sex Education
The birds and the bees...
Not everyone has the same view about this as an academic subject, nor the same confidence in teaching it. Taking on board Ofsted expectations - particularly their criticism of ‘bought curriculum packages’- and being mindful of teacher workload and parental views, I have helped many schools in delivering quality learning uniquely matched to each school's ethos and setting, that can really make a difference for pupils.
Religious Education
& Worldviews
Everyone has a world view
Pupils should not just be learning a list of facts or generalisations about any religion: names of where they worship, labelling the items inside, recounting a list of festivals. Religions or indeed any ‘organisational worldviews’ are not static. We do not hold the same values or attitudes as we did hundreds of years ago, and similar beliefs may look different in practice somewhere else in the world. Deeper learning in the subject will build understanding of how our own and others’ experiences, beliefs, and values - or ‘personal knowledge’ - may have been influenced or changed and might be reflected in the way we behave and live.
Early Years
Foundation Stage
This stage of learning is purposely different in structure to KS1. Having worked with various schools, Advisors and Inspectors, it clear that the curriculum materials, resources and support for this age group should also be supported in its own right.
Therefore, I do not promote squeezing the information about how the Early Years curriculum supports the KS1 curriculum onto documents designed for these older pupils. Instead, I can work with schools on how best to enhance their provision and demonstrate this in different ways.
Contact me to find out more about how I can support the Early Years curriculum in your school as a foundation for developing the necessary skills and knowledge required for effective learning in KS1.
Kodesh
I have a Masters degree and personal background in Jewish and Hebrew Studies plus extensive experience working in both primary and secondary Jewish faith schools across London and across the range of varying denominations and religious traditions within Judaism. With positive feedback from Pikuach, Ofsted and the schools themselves, I am confident that I am able to support your school, too.
I can support your school with:
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Bringing together your Chol and Kodesh learning in an enagaging curriuclum
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Providing reasonable pathways to meet statutory requirements for RSE
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Supporting effective teaching and learning and measurement of this with realistic and accessible assessment tools
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Boosting teachers’ knowledge and confidence in pedagogy and delivery