Primary Transformation

10 Tips

Bruce Potts has written a series of articles filled with useful tips which are now available for download:

• "Think of an occasion in the last year which stands out in your memory — it might be a birthday, a wedding, a special place you visited on holiday, a trip to a favourite location or something else significant to you. Now just pick one aspect of that occasion and visualise it …"
  Read the article: Multi-sensory learning [81 Kb PDF]
• "For most of human life on earth the way we have transmitted our beliefs, values and mores to each other and to the next generation has been through speech and a lot of that through the medium of storytelling. It is only in very recent times that we have committed information to print …"
  Read the article: Great Storytelling [68 Kb PDF]
• "Many schools have already embarked on the process of developing a more exciting, innovative and stimulating curriculum and many schools have also seen the potential that their own school grounds have for providing exciting learning opportunities beyond the classroom …"
  Read the article: Grounds For Improvement [72 Kb PDF]
• "There's been a lot said in recent years about the attainment gap between boys and girls all the way through the education system. There was a time, a long time ago, when the gender gap was the other way round and boys outperformed girls! But that's all changed in recent years and we now have a situation …"
  Read the article: Raising Boys' Achievement [80 Kb PDF]
• "There are two questions we need to answer if we are to provide children with worthwhile and meaningful learning experiences which they enjoy. They are: 1) How do children learn most effectively? 2) What do I need to do to ensure that I provide learning experiences so that they can learn effectively? …"
  Read the article: Outstanding Lessons [80 Kb PDF]

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See also: Sir Jim Rose's Primary Curriculum Report:

• "I hope the review will help our primary schools to build on their success so that all our children benefit from a curriculum which is challenging, fires their enthusiasm, enriches and constantly enlarges their knowledge, skills and understanding and, above all, instils in them a lifelong love of learning …"
  Read the report: Primary Curriculum Report [3.2 Mb PDF]

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