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Whole Education - 'Whose Curriculum Is It Anyway?' LondonMonday, May 16, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (GMT)London, United Kingdom |
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'Whose Curriculum Is It Anyway?' London 9.00am - 4.00pm | Monday 16 May 2011 About the event Whole Education's 'Whose Curriculum Is It Anyway?' event is a one-stop shop for schools interested in projects and resources to make learning more relevant and engaging, and help young people develop the skills, qualities and knowledge they will need for the future. With the National Curriculum Review
promising a slimmed down national curriculum, much more curriculum content will
be at the discretion of school leaders. This presents a great opportunity for primary
and secondary school leaders to design your own curriculum. As John Dunford said in a TES article in December 2010– "Open the cage and let your creativity take flight: it is time to become curriculum planners again." Who should attend? This event will offer school and college
leaders the chance to: "Excellent forum for providing areas to explore and encouraging, as a Head, to hold firm to holistic ideas for educating children, looking increasingly outwards not inwards!" Head, Primary School "Absolutely superb vision of how schools should be. Exactly what we're trying to do. I go away inspired to forge our school's links with Whole Education". Assistant Head, Secondary School "Now is a great opportunity for all schools to reclaim the curriculum and help young people develop the skills, qualities and knowledge they will need for the future." John Dunford, Chair, Whole Education Please note that tickets are transferable, however any cancellations made within 14 days prior to the event will be liable for the full cost of the ticket. Agenda 9.00am Registration, Refreshments and Market Place 9.30am Introduction - John Dunford, Chair of Whole Education 9.45am Harris Student Commission on Learning (Harris Students) 10.30am Break and Marketplace 11.00am Break out session 1 (The first opportunity to hear from practitioners in schools actively involved in various Whole Education partner projects. Eight separate breakout sessions in each session. See below for further information on partner projects) 11.40am Break out session 2 - as above 12.20pm Lunch and Market Place 1.00pm Creativity and Pupil Voice in the Primary Curriculum (Roger Billing) 1.30pm Break out session 3 - as before 2.10pm Tea / Coffee break 2.25pm Break out session 4 - as before 3.05pm Whose Curriculum is it Anyway? (Kevin Stannard) 3.45pm Reflections and Plenary Comments 4.00pm - Close (Please note that timings within the agenda may be subject to change) Breakout sessions will include: School-Home-Support Food for Life Partnership Open Futures World Challenge University of the First Age Building Learning Power SkillForce Co-operative Trust Schools Studio Schools ASDAN Learning Futures Channel 4 Human Scale Education Opening Minds Communities for Learning Education Futures Self and Social Learning Discovering Language Incerts Flow The Young Foundation Go4It Learning to Lead Speakers Trust Sixth Form Baccalaureate (SFBac) ViTaL Partnerships
A unique event to explore ways to 'reclaim' the curriculum and meet local schools and young people in your area already benefiting from the work of Whole Education's partners.
Why attend?
Everyone is welcome to attend. The event is particularly targeted at heads and deputies of primary schools and heads, deputies and curriculum planners for secondary schools.
To book tickets follow the links to 'order now' above or call / email Jo 0207 250 8053 / jo@wholeeducation.org
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Discover how your school can use research validated tools like ELLI (the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory) that help re-engage learners and inspire measurable change in them and the learning community.
When & Where
Emirates Stadium
Dial Square Suite
South Entrance
N5 1BU London
United Kingdom
Monday, May 16, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (GMT)
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