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Ruth Churchill Dower

The Primary Curriculum is Dead. Long Live the New Primary Curriculum!

by Ruth Churchill Dower
Ruth Churchill Dower
Ruth is a keen champion for playing creatively with young children, and tries to
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 Thursday, 25 March 2010 Category Earlyarts Blog 0 Comments
I was amazed to discover recently that I could remember some of the words and most of the tunes to the songs in my very first school play in 1975 atBramcote Hills Primary School. We were doing Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat which was musically quite challenging for a six year old. I Tags: primary curriculum review
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Primary Review Part Two

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 Monday, 30 March 2009 Category Earlyarts Blog 0 Comments
Well, I could be falling foul of a little twitter account which basically helps me and a few chosen friends keep up to speed with the latest developments in working life (or shamelessly use it as an advocacy / PR platform for our products). But generally we are all subscribed to various excelle Tags: primary curriculum review
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Review of the Review of the Review

by Ruth Churchill Dower
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 Monday, 23 February 2009 Category Earlyarts Blog 0 Comments
Don't get me wrong, there's lot of good things coming out of the debate around the primary reviews, not least the increased focus on play, curiosity and creativity. However, I dont know about you guys but I find there's something a little worrying about the ongoing attempts to fit quarts into pint p Tags: primary curriculum review
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