The curriculum updates are compiled by inspectors and advisers and share examples of high-quality good practice to keep you up to date with subject or whole-school issues. There are 12 titles which are produced twice a year. The curriculum updates are available by annual subscription, either electronically or in printed format. For further information and a full list of our titles, please see our curriculum updates leaflets:
Excerpt from PDL News, published September 2018
An update on statutory RSE guidance
At the time of writing we have literally just received the Department for Education announcement regarding the new statutory guidance for relationships and sex education (RSE). As you know, the intention to make RSE statutory in all schools was announced in March 2017... Read more in the autumn edition of PDL News.
Excerpt from RE Primary News, published September 2018
Visits and visitors for your RE
Many RE leaders that I meet in the network groups and on training courses ask about how to arrange visits and visitors for their RE. Raising the profile of RE in school is a key priority for you and one of the ways of doing this is through arranging a visit or, if this is not possible, a visitor to enhance your teaching in the Contextualise step of the enquiry cycle. In this edition Rachel Jackson, from Braishfield Primary School, talks about the emphasis she has placed on visits this year to bring the RE syllabus to life and to embed the learning in children’s minds.
Excerpt from the Summer 2018 edition of Languages News
MFL Masterclasses
Test Valley School and its link primary schools have been leading the way in raising the profile of language learning. In the latest edition of Languages News, secondary Head of Department Rebecca Williams, reports on two inspiring acts of liaison.