Creative Learning in Action

Staff and Parent Feedback

Posted by in Time

Hi everyone, Hope you are all enjoying your projects. Here in England we have completed our work on ‘Time’.  Feedback from staff about the process was interesting and positive.   We also asked for feedback from parents, carers and other visitors who attended our exhibition day.  Again, this was on the whole very positive.  One area we will address is supporting new parents on their first visit to events in school, as one person felt she would have benefited from more guidance. We look forward to our next theme! See the…read more

Time for Planning, Planning for Time

Posted by in Time

Hello everyone, Here’s some of the information given out as part of our ‘Time’ theme and also some planning.  Another challenge we encountered was making our curriculum relevant for both older and younger children and also finding ways for them to work together. Hope you find it useful! Tracey Click the links below to download full documents. Letter home to parents Blyth class activities Blyth class termly curriculum guidance Blyth class planning Wallington class planning Cresswell class planning Time ideas for hall and interactive activities

Hello everyone!

Posted by in Time

Here in England we are three weeks into our work on ‘Time’. Classes have been paired (older children with younger children) to work together on different themes.  Our classes are all named after different places in Northumberland where our school, The Dales is, in the north of England. Our Creative Projects ‘What’s in the Box?’ and ‘Carnival’ both showed the positive outcomes of working together (along with the challenges!) Now the development of our Creative Curriculum is moving on, with 2 important changes: We have introduced a half- termly, whole…read more