On February 7th the government announced the draft national curriculum for 2014 for England and opened it up for consultation – closing date 16th April. The subjects remain the same and, as you will see, have moved very much more to a knowledge based curriculum with even more emphasis on literacy and numeracy. There are lots of opportunities, as we know, for Forest School to support particularly language and mathematical development but more importantly the whole learner. Please do look at the review on this website and contribute to the debate about the future of our education system in England. The Cambridge review provides lots of food for thought in the primary sector see www.primaryreview.org.uk. The FSA will be making a formal response to the curriculum through the working group set up to look at this very subject, if you wish to contribute to this group’s response please get in touch at enquiries@forestschoolassociation.org.
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