Published: November 2024
Read the latest updates and additions to our flagship curriculum, The Learning Challenge Curriculum and see what we have planned for the next few months.
NEW CONTENT
| Added 9 Early Years Units Added Planning for Nursery aged children (in a new Nursery section) Added PSHE Scheme of Work and Letters for Parents Updated Progression Overview for History, Geography and Science Updated Mixed-age Progression Overview for History, Geography and Science Added Art Knowledge Organisers Added #PrimaryHistorybites |
MEET ELSIE
Elsie (LC) is our brand new AI Tool which will be launching on the Learning Challenge soon. We are looking for schools using the LC Curriculum to help us test it out. If you are interested in shaping how it can help you and other subscribers, email us at customerservice@focus-education.co.uk and we will send you the link to Elsie.
NEW LAST TERM
| * We have re-written our units for mixed-age classes in History, Geography and Science. These have been developed based on a mixed-age split of Yr 1/2, Yr 3/4 and Yr 5/6. These are now all available and have information on golden threads within them too. We have also created Vocabulary Overviews for Mixed-age in History, Geography and Science. We added Golden Threads information on for History and Geography. We made some changes to some of the units We refreshed the buttons and pages. We added History Timelines and Geography Maps. Also Added / Updated… 2 more History Units and End of Unit Assessments added. 1 Early Years Unit added. Updated Vocabulary Overviews for History, Geography and Science. Updated long term overviews and progression overviews for History and Geography. |
Read
| We have added a number of blogs on the website that you may find useful… Where’d all the good people go? – A spotlight on PSHE Can subject leaders now breathe a sigh of relief? A Continually Evolving Curriculum Exciting new collaboration: Reading on your Head |
Watch
We’ve added a few more videos to our video library including our latest introduction video explaining the latest on the curriculum and a video about our brand new PSHCE Curriculum, Let’s Talk.
Spotlight
A big thank you to all schools that are sharing their curriculum work on social media. We really enjoy seeing how much the children are enjoying their learning.
Thank you to Lenthall Infant and Nursery, James Brindley CPS, Bridgewater Primary, St Stephen’s CPS, Askern Moss Road Academy, Fairfield Primary and Park Road Academy to name just a few – there are lots more and we’re very grateful.
Please continue to tweet and don’t forget to tag us @FocusEd_LCC or use the hashtag #learningchallengecurriculum or #LCC so we don’t miss any.
Special Thanks goes to St Thomas CE Primary in Blackburn who have been working with Clive Davies on history knowledge with a heavy focus on oracy. They kindly allowed us to put this video of children in their school talking about the Industrial Revolution, on our website.
Future Plans
| Our #PrimaryHistorybites will be available in Audio Book format also. Watch out for these coming soon! We are currently working on Golden Threads in Science. We have recently updated our disciplinary knowledge progressions across subjects and for mixed age planning, but we’ve started thinking about ways we can help support your staff with making the disciplinary aspect more straightforward for your children. Watch this space for further updates on this! We are currently working on providing more detailed units of learning for both Design Technology and Art & Design. We will be adding the full scheme of work for PSHCE onto the Learning Challenge website in the coming months and this will be available to those schools that choose to subscribe for another year or more. |
To keep up to date with the latest additions to the website, follow us on twitter or visit our What’s new? page
| Do you want support with your curriculum? |
| Whether you are using our Learning Challenge Curriculum, using another curriculum or have your own bespoke one, we can help support you. Do you require a curriculum audit? Do you need help with supporting staff? Would you like us to do a ‘book look’? We can evaluate your current practice and help you to put a development plan in place. Get in touch to discuss how we can help you. Email consultancy@focus-education.co.uk |
| TEACHER PLANNING RESOURCES AVAILABLE |
| We understand not all schools want to subscribe to an annual plan. We have listened to what individual teachers want and are in the process of putting all of our units in our shop so these can be bought individually. Teachers told us they often just need the retrieval activity or a knowledge organiser for a unit or a particular lesson, not the whole unit. These are now available to buy for History and Geography with Science coming soon! |
| Questions for Leaders |
| The framework for inspection recognises the importance of school leaders ‘leading the learning’ and by definition ‘leading the curriculum’. This does not necessarily mean that headteachers have to be writing the curriculum but it is important they know its contents and also why the decisions taken were made. The process of managing curricular change requires careful planning and an acceptance that it will take time to embed. The most successful schools often pilot elements of change with a few people in order to iron out potential problems and develop a small team of ambassadors who can work with colleagues. It is important that great schools are always evaluating and revising their curriculum. |
INCLUDED IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
| History Units of Learning History End of Unit Assessments Long Term Overview Progression Overview Knowledge Organisers History Vocabulary Overviews Knowledge Retention Snapshot Pupil Voice Template Geography Units of Learning Geography End of Unit Assessments Long Term Overview Progression Overview Knowledge Organisers Geography Vocabulary Overviews Knowledge Retention Snapshot Pupil Voice Template Science Units of Learning Science End of Unit Assessments Long Term Overview Progression Overview Knowledge Organisers Science Vocabulary Overviews Knowledge Retention Snapshot Pupil Voice Template Golden Threads for History Golden Threads for Geography | History Mixed-age Units Geography Mixed-age Units Science Mixed-age Units History Mixed-age Vocab Overview Geography Mixed-age Vocab Overview Science Mixed-age Vocab Overview History Timelines Geography Maps #Historybites Early Years Units of Learning Early Years Overview Nursery Planning Reflection Videos Art & Design Curriculum Progression Maps Knowledge Organisers Knowledge Retention Snapshot Pupil Voice Template Design Technology Curriculum Progression Maps Design Technology Knowledge Organisers Knowledge Retention Snapshot Pupil Voice Template Video Library Blogs Customer Support |
? FIND OUT MORE
If you don’t subscribe to our curriculum but want to know more, there are a number of ways you can find out more:
Book a one on one demo over zoom
Book a place on one of our demo sessions
Sign up for a free trial
Watch our Explainer Video
View a free unit and end of unit assessment for Year 4 History
View a free unit and end of unit assessment for Year 1 Geography
View a free unit for Year 6 Science
Read what other schools have been saying about it
Read extracts where Ofsted has mentioned our curriculum
Check out our frequently asked questions on the website
Thank you for reading. We now send out a termly newsletter to keep you up to date with what’s new on the learning challenge curriculum. To be added to this newsletter, please email us at customerservice@focus-education.co.uk
We will also announce new updates as and when they happen on our twitter account. Follow us at @FocusEd_LCC
