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Saturday, 26 September 2026

NPP 20: I think I have learned something. My thinking has changed.

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  This series of blogs is to document our learning as we work on our National Priorities Project . We are looking at what our Year 7 French ...
Thursday, 24 September 2026

Young people in Mental Distress. What could it possibly be?

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 Many years ago in Mexico City, a friend and I came across a stall selling magnetic health bracelets. My friend (a scientist) asked the stal...
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Sunday, 20 September 2026

NPP 19: Cognitive Load and Inclusion

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  In an earlier post in this series on our National Priorities Project , I looked at how thinking about our Year 7 French Art Exhibition hel...
Saturday, 19 September 2026

NPP 18: The French Art Exhibition itself

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 It has occured to me that after 17 posts on our National Priorities Project , I haven't really outlined our Year 7 French Art Exhibitio...
Sunday, 13 September 2026

NPP 17: Transactional Role Plays

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   Our National Priorities Project is using the lens of our Year 7 French Exhibition to examine the rest of our curriculum. And Transactiona...
Monday, 7 September 2026

NPP 16: Rewriting KS3 Booklets - examples from the Food Unit and House Unit

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 In the last post , I showed how I rewrote our French Art Exhibition Unit in the light of our reflections on self expression, accuracy, eng...

NPP 15: Rewriting our KS3 Art booklet. Meaning, Mechanics and Distraction.

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 I have spent a week re-writing our KS3 booklets. This was as a result of our day working as a department to pull apart our curriculum . We ...

NPP 14: In which I temporarily lose some patience with the argument for mechanical accuracy over self-expression.

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 ln our National Priorities Project we are examining whether our Year 7 French Art Exhibition drives language learning or detracts from it,...

NPP 13: Attitude to Error and the wider curriculum

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 In our National Priorities Project, we are looking at our curriculum through the lens of our Year 7 French Art Exhibition. What lessons can...

NPP 12: The Art Exhibition and Attitude to Error

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 Here are some examples of pupils' work for the French Art Exhibition from 2026. Most people's initial reaction is that this is a be...