The North East Curriculum
Topping the tables of childhood wellbeing and achievement, in the last few years there has been a growing trend for policy makers to aspire to Scandinavian models of education. Never wanting to be out of fashion, SCHOOLS NorthEast has also been inspired by ideas from our friends over the North Sea.
Learning about your localities heritage, culture and development is a key element of the curriculum in Norway each area regionalising content. Research has shown that increasing people’s sense of place and understanding of their region can have significant impacts on economic development. With the need to raise aspirations of young people and the pressure to retain talented young people in the North East well documented in the region’s economic strategy, SCHOOLS Northeast is investigating the development of a North East curriculum.
The scope of this project is huge, so to stimulate thinking we will be holding a symposium in the near future to gather a wide range of ideas from across education, business, government, the cultural and creative sector and community leaders. If you are interested in being involved please get in touch and please send us your examples of local learning resources and lesson ideas.
For further information contact Beccy Earnshaw on 0191 2805563 or info@schoolsnortheast.com.