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Added: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:17:09 UTC

Thanks to Bernard Hurley for the link.

There is a wholesale review of the National Curriculum for English schools happening right now, and we need you to make your voice heard!

The Department for Education (DfE) has put out a call for opinions and evidence about the shape and content of the new curriculum in England.

Take Action! by submitting a response to the consultation. The deadline for responses is April 14th, so you still have time to get a response in!

The Review of the English National Curriculum is quite limited and only focuses on some core subjects. It does cover topics including science and Citizenship Education – both of which we suggest you respond to. It is really concerning, however, that it simply misses out Religious Education (RE) and also Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education, which includes Sex and Relationships Education (SRE). Although RE is not on the National Curriculum at present, it is a compulsory subject for all schools to teach. We have worked for many years to have RE made a National Curriculum subject, and we recommend that you urge the Review to take it into consideration. The government has announced that it will be making an internal review of PSHE Education later this year, however there are no details on whether they will consult with external groups and the public on this. We think that not including PSHE Education in this review is a missed opportunity, and we suggest that you make that point too in your response.

Take Action! by submitting a response to the consultation arguing for a National Curriculum which:

Includes Religious Education as a National Curriculum subject, which includes a broad and balanced curriculum about different religious and non-religious beliefs, including Humanism

Includes teaching on the value of science as a way of finding out knowledge.

Also includes evolution, the most important idea underpinning biological science, as a compulsory subject in the primary curriculum (it is not at the moment) and throughout secondary science

Maintains Citizenship Education on the National Curriculum. Citizenship education ensures that all young people are able to access the knowledge they require to take their place in society. It supports young people’s development as citizens with critical faculties who are socially and morally responsible.

Includes Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education, including Sex and Relationships Education (SRE), as a compulsory part of the National Curriculum and a subject to which all children are entitled

Writing your submission Below, we’ve included some key points you might wish to make. Submissions can be as short or as long as you would like but the more detail you put in, the more impact your views will have on the review.

Read on

TAGGED: ACTIVISM, CHILDREN, EDUCATION