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National curriculum website relaunches to aid teacher planning

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By The Drum Team, Editorial

February 1, 2010 | 3 min read

Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) and the COI are to relaunch a website for the national curriculum which aims to be more teacher focussed.

The site, created by E3, has been redeveloped in order to become a daily resource for teachers which will save time and assist learning ahead of the new primary curriculum which will be introduced next year with entirely new content.

Teachers will now be able to use the site when planning their lessons and creating guidance materials including content created by teachers for teachers as they look to free up time and inspire one another.

The curriculum design tool which is available through the website will also allow teachers to create a case study library to share with others outside of each school.

Stuart Avery, joint MD of E3, explained: “QCDA commissioned research with teachers about how the national curriculum is used in schools and found that interactive tools and rich media content are favoured. On the new site, rather than featuring large amounts of text-based content, users will be able to interact with a number of collaboration tools such as a ‘curriculum design tool’ and ‘take the curriculum tour’ video.”

Paul Emmerson, QCDA's National Curriculum website development project manager, added: “We needed to engage with teachers and encourage them to use the site more so that they can familiarise themselves with the changing primary curriculum set for implementation in 2011. We’ve added an interactive Flash video to visually show how the curriculum will be changing and to help teachers to find content on the new site. The site will also show teachers how to work more efficiently and in a much more collaborative way.”

Phase one of the site launched last week with a second phase due in March.

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