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Head, heart, hands and bay: Transforming education through place

This year's tenth anniversary of UK Children’s Mental Health week took the theme ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’, focusing on resilience, confidence and wellbeing. Sharing this, the...

The case for acknowledging teacher beliefs for effective multilingualism in primary schools

In today’s globalised world, classrooms are becoming increasingly multilingual. This development calls for a reevaluation of traditional monolingual teaching methods and a move towards...

A tapestry of love and trust in ethnographic research with preschool children

Embarking on a PhD journey is often likened to navigating a sea of uncertainties and self-doubt (Woolston, 2021). However, my research on wellbeing with preschool children has been a...

The politics of handwriting: What is the purpose of prescriptive handwriting lessons in 2024?

How often do you handwrite and for what purpose? Perhaps you’ll write a birthday card, notes or a shopping list. No matter the context, is there a need for handwriting to be perfect? In English...

We need a revolution in the primary curriculum for England, not an evolution

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practice

Like many headteachers in the state sector, I was excited in 2024 when the newly elected Labour government called for a curriculum and assessment review. Many of us in the primary phase (ages...