Co-curricular thinking

By Barry Mansfield2022-05-11T08:00:00

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The disruption of the pandemic should shake up our thinking when it comes to curriculum planning

The last two years have been challenging, to say the least. The disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed many in education to start thinking about how we loosen traditional curriculum demands. Co-curricular activities foster ingenuity, imagination and collaborative instinct in our students. In this article, director of Halcyon London International School, Barry Mansfield, suggests that perhaps it’s time to focus on the student and get creative in our science teaching.

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