Primary Huh 2: Primary curriculum leadership conversations

Huh is the Egyptian god of endlessness, creativity, fertility, and regeneration. Mary Myatt and John Tomsett have adopted him as their god of the school curriculum. Their first book in the Huh series focused on how school practitioners design the Key Stage 3 curriculum. Primary Huh 2 is a companion book to Primary Huh, which focused on the curriculum of each individual subject from EYFS to Year 6. It gives a platform to practitioners who lead on the broader issues of primary curriculum design, including shaping the curriculum for mixed-age classes, designing and implementing a cross-MAT curriculum, building the "cradle to career" curriculum, timetabling, assessment, transition, and diversity.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 26 June 2022
Publisher: John Catt Educational Ltd

Huh, the Egyptian deity of boundless creativity, fertility, and regeneration, has been embraced as the god of the school curriculum by Mary Myatt and John Tomsett. Their first book in the Huh series, titled "Designing the Key Stage 3 Curriculum," gained immense popularity, leading to calls for a similar resource on the primary curriculum. Supported by their primary colleagues Rachel Higginson, Lekha Sharma, and Emma Turner, Mary and John conducted extensive interviews with over 30 primary practitioners to explore their approaches to curriculum design. Given the diverse nature of primary schools across the country, they encountered numerous context-dependent complexities in their work. For instance, designing a curriculum for small primary schools involves navigating the challenge of teaching the same subject to three different year groups in a single class.

The conversations confirmed the intricate nature of shaping a primary school curriculum. The wisdom gained from the genuine experts Mary and John interviewed was invaluable, resulting in a wealth of material that exceeded the capacity of a single volume. Consequently, "Primary Huh," a compilation of twenty-one of those thirty-plus conversations, focused on the curriculum of each individual subject from Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) to Year 6. In this companion book, "Primary Huh 2," Mary and John provide a platform for practitioners who lead on broader issues of primary curriculum design, including shaping the curriculum for mixed-age classes, designing and implementing a cross-MAT curriculum, building the "cradle to career" curriculum, timetabling, assessment, transition, and diversity.

"Primary Huh 2" is filled with authentic voices grappling with the endless challenges of primary curriculum design. The book offers valuable insights and practical strategies for educators seeking to create engaging and effective curricula that meet the diverse needs of their students. Whether you are a primary teacher, a curriculum specialist, or a school leader, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in advancing the quality of education in our primary schools.

Weight: 300g
Dimension: 210 x 148 x 7 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781915261311