Peterborough Curriculum

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Peterborough Curriculum is being jointly designed by young people, schools and local organisations, inspired by Peterborough’s past, present and future. It aims to reflect local priorities and values and connect local people with education.

Website: http://www.thersa.org/projects/citizen-power/the-peterborough-curriculum2
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Recent events and the Peterborough Curriculum Portal

Dogsthorpe Junior School and Railworld Conference at Peterborough Town Hall, Friday 16 September

BACK TO THE FUTURE!

Ever wanted to tell the Mayor what the future of Peterborough should look like?

In September, around eighty Year 5 pupils from Dogsthorpe Junior School did just that. As conference delegates for a day, the students met with Mayor Paula Thacker and Councillors Janet Goodwin and Bella Saltmarsh at Peterborough Town Hall to brainstorm and vote on ideas for the future of Peterborough.

Students were asked to vote on what they'd like to see in Peterborough, using a red card for no and a green card for yes. Skyscrapers or parks? Water taxis or bicycle lanes? Shopping centres or museums?

Students also took part in workshops on the future of Peterborough, looking at:

1) What the environment in Peterborough might look like in the future (organised by Jill Foster from PECT). Will there be more rain? More snow? A beach?

2) The future of transport (hosted by John Turner from Railworld), including the chance to try out a hovercraft and a hydrogen powered car.

3) The past, present and future of the buildings in Peterborough (run by Alice Kershaw from Opportunity Peterborough).

The conference arose out of a new partnership between Dogsthorpe Junior School and local heritage attraction Railworld, one of several local partnerships formed as part of the Peterborough Curriculum project. You can read more about the project and other partnerships here.

The Mayor has invited the students from Dogsthorpe for refreshment in the Mayor's parlour, so it looks like the conference might just be the start of a beautiful partnership!

The Peterborough Curriculum Portal

'A one-stop-shop for educators, young people and parents to discover opportunities and resources for learning across Peterborough'.

Visit the Curriculum Portal website to find out more.

Find out more about the Peterborough Curriculum and get involved by clicking on the following links...

See a list of potential Community Partners here.

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29th November: What would you like to take forward? 2 Replies

Any links, relationships, ideas or conversations that you wish to pursue?Continue

Started by Louise Thomas. Last reply by Louise Thomas Dec 16, 2010.

29th November: What surprised you? What did you learn? 3 Replies

Participants at the event on Monday please post your answers below!Continue

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Who are the organisations in Peterborough that we should know about? 6 Replies

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Comment by Rachel Rouncefield on June 20, 2011 at 9:45am: A colleague and I attended the event last Monday - had some brilliant conversations with all the exhibitors and came away with good list of local resources for delivering learning opportunities locally.

My colleague and I were looking with learning for all Peterborough residents in mind - including the unemployed but very interested, and young adults. What struck us was the amazing opportunities being missed to engage voluntary help or involvement from the aforementioned groups due to a simple lack of transport or assistance to get to some of the projects.

For example my colleague works with some individuals who would gladly offer some of their time to assist/volunteer with train projects but do not have their own transport or resource available to get the bus 10 miles to do so.

Anyone have any brilliant ideas of how to support with these issues?

Comment by Louise Thomas on January 10, 2011 at 12:45pm

Quick update:

New term, new set of activities around getting schools and communities linked up! We're still hearing from more partners keen to get involved who we didn't manage to be in touch with last term, including:

Peterborough United FC (I'm meeting them tomorrow

Sacrewell Farm (all sorts on offer there - from organic farming business to agricultural heritage, to a working farm - sounds like a goldmine for schools)

Cross Keys Homes (trying to set up an initial meeting - could be a really interesting link, especially for schools like Dogsthorpe Junior School - many of whose students live in housing managed by Cross Keys)

We're also working hard to ensure we involve a more diverse range of ethnic and faith groups in the project - Peterborough's diversity being one of the most exciting potential features to bring into the school curriculum.

The Peterborough Curriculum portal is being conceived and designed so that schools and organisations that want to work with schools or have something to offer can access each other through a 'one stop shop'. Everyone we've been in touch with so far will be invited to provide information to go on this once we know what we can display.

Finally, lots going on inside the partner schools, mapping existing relationships, and the social and geographical worlds of the children so we can measure the impact of the project.

Phew! Think that's it for January. More updates soon.

Comment by Kirsty Martin on October 21, 2010 at 8:45am: Re:- Recycled Christmas Tree Competition - 2010

Yes it’s that time of year again when we would like to promote recycling at Christmas amongst the Primary Schools in Peterborough. We are pleased to announce that this year we will be working in Partnership with Peterborough United, to promote environmental sustainability in the community.
This year’s competition is to design and make a recycled Christmas tree and decorations using “recyclable” materials. This will be held in at the Peterborough United Ground on Thursday 9th December 2010 at 10.00am. If you would like your Peterborough Primary School to enter the competition then please contact me on kirsty.martin@peterborough.gov.uk; entries need to be in my 26 November 2010

Comment by Charlotte Young on June 3, 2010 at 11:39am: Did you know... The RSA developed the idea of an Area Based Curriculum through a pilot project in Manchester.

The reports are definitely worth a read - the challenges raised and the recommendations made in them will help to inform the Peterborough Curriculum, taking the idea of an area based curriculum to an exciting new level!

Comment by RSA Projects Team on May 31, 2010 at 9:39am: There's information about the RSA's Area Based Curriculum project here:

http://www.thersa.org/projects/area-based-curriculum