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What are te values of expressive arts in Primary Education?

“The expressive arts provide opportunities to explore thinking, refine, and communicate ideas, engaging thinking, imagination and senses creatively. They also promote exploration of issues of personal and cultural identity. Engagement with the expressive arts requires application, perseverance and close attention to detail, capacities that have benefits across learning more widely.” (Donaldson,2015). The value of expressive art activities within Primary Education is vastly increasing as the years go on. Over the last couple of years, it is becoming far more important for children to do mindfulness activities, do colour-therapy activities and also just to do any sort of activity that might increase well-being (such as being outdoors) as it can release a lot of stress and anxiety that children may have and will have a positive effect on their overall well-being. One of the main factors to expressive arts is creativity, and how creative we are being within and outside of the classr...
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What is the value of the Welsh Language in Primary Education?

Some history of the Welsh Language includes: “ Most European languages, including Welsh, evolved from a language that we now call Indo-European, which in turn developed into nine language groups, one of which was Celtic. The Celtic language also had its own family of languages, some of which died out over the centuries. Those that survived migrated from mainland Europe to the western islands of Britain and Ireland. Welsh may not be spoken as much as English, but it is actually the oldest language in Britain . The passing of the 1536 and 1542 Acts of Union brought a significant change to the official use of Welsh. The purpose of the Acts of Union was to integrate Wales with England. Therefore, English became the official language of business in Wales. During this time it was not possible for any Welsh speaker to hold office in Wales without becoming fluent in English. Although the language was not officially banned, it lost all status because of these restrictions. Over the next fo...
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How can science and technology activites be made engaging and relevent in Primary Education?

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How can Science and Technology activities be made engaging and relevant in Primary Education? Science and Technology are a massive part of our school curriculum and are vital elements of any practical or theoretical learning. Science allows us to observe, to evaluate and to collect knowledge and data and then technology allows us to apply this knowledge collected in a practical way, it also can be what the experiment or observation is conducted on, and it can allow us to gather the best results for our experiments. Looking at Science and Technology within the welsh curriculum, Donaldson explains to us that, ‘ This Area of Learning and Experience capitalises on children and young people’s curiosity about our natural, physical world and universe though investigating, understanding, and explaining. They learn to generate and test ideas, gather evidence, make observations, carry out practical investigations, and communicate with others. They also learn how through computer science...
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The value of nature pedagogy in Primary Education

Nature is such a huge part of primary education and school life for children. In fact, within the United Kingdom; learning outdoors is a requirement for the curriculum. There are so many benefits to learning outdoors in nature and becoming more connected to nature. Firstly, there are many physical benefits to being outdoors in nature and getting lots of fresh air. For example, if you spend just half an hour outside every day walking around nature; you not only getting clear air into your lungs but you are also making your heart much stronger and healthier. Also, if you are walking in an area that is possibly a forest or a garden then you are also increasing your muscle strength and building muscle onto your body. In addition to this, children who are more active within nature have a lower BMI and have more improved and refined motor abilities.   Furthermore, it is not only physically you develop from being outdoors it is also emotionally too. Being within nature for periods o...
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My pedogocial principles

If I was to run a school and put pedagogical principles in place, I would first think about how I would like the school to be run. For example, my dream school would be very inclusive, diverse, welcoming and trustworthy. To start with inclusive; I would do my very best to ensure that all children are included in every possible way in order to make their school education as equal and as fun as any other child . In order to do this, I could I make some physical changes to the school. If there was children within the school who have a physical disability then taking part in activities may be hard for them. In order for them to become equal I would add things like ramps to all school entrance’s to ensure that they had access to all area’s of the school so they could participate. Also, I would have a room where the floor is covered in soft mats in order for the children who have a physical disability to be able to take part in subjects like Physical Education and Games; instead of them not...
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