- Professional trust – thoughtful, principled decisions for the pupils
- Remember why you got into this – the start of the year as a fresh start, clean slate – there’s a lot that grinds you down, this approach uplifts and empowers you
- What does it mean to be a curriculum-maker?
- What kind of educator does this approach invite/allow you to be? How does that make you feel?
- Bringing your own curiosity, joy and expertise into every text
- What is your own relationship with the texts you’ve chosen? What are you excited to share? How will you share this curiosity and joy with pupils?
- How will you champion this approach in your classroom/in the staffroom/at the school gates?
- Adapting with confidence
- What joyful ideas can you bring to the text you’ll explore this half term?
Professional habits that help this approach flourish
