former primary school head teacher, Bill Laar has been a local authority inspector in Birmingham, Oxfordshire and London, where he was deputy director of education. He was patron of National Primary Heads (NPH) and is a well-known speaker. He has written for school leaders and teachers on inspection, learning, literacy and leadership. Having worked for nearly 15 years as a senior lecturer in education at Oxford Brookes University, Jackie Holderness is now the education officer at Christ Church Cathedral. She is also involved in several local initiatives which focus on the creative arts.

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• Chapters include: 1. Learning With and Through Nature 2. The Window 3. A STEAM Curriculum Initiative 4. The Broad and Balanced Curriculum Enriched by IT 5. An Enriched and International Curriculum 6. Learning Outside the Classroom 7. Partnership Enrichment Through Shared Stories, Creativity and Gardening 8. Languages in the Primary Curriculum 9. Role Play and Stories 10. Creating a Community of Learners 11. Writing Reclaimed 12. Dance and Music in the Classroom 13. Drama Across the Primary Curriculum 14. Chess in the Curriculum 15. Building Goblin Cars 16. A Creative Approach to History in the Curriculum 17. Artists in School: Specialist Teaching in the Arts 18. The Reclaimed Curriculum

former primary school head teacher, Bill Laar has been a local authority inspector in Birmingham, Oxfordshire and London, where he was deputy director of education. He was patron of National Primary Heads (NPH) and is a well-known speaker. He has written for school leaders and teachers on inspection, learning, literacy and leadership. Having worked for nearly 15 years as a senior lecturer in education at Oxford Brookes University, Jackie Holderness is now the education officer at Christ Church Cathedral. She is also involved in several local initiatives which focus on the creative arts.

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• Chapters include: 1. Learning With and Through Nature 2. The Window 3. A STEAM Curriculum Initiative 4. The Broad and Balanced Curriculum Enriched by IT 5. An Enriched and International Curriculum 6. Learning Outside the Classroom 7. Partnership Enrichment Through Shared Stories, Creativity and Gardening 8. Languages in the Primary Curriculum 9. Role Play and Stories 10. Creating a Community of Learners 11. Writing Reclaimed 12. Dance and Music in the Classroom 13. Drama Across the Primary Curriculum 14. Chess in the Curriculum 15. Building Goblin Cars 16. A Creative Approach to History in the Curriculum 17. Artists in School: Specialist Teaching in the Arts 18. The Reclaimed Curriculum