Depends on staff enthusiasm for the subject.

Solutions: good opportunity for practical work, field trips.

Really easy to link cross-curricular teaching to other topics etc.

Hidden curriculum - teachers bias for their lack of skill gets projected on the pupils.

Can be disregarded and seen as not a priority.

Solutions: it can be taught flexibly in different environments.

Lots of possibility for trips.

Make art fun and keep switching up with mediums being used so pupils experience all types of art.

Not seen as a core subject at primary. Not in SATS, but yet seen as a priority in secondary school - pupils not prepared.

Solutions: very adaptable, can be made relevant to suit your class, get creative.

Loads of online free resources and schemes, easy to use.

Hard to be creative.

Teachers - nervous with delivery of content/subject knowledge/area of expertise.

Solutions: Trips - great for pupils and teachers knowledge.

Solutions: Local business can offer experience days. Trips to museums and exhibits. Using the natural environment to investigate e.g. bugs

Lack of creativity within the topic for children.

Solutions: include creative activities by using twinkl and pinterest as a base.

Sequencing to learning is all over the shop depending on where it's taught within Key Stages.

Chronological timeline is tricky to teach - ensuring misconceptions are addressed.

Solutions: teaching in a way of 'learning from ....' rather than 'this happened'.

Putting into real world context and why the learning is relevant today.

• focus on process

• staff CPD

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Lack of staff enthusiasm/attitude.

Lack of equipment.

PE kit changing time is time consuming.

Lack of PE time on the curriculum.

Takes a back seat in terms of importance.

Solutions:

Wearing PE kits all day.

Staff CPD.

Staff join in with PE to show its importance to everybody not just kids!

PE Coordinator passionate.

how to teach phonics to non verbal children and assess understanding

solutions

recognition of sounds and using symbol cards

solution - incorporate this in other lessons - like science or English

solution - pictorially represented questions.

• Lack of training for staff

• lack of resources

• low profile

Solutions-

• provide training for staff.

  
  

children that struggle with creative writing

children may feel like they will get it wrong

Solutions-

Pictural representations of story ideas

clear success criteria