Sequencing the Primary Curriculum

This essential guide provides trainee and early career teachers with a practical framework for structuring the entire primary curriculum, moving beyond individual lesson planning to master the art of long-term educational sequencing. It demonstrates how to weave key National Curriculum content throughout your teaching plans, ensuring balanced and cohesive learning across all subjects. The book breaks down the fundamentals of curriculum design into actionable steps, transforming overwhelming requirements into a manageable teaching roadmap. For educators building their subject knowledge, this approach ensures that critical content isn't just covered but meaningfully threaded through students' entire learning journey.

What sets this resource apart is its focus on the connective tissue between lessons and subjects—the often-overlooked sequencing that makes learning stick. New teachers will find particular value in the clear methodology for aligning daily instruction with broader curriculum goals without sacrificing creativity or engagement. The guidance helps prevent the common pitfall of treating curriculum subjects as isolated silos, instead showing how to create cross-curricular links that deepen understanding. This isn't just another teaching manual but a strategic toolkit for designing learning experiences where each lesson purposefully builds toward the next, ultimately creating more impactful and coherent education for primary students.