In this episode…

Mandy Richardson, owner of Naturally Learning nurseries in Cornwall, talks to us about how she created the Cornish Curriculum with her team. Mandy shares with us the details of her curriculum and some challenges along the way, including challenging Ofsted, practicalities of an outdoor nursery, defining what school readiness means to you, the ‘Cornish Connection’, teaching diversity in a ‘non-diverse’ area, authentic cultural representation and more…

 

Read Mandy’s article here:

https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/the-cornish-curriculum/

 

This episode is sponsored by Funding Loop:

Funding Loop automates the process for nurseries of collecting funding forms from parents and typing that information into council portals. Funding Loop is used by over 2000 nurseries including over 80% of the top 25 nursery chains in the UK including Busy Bees.

To find out more visit: https://www.fundingloop.co.uk/home

 

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Episode break down:

00:00 – Welcome!
02:00 – Naturally Learning settings in Cornwall
03:55 – The ‘Cornish Connection’
06:00 – Challenging Ofsted
07:45 – Where do we begin when structuring a curriculum?
10:00 – Inspiration from the Fibonacci sequence
12:00 – The 7 areas of the Cornish Curriculum
14:00 – What does school readiness mean to you?
16:00 – How can we be diverse in a ‘non-diverse’ area?
18:00 – Authentic cultural representation
21:00 – Building the foundations of respect & curiosity
22:40 – Pedagogy or curriculum?
28:00 – Skills vs knowledge
31:00 – Practicalities of an outdoor nursery
32:50 – Risk assessing with children
35:00 – Risks that have been assessed

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