Covers the contribution of arts to children's learning from Art and Design, Design for Technology to Drama and Music. The book also looks at the state of the arts in primary schools, and includes an evaluation of the relationships between the arts and those moral, spiritual, cultural and social values which impinge on all aspects of the arts and arts education. Each subject within the arts curriculum is considered separately to illustrate the general and specific issues which influence the work of the class teacher. The book also takes on the current thorny issue of assessment, recording and...

This book provides an in-depth exploration of how to plan, implement and assess a rigorous and thorough outdoor early-years curriculum that compliments classroom-based learning and meets the Early Learning Goals through its: Specific emphasis on planning based on the Foundation Stage's six areas of learning; Practical real-life case studies that display the benefits of an outdoor curriculum in relation to learning; Inclusion of records and detailed exemplars of particular sessions that provide evidence of how the model works; Consideration of staff roles, what is expected from them and how...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.