Major new changes are being proposed for the primary school curriculum.It includes teaching about sex and consent at an earlier stage and less time on religi...
Major new changes are being proposed for the primary school curriculum.Under the draft proposals by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment , sex, consent, and different family structures would be taught earlier.Foreign languages would also be taught in primary school, along with a greater focus on other people's cultures.
Dr Patrick Sullivan, from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, says the primary school curriculum hasn't had major reform for 25 years. "When we think about our world and how it's changed even more recently, just to bring up Brexit for a moment, means we are the only English speaking country now in the EU, so modern foreign languages become important there too.The NCCA is asking for feedback on five areas of the curriculum, with a consultation process open from today until the 7th of June.
The curriculum areas include, arts education, modern foreign languages, primary language, science and technology, social and environmental, and wellbeing.
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