by Paul Martin | Nov 11, 2019 | Knowledge Rich School
I’ve got no shame in saying it: I love Calamity Jane. Doris Day was my first heroine before I even knew what a heroine was, and even then I instinctively recognised in Ol’ Calam’ herself something that would often be a hallmark of the characters that Doris Day played... 
by Paul Martin | Dec 13, 2018 | Knowledge Rich School
Say no to Gradgrind, and Yes to Scrooge and Creativity… One of the most frequently heard criticisms of a Knowledge-Rich curriculum is that it will turn all teachers into domineering lecturers, presiding over row after row of bowed heads, repeating sentence after... 
by Paul Martin | Nov 19, 2018 | Amethyst Academy, Knowledge Rich School
On Friday 16th November the Amethyst Academies trust held it’s first conference speaking about our experiences moving to a Knowledge Rich Curriculum. We were joined by colleagues from across the West Midlands keen to find out more about our journey, how we approached... 
by admin | Nov 8, 2018 | Knowledge Rich School
Wolverhampton, home of the Amethyst Trust, is hardly renowned for… well, for very much at all really. Year after year we Wulfrunians must suffer the fate of our beloved city being slated in articles which run down our culture, our environment, our facilities – even... 
by admin | Oct 22, 2018 | Knowledge Rich School
We had the outline. We had the skeleton. We even had the will, and the intent. But still our curriculum hadn’t yet come alive… Thinking about the next steps in developing our Knowledge-Rich curriculum in the Amethyst Trust led me to thinking about another favourite... 
by admin | Oct 15, 2018 | Knowledge Rich School
“Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog” So said Matilda in Roald Dahl’s brilliant book of the same name, the inspiration for generations of children up and down the country, including myself at their age....
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