Why do we use a spiral curriculum when designing a curriculum?

Описание: What is a spiral curriculum?

A spiral curriculum is one in which there is an iterative revisiting of topics, subjects or themes throughout the course. A spiral curriculum is not simply the repetition of a topic taught. It requires also the deepening of it, with each successive encounter building on the previous one.

How can it be used in curriculum design?

The curriculum needs to have a coherent path through the key stages to allow students to develop the knowledge and skills that will allow them to reach their full potential. This begins with a well structures KS3 curriculum leading on from what students have coved as set out in the national curriculum at KS2, whilst also providing students with both the substantive knowledge and disciplinary knowledge that they will need to help reach their potential at KS4.

The KS4 curriculum is designed to build on what students have studied at KS3. The Science curriculum is based on maximising retention of knowledge through an individualised departmental designed spiral-curriculum, meeting the needs of the learners in the academies, with topics being revisited and developed each year. This allows pupils to progress through the science curriculum, new knowledge gets systematically integrated into pre-existing knowledge. This forms larger concepts and new ones