CONTENTS Dear Reader,


Welcome to the latest issue of Education Today. We have a bumper issue for you this month which we hope you will enjoy in the run up to


Christmas, with three features looking at cultural education and its importance as a means to extending and enriching learning. In our first feature on the subject, we take a look at Leicester’s Spark Festival, which is set to return in February next year; in our second look at the topic, we were delighted to catch up with Will Crawford, guitarist, music educator, and founder of the ‘mindfulness through music’ wellbeing company, quietnote, who discusses his work with the Cheltenham Music Festival on their ‘Musicate Programme’; while in our third feature (and staying with Cheltenham Festivals) we hear from Pip Claridge, Learning & Participation Manager, Music & Jazz, and Michael Duffy, Head of Programming, Cheltenham Music Festival, from the organisation, who talk about their experience in music education and why it should be at the heart of primary education.


Elsewhere we have all our regulars on hand


to offer insight and advice, and a lovely View from the classroom from Kathryn Pennington, Headteacher at East Hunsbury Primary School. Remember, we love to hear from you, you can get in touch with us via Twitter @EdTodayMag, as well as by phone or email.


With all that then, and the end of 2022 upon us, it just remains to all of us here at Education Today to wish you, our readers, a restful (and well-deserved!) Christmas break and to look forward to a peaceful and prosperous 2023. Merry Christmas and enjoy the issue!


Enjoy the issue!


Jonathan Swift Managing Editor


In this issue... 04-10 NEWS


Selected stories from the UK education scene this month


06 FOCUS ON: THE STEMS SKILL GAP 12 WELLBEING


With Mark Solomons, Founder of Welbee 13 VIEWS


With authors Lorna Williams and Colin Howard; and Charlotte Rowley on leadership


14 BESA CORNER


With BESA members Discovery Education and Smooga


16-17 VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM


We hear from Kathryn Pennington, Headteacher at East Hunsbury Primary School 18 CONTRIBUTORS


With Veronica Singampalli and Kirsty Bertenshaw 19 SPOTLIGHT ON SEND


With Sarah Templeton and Hannah Rix 20-25 VIEWS & OPINION


Featuring comment and insight from the UK education sector


Featuring Pip Claridge and Michael Duffy of Cheltenham Festivals


32-33 COMPUTING & IT RESOURCES 36-39 SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS


Featuring comment from Nigel Aylwin-Foster, ReEnergise Projects Ltd


40-41 BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE & REFURBISHMENT 42-43 RECRUITMENT


Selected job opportunities from talentedteacherjobs.co.uk


26-27 FEATURE FOCUS: CULTURAL EDUCATION


A look ahead to Leicester’s Spark Festival


28-29 FEATURE FOCUS: CULTURAL EDUCATION


With Will Crawford of quietnote


30-31 FEATURE FOCUS: CULTURAL EDUCATION


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