Our vision is based on the principles of 'Excellence and Enjoyment' and 'Every Child Matters'. CLJ aims to underpin, support and improve children's learning in the basic skills resulting in staff and pupils being enthused about teaching and learning in cross-curricular themes.

in this issue...
> The Creative Learning Journey... encompasses the new National Curriculum
> CLJ - The journey goes on... delivering the curriculum in a meaningful framework
> CLJ - Updated web site
> CLJ - and Scotland
> CLJ - with thanks

CLJ - The months ahead

As the new national primary curriculum begins to unfold, the CLJ remains committed to supporting schools to deliver a creative curriculum as they create their own curriculum to meet the specific needs of their children. The CLJ provides the framework for every school to create a truly valuable curriculum. The current CLJ resources meet every aspect of the National Curriculum and we are constantly reviewing all areas of learning. The new National Curriculum, due to take effect as of September 2011, has already been high on CLJ's list of reviews. CLJ will be adapting the current resources and online tools to meet these new curriculum progressions and has already written most of the programmes to develop the New National Curriculum in to the format all CLJ users are familiar with.

In the very near future all CLJ subscribers will have the option to use the current National Curriculum layout for the CLJ and also the NEW National Curriculum progression skills. This will enable all CLJ schools to be ahead with their planning and topic wheels ready for 2011.

The CLJ offers all schools the chance to keep up to date with Government legislation. The opportunity to choose from either curriculum, so planning from now until September 2011 then beyond 2011 all at your finger tips. CLJ is the answer for all schools looking for that creative curriculum that spans both the current and the new, keeping your school and teachers fully up-to-date with the latest resources.

The integrated topic wheels bring the progression skills and breadth of learning into the weekly, monthly and half term plans culminating in the pupil assessment. This will give schools the support they need to deliver an exciting, imaginative curriculum allowing them to develop the children's enthusiasm and thirst for knowledge.

The cross curricular links in both the present national curriculum and the new national curriculum can be made from the CLJ's topic wheels approach helping children to make connections with their learning.

As CLJ introduces the new national curriculum progression of skills topic wheels and planning modules over the next three months all schools will benefit from the success of a well and truly tested creative curriculum, designed to engage, motivate and stimulate children and staff in thousands of primary schools throughout the UK.

CLJ - The journey goes on...

The Creative Learning Journey evolved from an innovative purposeful project designed to enable schools to develop an original exciting and creative curriculum to re-ignite children's learning. Now the journey continues with every school facing the new challenge of devising its own individual curriculum. CLJ is meeting that challenge too with on-line resources and printed materials that will help schools to map out their own imaginative curriculum, identify individual skills, plan and assess in detail to deliver a valuable personalised curriculum to meet individual, school and community needs. The Creative Learning Journey focuses on a combination of personal learning skills for children combined with innovative and exciting ways to learn.

Creative Learning Journey - Web Site

The Creative Learning Journey is pleased to announce by the end of March 2010 we will be introducing our new look web site. A totally new design and feel, easier navigation and still with access to your on line resources.

CLJ and Scotland

England, Wales and now Scotland! We are absolutely delighted to announce we have been working very hard with an excellent primary school cluster based in Fife to make the Creative Learning Journey available to all Scottish primary schools. Working within the 'Curriculum for Excellence' guidelines, this new resource will be available within the next few months. Resulting in the provision of a 21st century curriculum for 21st century learners with the capacity to enable the issues around personalised learning to be met at all levels.

CLJ says thanks

We would like to take this opportunity to offer our appreciation and thanks to all of our schools who have helped in making The Creative Learning Journey the success it has become.

MANY THANKS TO YOU ALL