The Synergy project for primary schools

Abstract

The Cambridge International Dictionary of English defines the word "synergy" as the combined power of a group of things when they are working together which is greater than the total power achieved by each working separately. This was precisely the intended effect of the bringing together of a group of thirteen people including an assistant director, three Education Officers, one subject Coordinator and eight peripatetic teachers from the Art, Music, Drama and Complementary Educaation sections of the Curriculum Department. These officers designed and piloted a project intended to present to teachers of Year Two classes a gamut of theme-related teaching strategies that could appeal to children of different abilities and personalities.