• Question: If you could change one thing about the school curriculum to include something you feel should be studied more or less what would you change? What do you personally think are important or relevant subjects to be studied more?

    Asked by acts532stob63 to Millie R, Lisa R, Lauren G, Ester, Caroline, Alice on 20 Jan 2026.
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      Millie Race answered on 20 Jan 2026:

      I think I would try to include more recent research in science lessons to show how much we are still learning about the world, from my field in developmental biology I think it’s so amazing how much we are still learning about how human embryos grow from a single cell to a complicated human baby in only 9 months! I would also like to try and plan lessons about thinking creatively in science, like how to plan experiments that are new and exciting and how to figure out what went wrong when your experiment fails

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      Caroline Mullen answered on 20 Jan 2026: last edited 20 Jan 2026 12:55

      I used to be a science teacher, so I only know the science curriculum well, but my overall thoughts are that there is too much focus on memorising things like physics equations, complex chemical analyses and biological terms, when in reality to be a good scientist or have good scientific skills in other jobs, we need curiosity, problem solving abilities and critical thinking. I think you would get this by doing more independent work and projects, but unfortunately we’d need smaller classes and more teacher time which isn’t available in schools at the moment.

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    eleanormerson commented on :

    I think Maths as it relates to personal finance should be taught more. Specifically, how to calculate compound interest, and how much different things appreciate and depreciate by.

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    Nazia commented on :

    I think in science, there should be a unit on dinosaurs and other extinct species. We had some amazing animals and plants like giant sloth like creatures that most people don’t know about unless they go to university and study evolution. Also, I would put some astronomy into the combined science curriculum as this is just in separate Physics now. It is really interesting and I think everyone should be able to have access to space science at school