Transcript Bickley Primary School

Bickley Primary School
A Guide for parents to the
New Primary Curriculum
Learning and Achievement for All
Department for Education
All local authority-maintained schools in England must
be teaching these programmes of study from
September 2014, with the following exceptions:
In the 2014 to 2015 academic year, all local authoritymaintained schools in England must teach pupils in
Years 2 and 6 the pre-2014 programmes of study
in English, mathematics and science
•these pupils will sit the current key stage 1 and 2
tests respectively
•new tests will be available from 2016
Every state-funded school must offer a curriculum which is
balanced and broadly based and which:
•promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical
development of pupils at the school and of society, and
•prepares pupils at the school for the opportunities,
responsibilities and experiences of later life.
Programmes of study for each national curriculum subject, set out
the ‘matters, skills and processes’ to be taught at each Key Stage.
Schools are free to choose how they organise their school day, as
long as the content of the national curriculum programmes of study
is taught to all pupils.
Major changes…
English
• Stronger emphasis on
vocabulary development,
grammar, punctuation and
spelling
• Reading is at the core of the
whole curriculum with a big
emphasis on reading for
pleasure both at home and at
school
• Handwriting is expected to be
fluent, legible and speedy
• Spoken English is given greater
emphasis, with children being
taught debating and
presentation skills
Maths
• Simple fractions (1/2 and ¼) will be
taught from KS1, and by the end of
KS2, children should be able to convert
decimal fractions to simple fractions
• By the age of 9, children will be
expected to know multiplication tables
up to 12x12
• Calculators will not be introduced until
near the end of KS2, to encourage
mental arithmetic
• The ability to solve maths problems is a
key skill, running through all maths
strands
• Children will be taught formal written
strategies of vertical long multiplication
and long division when they are secure
with standard written methods
Science
• Strong focus on scientific
knowledge and language,
rather than understanding
the nature and methods of
science in abstract terms
• Evolution will be taught in
primary schools for the first
time
• Non-core subjects like
caring for animals will be
replaced by topics like the
human circulatory system
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Technology
Computing replaces ICT
with a greater focus on
programming rather than
operation programs
From age five, children will
learn to write and test
simple programs, and to
organise, store and retrieve
data
From age seven, children
will be taught to understand
computer networks,
including the internet
Internet safety – strong
emphasis
Design and Technology
Geography
• DT has become more
important in the new
curriculum, setting children on
the path to becoming the
designers and engineers of the
future
• More sophisticated use of
design equipment such as
electronics and robotics
• In KS2, children will learn
about how key events and
individuals in design and
technology have shaped the
world
• Greater emphasis on cookery
with a focus on savoury dishes
• Greater use of atlases and
maps including O/S maps
and digital maps
• Children are expected to
know and locate continents,
countries, capitals, major
cities, mountains and rivers
• In depth studies of a
European, North/South
American country and a
region of the British Isles
are required
History
• Greater emphasis on British
History taught in
chronological order from
Stone Age to 1066.
• The Tudors is no longer
taught in KS2
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Physical Education and Music
• The study of these subjects
remains largely unchanged.
Languages
This term replaces ‘Modern
Foreign Languages’
Mandatory in KS2
Children will be expected to
master basic grammar and
accurate pronunciation and
to converse, present, read
and write in the language
(We will continue to focus
on French)
Religious Education
• The new agreed Bromley
R.E Syllabus is followed
Programmes of Study
The programmes of study, which are statutory, for each subject
are set out year-by-year for key stage 1 and two-yearly for key
stage 2. The single year blocks at key stage 1 reflect the rapid
pace of development in these two years. Key Stage 2 is split into
Year 3/4 and Year 5/6.
Attainment & Levels
• There are no longer levels or sub levels with the new National
Curriculum
• (In 2015 the current Year 2 and the current Year 6 will be the
last children to receive levels as they are still working within
the previous curriculum)
• Teacher Assessments will be based on the requirements in the
Programmes of Study
From 2015…
All schools are required by Ofsted to track pupil progress for
the New Primary Curriculum. We, along with other schools,
are developing systems for tracking age related progress
from the programmes of study called Key Performance
Indicators. This will inform teacher’s planning as the year
progresses and will show whether a child has sufficient
understanding and breadth of knowledge to move on.
From 2016…
The first new Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 tests in English,
mathematics and science, based on the new national
curriculum, will be sat by pupils for the first time in the
summer of 2016. Full details of this have not yet been
released by the Department for Education
It is for schools to determine how best to assess their pupils
between these statutory end of key stage assessments.
End of KS2 Assessment
reporting
KS1 Assessment reporting
Reading, Maths, and Science:
Reading, Writing & Maths:
Below National standard (B)
Working towards National
standard (T)
At National standard (NS)
At Mastery standard (MS)
Science:
At National standard (NS)
At National standard (NS)
Writing :
Below National standard (B)
Working towards National
standard (W)
At National standard (NS)
Above National standard (ANS)
Mastery standard (MS)