Transcript Designing a New Curriculum

Mayfield Primary
School
Parents/carers
September 2014
DESIGNING A NEW CURRICULUM
DfE 2013
“The new national curriculum will set out only the essential knowledge that all
children should acquire, and give schools and teachers more freedom to decide
how to teach this most effectively and to design a wider school curriculum that
best meets the needs of their pupils”
DESIGNING A NEW CURRICULUM
The national picture
New national requirements / curriculum statutory from September 2014 for Y1-Y6
Core subjects - English, maths and science for 2 and Y6 from September 2015
No level descriptors from Sept 2014, replaced with end of key stage expectations so
we won’t have levels and sub levels
Assessment will include more formal testing for EYFS, Y2 and Y6 have an element of
being secondary ready – more likely to be scale score which won’t relate to a
level – still waiting for details
Current Y5 will be the first year group to be tested under the new arrangements
DESIGNING A NEW CURRICULUM
Our vision
Mayfield is a place where
Everyone is welcome
Our diversity enriches us all
We will do our best for ourselves and for each other
Our mission is to provide an environment in which all children can excel
Our aim is by 2015, is to be securely good with many outstanding aspects by
our own and Ofsted measures
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So we looked to develop a curriculum which
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aims to meet and exceed the National Curriculum
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at the same time as developing the curriculum we were mindful
of measuring and tracking progress
DESIGNING A NEW CURRICULUM
What?
How?
How
Why?
Why?
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The end in mind?
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Basic learning
At any age
Labelling/listing/memory re-call
Advanced learning
Compare and contrast
Explain cause and effect
Deep learning
Theories, ideas, questions
CHANGES TO THE MATHS CURRICULUM: YEAR 1
What’s gone?
Data handling/Statistics is removed from Y1
No specific requirement to describe patterns
No specific requirements to describe ways of solving problems or explain choices
What’s been added?
Counting & writing numerals to 100
Write numbers in words up to 20
Number bonds secured to 20
Use of vocabulary such as equal, more than, less than, fewer, etc.
CHANGES TO THE MATHS CURRICULUM: YEAR 6
Detail of problem-solving processes no longer explicit
Divisibility tests
Calculator skills move to KS3 PoS
Rotation moves to KS3
Probability moves to KS3
Median/Mode/Range no longer required
Compare and ordering fractions greater than 1
Long division
4 operations with fractions
Calculate decimal equivalent of fractions
Understand & use order of operations
Plot points in all 4 quadrants
Convert between miles and kilometres
Name radius/diameter and know relationship
Use formulae for area/volume of shapes
Calculate area of triangles & parallelograms
Calculate volume of 3-d shapes
Use letters to represent unknowns (algebra)
Generate and describe linear sequences
Find solutions to unknowns in problems
CHANGES TO THE ENGLISH CURRICULUM: Y1
Requirement to write non-narrative texts
Chronological & non-chronological texts
Typing skills
Reading of phonically-suitable texts
Reading words with contractions
Reading words with regular endings
Making inferences from texts
Learning and reciting poetry
Re-reading own writing to check for sense
Using capital letters for proper nouns
Name the letters of the alphabet
Spell the names of the days of the week
Adopt a suitable writing position
Form capital letters and digits 0-9
Practise handwriting letter ‘families’
CHANGES TO THE ENGLISH CURRICULUM: Y5
Specific mention of working in groups
Specific mention of dramatic skills
Creating multi-layered texts
Preparing poetry for performance
Learning poems by heart
Formal presentations about reading
Précising long passages of writing
Greatly detailed grammar specifics
HISTORY
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Reduced emphasis on sources & methodology
Relatively little change at KS1, with slight increase in national focus
Reduced emphasis on diversity & culture
Significant changes in KS2 breadth of study:
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Victorians/Britain since 1930 & Tudors removed
Stone age added
Romans, Anglo-Saxons & Vikings all required
Slightly changes to ancient civilisation options
A non-European study must be included
One period of study that stretches past 1066
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So what are Ofsted after?
Thirst for knowledge and love of learning
Opportunities for academic, technical and sporting excellence
Positive impact on all pupils behaviour
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Asked the children
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We have been working on the curriculum since last January
Subject leaders have been key in giving an overview of their subject in curriculum
meetings
Teachers then started to design a skills based curriculum and choose topics based on
the skills identified
Now we have a first draft of the long term overview which class teachers are using for
the curriculum this year
WHAT DRIVES OUR CURRICULUM?
Diversity
Enquiry and Challenge
Outdoors
Readers on a mission