Peter Flew17 th May 2014 “How will the new Primary Curriculum affect my school?” and other...
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Peter Flew 17 th May 2014 “How will the new Primary Curriculum affect my school?” and other deliciously difficult questions…
Transcript of Peter Flew17 th May 2014 “How will the new Primary Curriculum affect my school?” and other...
Peter Flew 17th May 2014
“How will the new Primary Curriculum affect my school?” and other deliciously difficult
questions…
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How do you know when your school is succeeding?
Always think of the success of the curriculum in terms of how you judge the success of your school.
Does the curriculum help you meet your aims?
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What should it include or exclude?
SubjectsKnowledgeSkillsUnderstandingExperiencesAttitudesThe future or the present?
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Official CurriculumPlanned course of study
Hidden CurriculumLearning that is not part of
the official curriculum
Observed CurriculumEffectiveness of teaching
strategies to promote learning
Curriculum as experienced
Meaningful connection with children
Pollard, A (2008) Reflective Teaching p.210-211 London: Continuum
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“The school curriculum comprises all learning and other experiences that each school plans for its pupils. The national curriculum forms one part of the school curriculum.”
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“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.”
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1988: Education Reform Act. Major act establishing the National Curriculum, testing regime, Local Management of Schools (LMS)
2000: Revised National Curriculum introduced 2000: Introduction of The Curriculum Guidance for the
Foundation Stage (3-5) 2003 Excellence and Enjoyment: A strategy for Primary
Schools 2008: Introduction of the Early Years Foundation Stage
(0-5) 2010: The Independent Review of the National
Curriculum published but not implemented 2012 Revised Early Years Foundation Stage (0-5) 2013: DfE Consultation of NC Framework 2014: The New National Curriculum
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“3.1 The National Curriculum provides pupils with an introduction to the core knowledge that they need to be educated citizens. It introduces pupils to the best that has been thought and said; and helps engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement. 3.2 The National Curriculum provides an outline of core knowledge around which teachers can develop exciting and stimulating lessons to promote the development of pupils’ knowledge, understanding and skills as part of the wider school curriculum.”
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All schools are also required to teach religious education at all key stages. Secondary schools must provide sex and relationship education
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“Assessment levels have now been removed and will not be replaced. Schools have the freedom to develop their own means of assessing pupils’ progress towards end of key stage expectations.
Many schools already have good assessment systems in place and may choose to continue using these systems, provided they suit the new national curriculum.”
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“New assessments will reflect the more challenging national curriculum. Specifically we will: ◦ introduce more challenging tests that will report a scaled
score at the end of the key stages rather than a level; ◦ make detailed performance descriptors available to
inform teacher assessment at the end of key stage 1 and key stage 2. These will be directly linked to the content of the new curriculum; and
◦ improve the moderation regime to ensure that teacher assessments are more consistent.”
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Expectations:◦ The expected level will be the equivalent of a 4b not a 4c◦ The floor target is for 85% of pupils to reach 4b at Year 6
unless they are lower and have made significant progress since Y2 or YR
◦ From 2023 progress, for primaries, will be based on the YR results not Y2
◦ Expected progress for a student means progressing in all three subjects (Reading, Writing and Mathematics), not just one of them
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How would you define the main role of a school’s governing body?
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How are preparations progressing? How are we coping with the change in emphasis in
mathematics and English? Will this raise standards? If the new curriculum is the base, how are we going to
complement it to be broad and balanced? How can the new curriculum breathe new life into the
teaching? How can the new curriculum be geared around the
school’s aims? How are we planning to track progress without levels? How much will it cost?
* deliciously difficult!
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