The National Curriculum 2014

What’s changed?

English

What’s out?•Speaking and Listening (as we know it)•Drama•ICT is not mentioned•No method for the teaching of reading other than phonics and POS.

What’s in?•Year by year objectives/POS for reading, comprehension, writing, handwriting.•Required ‘vocabulary, grammar and punctuation’ objectives•‘Spoken language’•Word lists•Reciting poetry•Reading for pleasure focus•Priority on transcription•Grammar glossary•90 pages of POS, objectives, guidance and appendices.

Maths• What’s out?

• Ma1 Strand – Using & Applying. Now taught within each unit

• Speaking and listening objectives

• Data handling in Y1• Use of calculators except in

exceptional cases in upper KS2• Probability• Mode, Median, Range.

What’s in?• Yearly objectives• Tables to 12x12 by end of Y4• Standard written methods• Focus on fractions • Telling time in Y2 to five

minutes; using Roman numerals in Y3

• Area of triangles & parallelograms in Y6

• Statistics (Data)• Algebra in Y6.

Mathematics – what’s when?

• Multiplication tables:– Y2: 2, 5 & 10 times tables Y4: all tables up to 12x12– Y3: 3, 4 & 8 times tables

• Standard written methods:– Y3: Column addition and subtraction Y5: Short division– Y4: Standard column multiplication Y6: Long division

• Fractions– Y1: Introduce ¼ and ½ – Y2: ¾ and 1/3. Find ½ of a number Y5: Use mixed numbers– Y3: Add and order simple fractions Y6: Add & Multiply

fractions – Y4: Add + Subtract fractions

• Algebra– Y6: Simple formulae, finding missing numbers, etc.

ScienceWhat’s out?•Much less content at KS1: no mention of medicines, electricity, light and dark or materials caused by change of temperature•No forces before Y6 (apart from looking at magnets Y3)•Terminology…Sc1, Sc2 etc.

What’s in?•Yearly objectives (31 pages)•Many similarities to QCA units – ordered differently•Continued emphasis on investigation•Evolution (Y4 and Y6)•Classification into kingdoms at Y6•Clear topic headings… ‘Plants, Animals including Humans, Seasonal Change, Everyday Materials, Rocks, Living things and Their Habitats, Electricity, Evolution’ etc. set out by year group.

Art and DesignWhat’s out?•Evaluating Work•Requirement to collaborate•Lots of the content•Textiles – see DT!

What’s in?•KS1, 2 and 3 curriculum all fits on a page (7 bullet points only for KS1 and 2)•Using a range of materials•Creating a sketch book KS2•Skills based… developing techniques•An emphasis on the great artists, craft makers and designers.

Design and TechnologyWhat’s out?•Less emphasis on planning at KS1•No mention of working from a brief at KS2•No use of ICT is required (doesn’t mean you can’t use ICT).

What’s in?•Healthy cooking to be covered at every key stage (that cooking facilities will allow)•An emphasis on the importance of DT and the impact it has on everyday life – including past and present.•A ‘Design, Make, Evaluate’ process in all key stages•Children are expected to acquire technical knowledge.

HistoryWhat’s out?•Less emphasis on historical enquiry skills•Personal timeline history•‘Britain since the 1930s’•Victorians (unless it is your study since 1066)??•The Tudors (unless it is your local study)??

What’s in?KS1•Changes in living •Significant national and global events•Significant individuals•Local events, people and placesKS2•Changes in Britain from the stone age to the iron age•The Roman empire•Britain’s settlements•The Vikings and Anglo Saxons•A local history study•A study of an aspect of history since 1066•One ancient civilisation study and their achievements•Ancient Greece•A non European society that contrasts with British history.

Computing

What’s out?•The name ICT•No mention of cross-curricular ICT•Less of an emphasis on presenting ideas and information.

What’s in?•E-safety mentioned at every key stage•More emphasis on ‘control’•Understanding and using algorithms.

GeographyWhat’s out?•Less of an emphasis on investigative questioning.•No KS1 comparison with other UK location•Environmental sustainability (no mention)•African Asian and Oceania (in terms of a big study).

What’s in? •4 main areas… ‘Locational Knowledge, Place Knowledge, Human and Physical Geography, Geographical Skills and Fieldwork’. •Factual Knowledge – locally and globally•Study of UK location – KS2 (human and physical)•UK focus at KS1.•Europe and the Americas at KS2•Rivers, mountains etc. in the UK•OS four-figure grid references.•Volcanoes, earthquakes, the water cycle, climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts.

MusicWhat’s out?•Some of the finer details in the content.•No requirement to respond to listening•Collaboration at KS1

What’s in?•A single page curriculum for KS1 and KS2 .•More of a focus on singing and playing tuned and untuned instruments•Developing an understanding of history at KS2•Perform, listen to, review and evaluate music including the works of great composers.

PEWhat’s out?•No specific games are mentioned at KS1 (however ‘team games’ are mentioned.•Evaluation at KS1•Lots of the content – All of KS1 and 2 is reduced to nine bullet points.

What’s in?•KS2 swimming – perform safe, self rescue in different water-based situations.•More of a focus on competitive games… badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders, and tennis are all recommended!

LanguagesWhat’s out?•Less focus on inter-cultural•No mention of links to English.

What’s in?•‘Languages’ not MFL is now statutory•Freedom to choose any language (including ancient languages) allowing pupils to make progress in one•A balance of all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and a focus on pronunciation.