A Guide for Parents of Broadway First School

 There are changes to the subjects covered and what is covered in each subject. Expectations are higher.  Previously the National Curriculum worked in levels. Children deemed ‘average ability’ would be level 2 by the end of Year 2, and level 4 by the end of Year 6.  Now we work on Year Group Statements. Some Year Groups are joined (e.g. Year 5 and Year 6). Schools have to decide how to record attainment (where your child is now) and progress (how they have improved over time).  It is all about DEPTH of knowledge.

 Five-year-olds will be expected to learn to count up to 100 (compared to 20 under the current curriculum) and learn number bonds to 20 (currently up to 10)  Simple fractions (1/4 and 1/2) will be taught from KS1, and by the end of primary school, children should be able to convert decimal fractions to simple fractions (e.g = 3/8)  By the age of nine, children will be expected to know times tables up to 12x12 (currently 10x10 by the end of primary school)  Calculators will not be introduced until near the end of KS2, to encourage mental arithmetic

 Stronger emphasis on vocabulary development, grammar, punctuation and spelling (for example, the use of commas and apostrophes will be taught in KS1)  Spoken English has a greater emphasis, with children to be taught debating and presenting skills  Editing and refining are key skills in English and other areas – this is known as the ‘iterative curriculum’

 Imitate- learn good examples  Innovate- change/ tweak it  Invent- significant changes to original Working walls Resources

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 Geography – greater knowledge of countries and capitals  Computing – increased focus on programming rather than using programs  Design technology – increased focus on redesigning to improve previous attempts  History – different areas of focus

 Used ‘Prospectus’ curriculum  Invested in new resources: Computing, RE, SPAG  Listened to the children…

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 A – your child can remember this skill/piece of information. For example, if they are asked to use a line graph they can describe how to do it.  B- Your child apply this skill/piece of information in a new but similar situation. For example, they may choose to use a line graph to record data in Maths.  C- your child can evaluate this skill/piece of information. For example, they can explain to a member of staff why they chose to record their scientific data in a line graph rather than a bar chart.

 We are finding (as a group of schools) that children need to play ‘catch up’ with the new expectations (for example, the Year 5 statements expects all the higher expectations of previous year groups to have already been achieved)  If your child is ‘expected’ this year, we expect them to be ‘expected’ in the next year group statements too.

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