1. St. James’ RC Primary School Academy Trust Maths in the New Curriculum and Assessment Without Levels November 26 th 2014

2. The ‘New Curriculum’ September 2014  The government intend the ‘New Curriculum’ to provide more challenge  Focus upon Content, knowledge and understanding, greater depth  Broad and balanced  Literacy - focus upon phonics/spelling, punctuation and grammar, breadth of reading comprehension, writing skills  ICT – programming  Humanities – focus upon British History – Geography – different continents  Science – Thinking like a Scientist, studying Scientists – a core subject  PE – Using Sports Premium for greater competition, participation and health  RE – No change- multi-faith modules spread over three terms/ British values  Maths – Concepts are being taught in lower year groups

3. Assessment Without Levels  Why change? – Children being set limits – children not always secure in concepts  The focus for assessment is based upon what the child does or does not yet know or understand and is measured against the content of the ‘New Curriculum’ in a child’s particular year group – Performance descriptors  Pupils will need to be confident in all criteria to be at National Standard  A child will either be Below, at National Standard, above National Standard or will have mastered skills knowledge and understanding  Pupils who have mastered the curriculum in their year group will demonstrate that they are able to apply their knowledge in depth and are able to move into the content of the curriculum in the age band above  Y1 ready, Y2 ready, Y3 Ready, Y4 ready, Y5 ready, Y6 ready Secondary ready  Reporting to parents, what a child needs to do to meet or exceed the National Standard

4. St James’ current National Standard levels for transition St. James’ RC Primarycurrent LevelsNational ExpectedY1 – 1A/2C Y2 – 2B/2A Y3 – 3C/3B Y4 – 3B/3A Y5 – 4C/4B Y6 – 4B/4A National Standard Anna Bosher 26/11/20144