1. National Curriculum 2014

2. New curriculum 2014 September 2014 – Years 1, 3, 4, 5 September 2015 – Years 1-6 Generally slimmed down in content Content is specific in terms of Programmes of Study No attainment targets or levels Available here https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ national-curriculum https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ national-curriculum

3. Aims and structure In the introduction, the new curriculum states: It ‘provides pupils with an introduction to the essential knowledge that they need to be educated citizens’ ‘There is time and space in the school day and in each week, term and year to range beyond the national curriculum specifications’ ‘Schools are free to choose how they organise their school day, as long as the content of the national curriculum...is taught.’

4. The Core Subjects Maths English Science

5. The Foundation Subjects Art Computing Design and Technology Foreign Languages (KS2) Geography History Music PE (RE – not part of the National Curriculum but still a statutory subject)

6. So...what has changed? Higher expectations in many subjects – E.g. In maths there is a much greater focus on the skills of arithmetic and working with fractions – E.g. In science there is a new unit of work on evolution, previously not studied until secondary school.

7. So..what has changed? English KS1 Reading Greater emphasis on synthetic phonics Increased focus on reading for pleasure Greater emphasis on reading poetry and fiction Greater emphasis on the role of discussion during reading Pupils to ask, and answer, questions about a text Pupils to read whole texts not just extracts

8. So..what has changed? English KS1 Writing The introduction of ‘common exception words’ An emphasis on the role of spelling, including the days of the week Dictation KS1 Handwriting Meeting the needs of left handed pupils in handwriting Write the numbers 1-9 Discrete and direct teaching Horizontal and diagonal joins ‘Stamina’ for writing in a range of styles

9. So...what has changed? English KS2 Reading Discussion of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks Poems and play scripts read out loud Different forms of poetry Textual reading and understanding emphasised Increase familiarity with a wide range of books Whole texts Shift from word reading to reading comprehension Reading for pleasure Making comparisons between texts

10. So...what has changed? English KS2 Writing Increased focus on developing and improving handwriting A greater number of specific grammatical structures with which pupils will become familiar

11. So...what has changed? Maths Year 1 Using a greater amount of numbers sooner – count to and across 100, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals Addition and subtraction symbols One step multiplication and division problems Fractions – recognise, find and name one-half and one-quarter

12. So...what has changed? Maths Year 2 Count in steps of 2, 3 and 5 from 0, and in tens from any number forward or backward Use the symbols Mental calculation with a wider range of numbers. Derive and use facts for numbers up to 100 2, 5 and 10 X tables Recognise and write fractions 1/3, ¼, 2/4 and ¾ of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity Use degrees Celcius and £ and p Tell and write the time to five minutes Pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and tables Total and compare data

13. So...what has changed? Maths Years 3 Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100 Compare and order numbers to 1000 Estimate Read and write numbers to 1000 in numerals and words Add and subtract mentally, including 3 digit numbers Use inverse calculations 3, 4 and 8 X tables A wide range of fractions Add and subtract amounts of money and give change Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including Roman numerals from I to XII; use 12 and 24 hour clocks Interpret and present data in bar charts, pictograms and tables, soling one and two step problems

14. So...what has changed? Maths Year 4 Count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1000 Count backwards from zero (including negative numbers) Read Roman numerals to 100 (I to C) All multiplication and division facts up to 12 X 12 Complex fractions Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital clocks Solve time problems Estimate, compare and calculate different measures

15. So...what has changed? Maths Year 5 Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1,000,000 Count forwards and backwards in 10 for any number to 1,000,000 Round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 and 100,000 Roman numerals to 1,000 (I to M) and recognise years in Roman numerals Add and subtract numbers with more than four digits, including using formal written methods Recognise and use cube numbers Establish whether a number to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers to 19

16. So...what has changed? Maths Year 6 Read, write and order numbers to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit Mental calculations with mixed operations and large numbers Decimal fraction equivalents Mixed fractions and equivalent fractions Multiply fractions Divide proper fractions Multiply decimals with whole numbers Use written division methods with answers to two decimal places Solve problems involving percentages Use simple formulae Express mathematical problems algebraically Convert between imperial and metric Formulae for area and volume of shapes Calculate area of parallelograms and triangles Volumes of cubes and cuboids Calculate and interpret the mean as an average

17. So...what has changed? There are changes in Science, but these are less wide ranging than in English and, especially, maths Computing has replaced ICT, and there are now expectations that children learn about algorithms and coding There is a greater emphasis on food and cooking in Design and Technology

18. So...what has changed? In geography there are a few changes around location knowledge at KS1 and KS2 In History, there are no significant changes to KS1 but some topics have been added to KS2 Languages are now statutory in KS2, with the focus of study on practical communication There are few changes to music The content for PE has been slimmed down

19. Our curriculum Planned in topics with many aspects taught through these topics Maths and English are taught discretely as well as through opportunities presented in topics Our curriculum is available for you to look at at: http://www.castlebatch.n- somerset.sch.uk/topic/curriculumhttp://www.castlebatch.n- somerset.sch.uk/topic/curriculum

20. At Castle Batch Curriculum Leaders for all subject areas – Action plan for their subject – Keep staff up to date – Provide staff training in their subject – Monitor standards and achievement in their subject – Evaluate resource needs and source resources

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