New Curriculum and assessment overview

Lee ShiltonDeputy Headteacher

Tuesday 12th May at 6pm

New Primary Curriculum• Statutory for most children from September

2014.

• Not in Year 2 and Year 6 this year.

• The bar has been raised…

• There are changes in content and expectations.

Why have the Government said that the National Curriculum needed to change?

• First and foremost to raise standards.

• UK Falling behind other countries.

• To be slimmed down… Research has shown the need to cover fewer things in greater depth.

• Previous curriculum very content heavy – research has shown the need to return to the fundamental content.

What subjects make up the New Curriculum?

Languages

Don’t forget, we also provide for an opportunity for

collective worship.

Also, we must make provision for SMSC (Spiritual, Moral,

Social and cultural)

What do we mean by the core subjects?

• (KS1): working scientifically, plants, animals, Living things and their habitats, including humans, materials and seasonal changes.

• (KS2):working scientifically, plants, animals (including humans), rocks, light, forces and magnets, states of matter, electricity, properties and changes of materials, Earth and Space, forces, evolution and inheritance (Y6)

• Spoken language

• Writing• Reading • Spelling,

vocabulary, grammar and punctuation.

• Number and place value

• Addition subtraction, multiplication and division.

• Fractions• Measurement• Geometry• Statistics.

Some of The main changes…

• Stronger emphasis on vocabulary development, grammar, punctuation and spelling (for example, the use of commas and apostrophes will be taught in KS1)

• Emphasis on reading more widely , for pleasure.

• Handwriting –is expected to be fluent, legible and speedy

• Spoken English has a greater emphasis, with children to be taught debating, recitation and presenting skills.

• Strengthen the Teaching of phonics - more pupils should read fluently.

• Word lists are included for Key Stage 2.

English

Some of The main changes…

• It goes beyond the previous curriculum.

• Need to keep key maths fundamentals, such as times tables and number facts, "on the boil"

• Emphasis on calculating and problem solving with fractions and decimals and less on data handling (now called statistics).

MATHEMATICS

• Calculators are banned in the KS2 SAT. There is an increased emphasis on mental fluency and the use of efficient written methods in the four mathematical operations.

Some of The main changes… Science1) Scientific enquiry is now called Working scientifically and consists of a greater range of investigative activities.

2) More on identifying and naming living things especially in KS1.

3) Seasonal changes including day length in Y1.

4) New topics – digestive system and evolution and inheritance (KS2)

5) New science tests for KS2.

Key changes in the Foundation Subjects…

Hand-outs in the classroom give more information about this

The Current curriculum at Lady Bay Primary School

Through a rich curriculum and a wide range of activities, the school promotes pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development well. Pupils learn to speak different languages; engage with schools overseas; and are involved in musical activities.

OfSTED (2012)

What do the staff feel that the curriculum should be?

• Diverse!• Inclusive!• Relevant to the children!• Engaging and exciting!• Broad and balanced!• Creative!• Use the locality – visits, arts, experts and trips!• Up to date with ICT developments.

Our INSET day on Thursday…

Our exciting new resource… The Learning Challenge Curriculum.

Principles…Child: What are we doing today Miss?

Teacher: We’re doing History.Child: What are we doing in History?

Teacher: Norman castles.

Child: What are we doing today Miss?Teacher: We’re investigating a Learning

Challenge!Child: Which one?

Teacher: Why do you think that Norman Castles certainly weren’t

bouncy?

Other examples of learning challenges…

R) Should Goldilocks say sorry?

Y2) What would Blackbeard find exciting about our town?

Y4) How could we cope without electricity for a day?

Y6) Could Spiderman really exist?

This year - What about children in Foundation, Y2 or Y6?

• Foundation Stage children will continue to be assessed against the Early Learning Goals. Outcomes will be reported as ‘emerging, expected or exceeding’.

Lady

Bay

Prim

ary

Scho

ol

• For Years 2 and 6: Levels and current SATs format remains. This will be reported to parents.

• This is the last year that SATS and ‘levels’ will be in this format.

• Next year…

Lady

Bay

Prim

ary

Scho

ol

This year - What will happen with assessment in other Year groups?• Levels are no more. 2C?

• New expectations set out.

• Assessment system must check what pupils have learned, whether they are on track to meet these expectations.

• This to be reported to parents termly.

Why has the government changed the assessment system?

• Based on in-depth international research, which has shown:

1) Many schools have under-developed formative assessment systems. Assessment dominating curriculum thinking – teaching to the test.

2) Confusion for parents about what levels actually mean.

3) Schools putting assessment ahead of the curriculum… This needs to be the other way around.

What did they say the problem was with the levels model?

1) Scores on the tests – the fact that you can get a L4 from marks from anywhere on the paper.

2) Some children could progress ‘through’ the levels without fully understanding some fundamental content.

3) Threshold issues – e.g. a child just inside the level 4 would get the same level as a child just off a level 5.

4) Labelling – children can see themselves as poor learners. E.g. “I am not a Level 5 like my friends!”

5) Pace – ‘Too many things quickly’. Children not fully embedding at one level before progressing to the next one.

• We hope we have selected an assessment procedure that is clearer for parents and carers.

• As a school we must report back on whether a pupil is achieving the expectations for the end of each key stage.

• We have split the national curriculum into ‘End of Year Expectations’ for English and Mathematics. This is a list of the key objectives that pupils need to know by the end of each academic year. La

dy B

ay P

rimar

y Sc

hool

How will this change the assessment and reporting of my child’s attainment?

How will we report back to parents (reports and Parents’ evenings)

In Years 1 to 6 every pupil has a set of ‘End of Year Expectations’ to achieve by the end of each academic year in English and Mathematics. At parental consultations, and for your child’s end of year report, you will be given information on:• the ‘Expectations’ that have been met.• Aim = To be ready for secondary school in

Year 6 (At the National Standard). (100)• Effort grades

Lady

Bay

Prim

ary

Scho

ol

It is important to note that…

• the new curriculum is very challenging. The bar has been raised for every year group.

• to achieve at the ‘national standard’ grade in Year 6, researchers and educationalists have compared it to

an old level 4B/4A. Previously, a child only had to reach the level 4C threshold to have met the old national expectations for the end of Key Stage 2.

Lady

Bay

Prim

ary

Scho

ol

Level 6Level 5aLevel 5bLevel 5cLevel 4aLevel 4bLevel 4cLevel 3aLevel 3bLevel 3cLevel 2aLevel 2b

Levels are no more!

• Pupils are assessed against a key set of expectations per Year Group.

• They learn in greater depth and apply their learning to a wide variety of situations.

• They are not accelerated through levels, instead they develop a deeper understanding

and an ability to apply this understanding across other subjects and in a variety of

situations.• At the beginning of each year they face the

challenge of a new set of End of Year Expectations

Lady

Bay

Prim

ary

Scho

ol

Our new system

How will our assessment system work within each Year Group?

Below the National Standard

Working Towards 1

Working Towards 2

Working Towards 3

National Standard

Mastery Exceptional

Children are not able to access their age-related

expectations and are

working on expectations

from previous year groups

Children are meeting 50% or

below of the Expectations

Children are meeting between 50% and

75% of the Expectations

Children are meeting

between 76% and 99% of

the Expectations

Children have met 100% of

the Expectations

and can apply them to different contexts.

Children have met 100% of the

Expectations. They can apply

these objectives in a range of contexts and

subjects.

Children have completed most of the mastery statements .

This is the stage which describes children with attainment significantly

beyond age typical expectations.

potential progression throughout the year

‘Working towards is split into 3 stages’ to aid monitoring progress.

We are judged on the % of pupils (85%)

How will Teachers know which stage my child is at?

Lady

Bay

Prim

ary

Scho

ol

1) Teachers will keep a running record of children’s understanding against these expectations.

2) Teachers will make a judgment of when a child has achieved an expectation – adding notes where necessary

3) A percentage can be then calculated of expectations achieved against expectations needed, to show an assessment of Below, W1, W2, W3, A, M, or E.

4) If a child completes all the end of year expectations before the end of the year, they begin to work on the Mastery Expectations for that year group.

When does this new assessment and reporting system begin? It is already in place…

• Since the start of this academic year, lessons have been taught to begin achieving these expectations in line with the new National Curriculum requirements.

• ‘End of Year Expectations’ have been added to assessment records for each child, and teachers are using these to make their judgments against.

• We are updating our end of year reports in response to the curriculum changes and subsequent changes we have made to our assessment procedures. La

dy B

ay P

rimar

y Sc

hool

Where are we heading next?

• Staff will be using staff meetings in the summer term to look in more detail of the new curriculum/assessment and the changes specific to individual subjects.

• English and Mathematics in more detail…

Any questions about the Curriculum or Assessment?

Thanks for listening.• Please make your way to the classrooms to

receive the hand-outs and ask any questions.

Year 6) Mrs Davie’s roomYear 5) Mrs Wilson’s roomYear 4) Miss Shaw’s room Year 3) Mrs Hewitt’s roomYear 2) Miss Abraham’s roomYear 1) Miss Houseman’s room