New Curriculum evening

Ne New Curriculum evening

N New Curriculum evening

Ne New Curriculum evening

• New Curriculum evening

General changes from September 2014• An expectation that children will be

taught as a group and move at roughly the same pace in their learning

• Many aspects of English and Maths have been moved to lower year groups

• An emphasis on “Spoken language” and learning poetry and passages by rote.

Ne New Curriculum evening

General changes from September 2014

• Old levels are no longer used to measure children’s progress and attainment.

• Schools have to find their own ways of showing pupil progress.

• Levels will remain until July 2015 for years 2 and 6.

New New Curriculum evening

Specific changes in English• Higher expectations in EYFS to gain a

“Good Level of Development” (GLD)• Greater emphasis on teaching SPAG

as a separate area of the curriculum• Spoken Language – children

expected to be taught public speaking and debating skills

New New Curriculum evening

Specific changes in English (cont)• Schools have a responsibility to

encourage a love of reading which should be independent and across a range of genres

• Children should be given opportunities to write at length on a range of subjects

Ne N New Curriculum evening

Assessment for national tests• Early Years children are assessed on

“Early Learning Goals” at the end of their reception year for GLD.

• Year 1 children take a “Phonic Screening Test” in June

• Year 2 children take end of Key Stage tests in reading and maths and have a teacher assessment for writing

Ne New Curriculum evening

Assessment for national tests (cont)• Year 6 children take end of Key Stage

2 tests in reading, maths and science• Year 6 teachers have to provide a

teacher assessment level for every child– with evidence – in writing