Schools Parents - National Curriculum. Schools: Educational resources from the BBC. The Standards Site: Welcome to Schemes of Work. This site is home to the QCA/DCSF schemes of work.
To find a scheme, go to the drop-down menu or use the subject list in the left-hand menu. There are also links to the literacy and mathematics frameworks. Customise your curriculum QCA has been working with schools to explore ways of adapting and developing the schemes. Materials have been produced that explain why and how schemes could be customised to better meet childrens' needs and the context of the school. Embedding English and mathematics across the curriculum adapting schemes of work combining units from different subject schemes These materials support the DfES publication, Excellence and Enjoyment: A strategy for primary schools. This information, including the examples can be found on 'Customise your curriculum' on the QCA website in the Ages 3-14 area.
Review of the National Curriculum in England. National curriculum in England: framework for key stages 1 to 4 - Publications. This is the statutory national curriculum framework, including programmes of study and attainment targets for all subjects at all key stages 1 to 4, except key stage 4 English, mathematics and science, which will follow after a public consultation on their draft programmes of study.
These are to be taught in all maintained primary and secondary schools in England from September 2014. Separate versions containing just the primary (key stages 1 to 2) and secondary (key stages 3 to 4) curriculums are also available. The html version covers chapters 1 to 7 of the national curriculum framework document. These set out contextual information about the school curriculum and the statutory national curriculum, statements on inclusion and the development of pupils’ competence in numeracy and mathematics, language and literacy. Teachers should note that in the 2014 to 2015 academic year, pupils in years 2 and 6 should be taught the current programmes of study in English, mathematics and science.
National Curriculum. National curriculum in England: English programmes of study. Purpose of study English has a pre-eminent place in education and in society.
A high-quality education in English will teach pupils to speak and write fluently so that they can communicate their ideas and emotions to others, and through their reading and listening, others can communicate with them. Through reading in particular, pupils have a chance to develop culturally, emotionally, intellectually, socially and spiritually. Literature, especially, plays a key role in such development. Reading also enables pupils both to acquire knowledge and to build on what they already know. Aims The overarching aim for English in the national curriculum is to promote high standards of language and literacy by equipping pupils with a strong command of the spoken and written language, and to develop their love of literature through widespread reading for enjoyment. Spoken language Reading The programmes of study for reading at key stages 1 and 2 consist of 2 dimensions:
PRIMARY_national_curriculum_-_English_RS2. Changes to the National Curriculum - Times Education Supplement. Primary National Curriculum until 2014. National curriculum in England: primary curriculum. This is the statutory primary national curriculum, including programmes of study and attainment targets for all subjects at key stages 1 and 2, except languages which are only studied at key stage 2.
These must be taught in all local-authority-maintained primary schools in England from September 2014. The statutory primary national curriculum is issued by law; you must follow it unless there is a good reason not to. The individual programmes of study for key stages 1 and 2 are also available for each subject: Teachers should note that in the 2014 to 2015 academic year, pupils in years 2 and 6 should be taught the pre-2014 programmes of study in English, mathematics and science. These pupils will sit the current key stage 1 and 2 tests respectively.
Further information about the pre-2014 primary curriculum is available on the National Archives. Schools are not required by law to teach the example content in [square brackets] or the content indicated as being ‘non-statutory’. National curriculum.