The Curriculum at WIS

The WIS Curriculum Creative Inspiring Progressive Differentiated

Accountability Sam Board- Curriculum Leader Curriculum Leaders Curriculum Coordinators Class Teachers LSAs Scott Bryan- PE Sarah Weaver- Maths Joanthan Dey- Arabic and Islamic Charlotte Grieves- Literacy Sam Board- Science, ICT, Music, Humanities and Art

Literacy and PhonicsNumeracyScienceICT/GLGCreative ArtsHumanitiesPSHCE FS1Alia SheikGeorgie DalySara FullerLorraine Wigston FS2Gemma KearneyKim MayHenrietta OwenSarah KitsonKelly PickettLucy WhitehouseJenny Millar Year 1Lucy NichollsSarah WhiteheadStephen JenksHelen HingleyJenny AllenAlison RamsellCarolyn Russell Year 2Elena Carlton- JonesGrace HunterCarmel ArmstrongCarrie HozaSuzie PodestaLucy VesseySandra Collins Year 3Liz AshleySarah FletcherAmie FreeTim NoakesLyndsay PickavanceKim ShepardStephen Sharma Year 4John PeersSarah Marshall Charlie Moseley Downton Colm HunterRuby NawazClaire HutchinsonCarly Free Year 5Laura JonesAimee WrightMichelle WarrenBridget CanaWendy DeyChris BirchClaire Hooker Year 6Natalie TwiggerRavinder VirdeeAdam GrayAnekka ScarthCharlotte HarthillMary McKennaRachel Harrison Curriculum Coordinators

Points to consider... There will be at least 1 Coordinator meeting per term. You are responsible for delivering key messages to your team. There is flexibility with your subject if you would like to change during the year. A great opportunity if you would like to become Curriculum Leader/ Year Leader in the future.

Points to consider... First Meeting is tomorrow at 3:00-3:30 Literacy- Lucy’s Classroom Year 1 Numeracy- Sarah Marshall’s Classroom Year 4 ICT/GLG- Colm Hunter’s Classroom Year 4 Science- Amie Free’s Classroom Year 3 Humanities- Chris Birch’s Classroom Year 5 Creative Arts- Wendy Dey’s Classroom Year 5 PSHCE-Rachael Harrison’s Classroom- Year 6

Curriculum Guidance Booklet P:\PDrive \Common\Year Leader

Literacy at WIS The Wellington Way

What to expect this year at WIS Revised Curriculum Overview for KS1 and KS2 Updated unit plans Progression in text types documents Phonics and Key Word Assessment Phonics, Spelling and Handwriting Curriculum BIG Write Update Writing Targets linked to APP Guided Reading and reading APP

The Literacy Team FS1 Alia Sheik FS2 Gemma Kearney Year 1 Lucy Nicholls (Literacy Leader) Year 2 Elle Carlton-Jones Year 3 Liz Ashley Year 4 Jon Peers Year 5 Laura Jones Year 6 Natalie Twigger

Literacy Leader Lucy Nicholls LSA Co-ordinator/Leader Heather Vickery Consultant Philippa Bodien Learning and teaching (SLT) Charlotte Grieves

The refined curriculum overview Enhanced coverage of Fiction, Non-Fiction and Poetry units (3) ▫ Fiction (15 weeks) ▫ Non-Fiction (12 weeks) ▫ Poetry (3 weeks) This will ensure clearer opportunities for a broad and balanced curriculum Range of text types more progressive throughout KS1 and KS2 P: drive /Literacy Planning the curriculum at WIS/Objectives for Year Group units These will be used to inform your planning and ensure correct coverage of skills

Progression in text types Sections 4, 5 and 6Links to BIG Write Narrative Poetry Non-Fiction: ▫ Explanation (Y1, Y4) ▫ Discussion texts/balanced arguments (Y5, Y6) ▫ Persuasion (Y3, Y5) ▫ Non-chronological (Y2, Y3) ▫ Recount (Y1, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6) ▫ Instructions (Y1, Y2, Y5) ▫ Information (Y2, Y3, Y4) Children should not be writing text types that they have not had previous teaching experience. BIG Write is an excellent opportunity to assess the children’s ability to apply the text skills to a range of contexts. Are our expectations high enough?

Planning the updated curriculum Section 7 P: drive /Literacy Planning the curriculum at WIS/Planning format Use of the unit objectives Include progression in text type expectations ALL (Year below) MOST (Current year) SOME (Year above)

Clearly differentiated outcomes (linked to progression document and APP in writing) 3 week units – assessment from the 1 st week feeds directly into subsequent week/s. Final assessment provides recommendations for opportunities to consolidate during the BIG Write

Book expectations Is there evidence of the whole learning journey? Per week we should see evidence of at least 3 pieces of work per week to include: ▫ VCOP and grammar development ▫ Planning of extended writing ▫ Extended writing ▫ Photographic evidence of a practical activity

Short write examples

Evidence of planning writing

Note taking

Creativity in writing

Generating opinions

Photographic evidence

Longer writing examples

Self and peer assessment

What’s coming up? Next week – Phonic Assessments delivered in teams Y4, Y5, Y6 – NFER spelling tests This month – Launch of the new Phonics/Spelling and Handwriting Curriculum This term – Trialling guided reading activities before reading APP launch fully in 2014 What to do in the next couple of weeks: Spend quality time getting to know the specific needs of your class. Refer back to previous APP in writing. Basic skills sessions – Action words/Phonics/Handwriting. Use the new planning format for you next unit of work.