1. Curriculum Parents’ Information Evening
Wednesday 19th November 2014

2. Welcome Introduction to the new curriculum The English Curriculum
The Mathematics Curriculum
Workshops

3. Primary National Curriculum 2014
Draft form since September 2013
All maintained schools in England had to begin teaching the new curriculum in September 2014.
The staff in the federation schools prepared and planned for the new curriculum throughout last academic year.

4. Primary National Curriculum 2014
Two exceptions to the teaching of the new curriculum for this year only:
Current Year 2 pupils
Current Year 6 pupils
These pupils will be taught the pre-2014 curriculum objectives still for this year in English, Maths and Science.
These pupils will sit the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 tests in May 2015.

5. Primary National Curriculum 2014
The curriculum framework states that:
‘Every state-funded school must offer a curriculum which is balanced and broadly based and which:
promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society
prepares pupils at the school for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life’
The school curriculum comprises all learning and other experiences that each school plans for its pupils. The national curriculum forms one part of the school curriculum.

6. Primary National Curriculum 2014
All schools should make provision for personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE), drawing on good practice.
All schools are also required to make provision for a daily act of collective worship and must teach religious education to pupils at every key stage.
Schools are also free to include other subjects or topics of their choice in planning and designing their own programme of education.

7. Primary National Curriculum 2014
How is the curriculum organised?
The curriculum is organised into 4 Key Stages- Key Stages 1-4. In our Primary schools we cover Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
The curriculum has 12 subjects, classified in legal terms as ‘core’ and ‘other foundation’ subjects.

8. Structure of the national curriculum
Key stage 1
Key stage 2
Age
5-7
7-11
Year groups
1-2
3-6
Core subjects
English ✓
Mathematics
Science
Foundation subjects
Art and design
Computing
Design and technology
Languages
Geography
History
Music
Physical education
Religious Education

9. Our Curriculum Themes Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term Treasure!
Cycle 1
( )
Treasure!
Curriculum Focus: Geography/Art
Class 1: Pirates
Class 2: Local Study and contrasting location
Maps and orienteering
Class 3: Seven Wonders of the World
Natural Disasters
Food Glorious Food
Curriculum Focus: History/Geography/DT
Class 1: UK/USA
Class 2: China/ Romans
Class 3: Greeks/ Egyptians
In it to Win it!
Curriculum Focus: Science/Maths/DT
Class 1: Shape and Pattern
Class 2: Transport
Class 3: Kit Car Challenge
Cycle 2
( )
Lights, Camera, Action
Curriculum Focus: Art/Drama/Music/ History
Class 1: Puppets
Class 2: Animation
Class 3: Silent Movies to Pixar
Let’s Rock
Curriculum Focus: Science/Geography
Class 1: Dinosaurs/ Properties of Materials
Class 2: Rocks/ Fossilisation
Class 3: Caves/ Evolution/ Adaptation
The Sound of Music
Curriculum Focus: Music/ History/Dance
Class 1: Famous and local
composers
Class 2: Making music
Class 3: Music and dance through the decades
Cycle 3
( )
Who do you Think you are?
Curriculum Focus: History/Art
Class 1: Significant historical figures
Black history month
Class 2: Famous artists/local artists
Our diverse community (local, Class 3: Kirklees, nationally and globally)
Out of this World!
Curriculum Focus: Science
Class 1: Superheroes, light, seasons and time
Class 2: Fictional Worlds
Class 3: Space travel, forces, electricity
Wet ‘n’ Wild
Curriculum focus: Geography
Class 1: Animals and Weather
Class 2: Habitats and minibeasts
Class 3: Rainforests, rivers and mountains

10. New National Curriculum Literacy
The Heights Federation

11. Changes in the new curriculum
The New National Curriculum is broken down into the following areas:
Spoken Language
Reading (Word Reading and Comprehension)
Writing (Spelling, handwriting, composition and grammar/punctuation)

12. Spoken Language
Spoken language is not defined by year groups but a set of principles which should be embedded into all subjects and for all children in years 1-6. It builds upon the spoken language elements from Reception Year. There is a greater emphasis upon drama, poetry and performance for a variety of audiences.

13. Reading
Phonics and phonological awareness is still strongly emphasised particularly in the Early Years and Key Stage 1 and where necessary for Key Stage 2 children. Word reading is an important part of the curriculum. There is still a Year 1 phonics screening. There is greater emphasis upon the reading of poetry as part of the wide range of texts children should be exposed to. We as a school still strongly believe that there is a place for children both reading to you as adults and being read to as children.

14. Reading and parents
■Children and young people who do not achieve expected levels of literacy are likely to be from disadvantaged backgrounds.
■14% of children in lower income homes rarely or never read books for pleasure.
■Only 1 in 5 parents easily find the opportunity to read to their children.
■Parents are the most important reading role models for children and young people. (National Literacy Trust, Reaching Out with Role Models, April 2009)
■10 to 16 year-olds who read for pleasure do better at school. (2013 research by Dr Alice Sullivan and Matt Brown from the Institute of Education)
■Reading for pleasure is more important for children's cognitive development than their parents' level of education. (2013 research by Dr Alice Sullivan and Matt Brown from the Institute of Education)

15. Spelling and punctuation
There are spelling lists for each year group which are available to take away today. Spelling forms part of the SPAG test for year 6 pupils and will form part of the testing process for Year 2 children from academic year.
Children should be taught spelling rules and there is also a need for children to write dictated sentences.

16. writing
There is a need for children to know grammatical terms used when reading and writing so that they can talk about their writing and the writing of others.
For example, children will need to know:
The use of terms such as conjunctions (NOT CONNECTIVES), adverbs, prepositions, fronted adverbials etc.

17. Sats tests
Children in Year 2 and Year 6 will still sit the end of Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 government tests.
This current school year children will sit the old style papers which cover objectives from the previous national curriculum.
In the academic year (current Y1 and current Y5) children will sit the new style tests. These are very different to the SATS papers we have worked with previously and samples are available for you to look at.

18. Changes to Mathematics in the New Curriculum

19. The aims of the new curriculum
become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasing complex problems over time, so that children develop a deep understanding and are able to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.
reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing and argument, justification or proof using mathematical language.
can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of problems with increasing difficulty, including breaking problems down into a series of simpler steps and persevering in finding solutions.

20. The New Mathematics Curriculum is broken down into the following areas:
Number and Place Value
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division
Fractions
Measurement
Geometry
Position and Direction
Statistics.

21. What’s Changed? Greater focus on the skills of arithmetic.
Year 1 – To be able to count to 100 instead of 20.
By the end of KS1 children should be able to use simple fractions (½ and ¼)
By the end of KS2 children should be able to convert decimals fractions to simple fractions (e.g = 3/8)
By the end of Y4 – children will be expected to know their times tables up to 12 x 12.
A move to more formal calculation methods in KS2.
We have developed new calculation polices in line with the new curriculum, these will be made available on each of the school’s websites.
Calculators will not be introduced until near the end of KS2 to encourage mental arithmetic.

22. Tests your child will take
National Curriculum tests are compulsory for children at the end of Year 2 and Year 6. Informally known as SATs.
The new National Curriculum tests will take place each summer from 2016.
Where previously these tests and other teacher assessments were graded in levels (usually numbering between Level 1 and 6) from 2016 the tests will be reported as a scaled score with a score of 100 representing the expected level for each year group.
Year 2 tests
short arithmetic test of 15 questions.
second paper of broader mathematics which will last around 35 minutes.
Year 6 tests
Arithmetic test of approximately 30 minutes.
2 broader mathematics tests of 40 minutes.

23. High Achievers
If you child is achieving well, rather than moving onto the following year groups work we will encourage a more in-depth and investigate work to allow for more mastery and understanding of concepts.

24. How can you help your child?
KIRFs - Key Instant Recall Facts
KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts) support the development of the arithmetic skills that underpin much of the maths work in schools.
Children should know these thoroughly and be able to recall the facts instantly for their year group. By helping to develop these skills your child will be more able to access other areas of the maths curriculum such as calculation methods, problem solving and reasoning.
Each half term your child will be given a new KIRF target to practise.
The KIRF targets have been updated to match the new curriculum.
A copy of the KIRF target grid will also be made available on each schools website.

25. Term Recep Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Recep
Say the number names in order to 5
To begin to know the days of the week.
Say the number names to 10.
To practise halving shapes and quantities.
To order and sequence events in a school day.
Year 1
Know all the number bonds to 5 (then moving on to 10).
To know the days of the week and seasons and months of the year.
To identify one more and one less
Recognise, find and name a half and quarter.
To tell the time to the hour and half past
Year 2
Know all the number bonds to 20.
Know multiplication and division facts for
x 2 table
x 5 table
and x10 table.
To recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20.
Recognise, find name and write 1/3 ¼ ½ and ¾ of size shape and quantity.
To tell and write the time to 5 minute intervals
Year 3
Know number bonds to 100 for
multiples of 10
(then moving on to multilples of 5)
x 3 table
x 4 table
and x 8 table.
To recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 100.
Recognise and show equivalent fractions.
To tell and write the time to 1 minute intervals
Year 4
Know all number bonds to 100.
x 6 table
x 7 table
x 9 table
x 11 table
and x 12 table.
To multiply and divide single digit number by 10 and 100.
Recognise and write decimal equivalents ¼ ½ and ¾
To recall facts about durations of time.
Year 5
Know all decimal bonds that total 1 then 10
(1 decimal place).
To know square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (2) and cubed (3).
To multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving deci
mals by 10, 100 and 1,000
Read and write decimals as fractions
I can find factor pairs of a number.
Year 6
Know the 2 place decimal complements of 1.
To know whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19.
To multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1,000 giving answers are up to three decimal places
Recall and use equivalences between fractions, decimals and percentages.
I can identify common factors of a pair of numbers.