Curriculum (primary)
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Curriculum management (primary)
8 articles- Aligning curricula across your trust: case study (primary)Learn how Victoria Academies Trust rolled out its challenge-based curriculum across schools to drive Ofsted improvement, and how you can apply this approach to your trust.
- Curriculum statements (primary)Adapt our model curriculum statement to save you time writing your own, and see examples of what other schools are doing.
- Evaluating the primary school classroom: checklistDownload and adapt this checklist to help you evaluate the physical space in your classrooms. It can help you identify areas for improvement, such as displays and organisation, to create a positive classroom learning environment.
English (primary)
16 articles- 8 ways schools promote reading for pleasureGet everyone on the same page when it comes to a love of reading, and be inspired to create a school-wide book buzz with these strategies, resources and initiatives from schools and organisations.
- Alternative approaches to teaching readingLearn what approaches you can use alongside phonics, and who might need that extra support. Get ideas from a special school that offers a range of methods to help its pupils access the curriculum.
- Alternative to guided reading: whole-class readingSome schools are moving away from 'carousel' reading sessions and implementing whole-class reading. Learn how this approach can work and how to introduce it in your school.
Mathematics (primary)
2 articles- Maths vocabulary list (primary)Download our list of maths vocabulary for Key Stage 1 and 2 of the National Curriculum, to help you check your pupils' understanding of new vocabulary introduced in years 1 to 6.
- Medium and long-term maths planning (primary)Find out when to use medium and long-term plans, and see examples and resources for planning your maths curriculum.
Subjects and skills (primary)
7 articles- Computing: planning and assessment (primary)Learn how to plan and assess computing at the primary level. Find links to schemes of work, progression grids, assessment resources, and examples from a school and a local authority.
- Key Stage (KS) 1 and KS2 swimming: requirementsAll maintained schools must provide swimming lessons in Key Stage (KS) 1 or KS2. Find out what maintained schools and academies are required to publish online about pupils' swimming attainment and what to do if a parent/carer wants to withdraw their child from these lessons.
- Mastery teaching across the curriculumBe clear on what mastery means and see how you can help your teachers teach and assess it across the curriculum.