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

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 2013-2014\Common\Year Leader

Literacy at WISThe 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 TeamFS1Alia SheikFS2Gemma KearneyYear 1Lucy Nicholls(Literacy Leader)Year 2Elle Carlton-Jones

Year 3Liz AshleyYear 4Jon PeersYear 5 Laura JonesYear 6Natalie Twigger

Literacy LeaderLucy Nicholls

LSA Co-ordinator/LeaderHeather Vickery

ConsultantPhilippa 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 2013-2014/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 typesSections 4, 5 and 6 Links 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 2013-2014/Literacy

Planning the curriculum at WIS/Planning format

•Use of the unit objectives• Include progression in text type

expectationsALL (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 1st week feeds directly into subsequent week/s.

•Final assessment provides recommendations for opportunities to consolidate during the BIG Write

Book expectationsIs 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.