New Curriculum Blogs

This page collects together the various blog posts I have written which are a resource for schools tackling the introduction of the new curriculum in primary schools.

It is also possible to download a resource pack of 12 items to support the roll-out of the curriculum and its assessment.

Designing the Curriculum

• 5 steps to introducing the new Primary Curriculum
• Curriculum Jigsaws – an overview of the new curriculum for each year group
• Curriculum Jigsaws template – to allow schools to design their own jigsaw models
• Headline Changes for the Primary Curriculum – outlining the main areas to be tackled
• New Curriculum? What new curriculum? – highlighting the areas of curriculum that don’t need substantial alteration
• Progression Documents for English and Maths – outlining the objectives across the year groups
• FAQ: New Primary Curriculum

Mastery

• Why is Mastery just for Maths?  – looking at approaches to be used in KS2 English
• Cohesion in the teaching of Writing – a more detailed look at moving towards mastery in Writing
• Mastery Maths in KS2 – our approach to mastery of mathematics
• A Mastery Model for Writing – moving away from the text types treadmill in KS2

Assessment

• Primary Assessment: it’s complicated  – Planning for Assessment
• Maths & Writing Key Objectives – booklet of key objectives for each year group (in the NNS style)
• Tracking ≠ Assessment – arguing for the separation of the two purposes for assessment
• Useful assessment in the primary school – how we move forward in a world without levels
• Summary of Primary Assessment Changes – examining what testing looks like from 2016
• New KS1 tests from 2016 and New KS2 tests from 2016
• Assessment Innovation Fund Winners – reviews of the three primary-linked assessment schemes
• Key Objectives Assessment Grids – a downloadable spreadsheet for Reading, Writing & Maths to track progress
• The Level 4 Myth – considering whether the new expectations at KS2 are really anything like the old level 4b as we were told.
• NAHT Assessment Framework review – a review of the framework suggested by the NAHTs commission.