Linking School Travel Plans to the Curriculum Created by David Graham, London Borough of Lambeth.

Linking School Travel Plans to the

Curriculum Created by David Graham, London Borough of Lambeth

National Curriculum • National Curriculum runs from EYFS to KS4 (0 to 16)

• DCSF

• QCA

• Combination of units from QCA and DCSF

• Every Child Matters

• SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning)

• School Cycles – Ofsted – Schemes of work

Why link STP to curriculum?

• Important to success of school travel plan and embeds it in the school culture

• Easy links to Geography and Citizenship (PSHE)

• STP is not just a paper document

• “What have we been doing already?”

• Accreditation criteria

• Cross-curricular

Where do you start?• Liaise with teachers

• Ask for scheme of work

• Provide examples

• Advise additions

• If unit is taught – add to action plan

• Is your school champion part of SMT?

• Provide info on resources that link to curriculum

Example of a scheme of work for Year 6

Year 6Poetry: Unit 2

Finding a voice

Years 7 to 11Taking roles in group

discussion

Years 7 to 11Drama, role-play and

performance

Year 6Non-fiction: Unit 4

Formal/impersonal writing Year 6Non-fiction: Unit 3

Argument

Year 4 Poetry: Unit 2

Exploring Form

Year 2 Poetry: Unit 2Really looking

Year 1Poetry: Units 1 -

3Using the sensesPattern & Rhyme

Poems on a theme

Year 1 Non-fiction:

Unit 2Instructions: Persuasion

Year 1 Narrative: Unit 1

“Stories with familiar settings”

LITERACY

Year 7 and 10 StatisticsInterpreting and discussing results

Year 7 and 10 statistics Processing and representing data

Year 7, 8 and 10 statistics Specifying a problem, planning

and collecting data

Year 9Geometry and Measures

Transformation and coordinates

Year 3 and 5 Block D

Calculating, measuring and understanding shape

Years 1 to 6Block C

Handling Data and Measures

MATHS

Year 1 and 2Unit 2C Can buildings speak?

Year 5 and 6Unit 6C: A sense of place

Year 3 and 4Unit 4C: Journeys

Year 3 and 4Unit 3C: Can we change places?

MFL – Unit 15Describe your journey to school

MFL – Unit 7“How do you get to school”

ART & DESIGN and MFL

Year 7Unit 1: Making connections

Section 1: Where is our place and what is it like?

Year 3 to 6Unit 16: What's in the news?

Year 3Unit 6: Investigating our local area

Year 5Unit 20: Local traffic - an environmental issue?

Year 5Unit 12: Should the high street be closed to traffic

Year 4Unit 8: Improving the environment

Section 4: What is this place like and why? How can it be

improved?

Year 1Unit 2: How can we make our

local area safer?

Year 1Unit 1: Around our school –

the local area

Year 1-2Unit 24: Passport

to the world Section 1: Where can I go from my

home?

GEOGRAPHY

ICT (Year 4)Unit 4D: Collecting and presenting information:

questionnaires and pie charts

ICT (Year 5)Unit 5A: Graphical modelling Section 5: Integrated tasks

Year 9Unit 9B: Fit and healthy

Year 7Unit 7I: Energy resources

Year 5Unit 5A: Keeping healthy

Year 2Unit 2A: Health and growth

Section 4: Exercising

SCIENCE & ICT

Year 3-6Unit 10: Local democracy

for young citizens

  Year 7-9 Unit 21:

People and the environment

Year 7-9 Unit 10: Debating a global

issue Section 6: What is

our role in a sustainable future?

Year 3-6 Unit 10: Local democracy for young citizens

Year 1-6 Unit 01: Taking part -

developing skills of communication and participation (school council and making a

difference)

  Year 10-11Unit 12: Global issues,

local action

Year 1-6 Unit 04: People who help us - the local police Section 1: Key stage 1 - Who can help us

in our community

Year 1-6Unit 02: Choices

Year 1-6Unit 02: Choices

Year 1-6 Unit 06: Developing our school

grounds?

CITIZENSHIP

Year 6 Unit 12:Moving on

Example of an action plan containing links to curriculum

Other Items

• Special schools

• Nursery and EYFS

• Diploma– Engineering (2008)– Environment and Land-based

studies (2009)– Public Services (2010)

STP resources linking to curriculum• KS3 educational resources

• KS2 cycling curriculum pack

• Upgrade Pack

• WOW walking zone pack

• DEMOCS

• Your time

John Rymell, School Travel Adviser

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

020 7364 6918 or 07956 541010

john.rymell@towerhamlets.gov.uk