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.