The Curriculum Framework forICT

[QTT Standards 2.1c, 2.1d, 2.2]

October 2005

The National Curriculum

www.nc.uk.net

• values, aims and purposes• programmes of study• attainment targets/level descriptions• other requirements: RE, sex ed, careers ed.• non-statutory framework for PSHE• spiritual, moral, social & cultural development• key skills• thinking skills• ‘other aspects’

ValuesIntroductory statement: p.10National Forum for Values in Education and the Community. Statement of values: p 195-197

Aims1. Provide opportunities for all pupils to learn and

to achieve2. Promote pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and

cultural development and prepare all pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life

Purposes1. To establish an entitlement

2. To establish standards

3. To promote continuity and coherence

4. To promote public understanding

Programmes of study

Set out what pupils should be taught in each subject at each key stage , and provide a basis for planning schemes of work.

4 general teaching requirements:

INCLUSION (p 32-39)

USE OF LANGUAGE (writing, speaking, listening, reading)

USE OF ICT across the curriculum

HEALTH AND SAFETY (science, D&T, ICT, PE)

English

Mathematics

Science

D&T

ICT

History

Geography

MFL

Art & Design

Music

PE

Citizenship

Programme of Study for ICT

Knowledge, skills and understanding• Finding things out• Developing ideas and making things happen• Exchanging and sharing information• Reviewing, modifying and evaluating work as it

progresses

Breadth of study

Attainment Targets and Level Descriptions

Knowledge, skills and understanding which pupils of different abilities and maturities are expected to have by the end of each key stageLevels for ‘the great majority of pupils’:

KS1: 1-3KS2: 2-5KS3: 3-7

level 8+ ‘Exceptional performance’

Other mandatory requirements:

RE must be provided for all registered pupils.

Sex Education must be provided; parent can withdraw their children from all or part of the provision.

Careers Education must be provided for years 9, 10 and 11; encouraged before year 9 and in 6th form

Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development (p. 21)

Personal, Social and Health Education [PSHE]

‘NON-STATUTORY FRAMEWORK’

Sex and Relationships Guidance

Citizenship: statutory requirement (from 2002)

Key Skills

• Communication• Application of number• Information technology• Working with others• Improving own learning and performance• Problem solving

Embedded in the National Curriculum

Thinking skills

• Information-processing• Reasoning • Enquiry • Creative thinking • Evaluation

Complement the key skills; embedded in the NC

Other aspects to be promoted

• Financial capability

(maths, PSHE, citizenship)

• Enterprise and entrepreneurial skills

• Work-related learning

• Education for sustainable development

(geography, science, PSHE, citizenship)

QCA Schemes of Work

www.standards.dfes.gov.uk

schemes of work

subject list

ICT at key stage 3

one way that the ICT programme of study can be interpreted for the classroom

• optional scheme for teaching• help schools to improve standards• complete key stage plan , including bridging unit

YEAR 7

1. Using ICT (bridging unit with KS2)

2. Information and presentation

3. Processing text and images

4. Models: rules and investigations

5. Data: designing structure, capturing and presenting data

6. Control: input, process and output

7. Measuring physical data

YEAR 8

8. Public information systems

9. Publishing on the web

10. Information: reliability, validity and bias

11. Data: use and misuse

12. Systems: integrating applications to find solutions

YEAR 9

13. Control systems

14. Global communications: negotiating and transferring data

15. Systems: managing a project

TEACHER’S GUIDE

UNITS OF WORK* downloadable from the Standards website as Word or PDF files

Key Stage 3 National StrategyFramework for teaching ICT capability: years 7, 8 & 9

3 themes:• Finding things out• Developing ideas and making things happen• Exchanging and sharing information

Critical feature integrated into each theme: • Reviewing, modifying and evaluating work as it

progresses

IntroductionThe ICT curriculum at Key Stage 3Yearly teaching objectives for ICTPlanningTeaching and learningUsing ICT across the curriculum (ICTAC)Assessment and target settingResponsibilities for ICTInclusion and differentiation

Other KS3 National Strategy Guidanceeg. 2004: Assessment for Learning (AfL)