expectations have changed...

• The main aim is to raise standards, particularly as the UK is slipping down international student assessment league tables.

• Inspired by what is taught in the world’s most successful school systems, including Hong Kong, Singapore and Finland, as well as in the best UK schools, it’s designed to produce productive, creative and well educated students.

Why the big change?

English • Stronger emphasis on vocabulary development, grammar,

punctuation and spelling (for example, the use of commas and apostrophes will be taught in Year 2)

• Handwriting – is expected to be fluent, legible and speedy

• Spoken English has a greater emphasis, with children to be taught debating and presenting skills

What’s new?

Want to have a go?

1. faster2. sunny3. face4. group5. fingers6. paints7. kitten8. thanked9. Saturday10. sweets

11. baking12. knew13. model14. whale15. world16. hurried17. petal18. rainbow19. peaceful20. teddies

Spellings Year 2

1. discover2. mission3. loose4. sign5. country6. gymnastics7. edible8. posture9. sleigh10. delicious

11. scent12. illusion13. re-enter14. parachute15. abundance16. unavoidably17. dissolve18. ominous19. drawer20. possession

Spellings Year 6

Spelling Once Read Write Inc. is completed children then follow a systematic spelling programme. (20 minutes daily)

What do we do at Hill View?

Never heard before X

Heard - not sure of meaning ?

Know what it means: give a simple definition or an example

noun

pronoun

adjective

determiner

conjunction

verb

adverb

preposition

connectives

sentence

clause

phrase

imperative

present tense

past tense

singular

plural

suffix

prefix

paragraph

Grammar

Never heard before X

Heard - not sure of meaning ?

Know what it means: give a simple definition plus an example

1. subordinate clause

2. possessive pronoun

3. adverbial

4. relative pronoun

5. modal verb

6. relative clause

7. active voice

8. passive voice

9. subject

10. object

11. cohesion

12. ambiguity

13. past perfect

Grammar

Writing• Grammar and punctuation games and warm up activities• A whole range of opportunity to apply skills to different

genres in both fiction and non-fiction pieces• Write for a purpose and audience!• Support children in becoming skilled at planning their writing

What do we do at Hill View?

Reading• Read Write Inc. phonics teaching for Reception, Year 1 and

Year 2. • We foster a love of reading. Every class has a book corner.• We carefully select literature to enrich, engage and inspire the

children.• We develop their reading skills through guided activities. • We give them opportunities to write answers to a range of

questions.

What do we do at Hill View?

Maths • Year 1 will be expected to learn to count up to 100 (compared to 20 under

the current curriculum) and learn number bonds to 20 (currently up to 10)

• Simple fractions (1/4 and 1/2) will be taught from Year 1, and by the end of primary school, children should be able to convert decimal fractions to simple fractions (e.g. 0.375 = 3/8)

• By the end of Year 4, children will be expected to know times tables up to 12x12 (currently 10x10 by the end of primary school)

• Calculators will not be used at all in primary schools, to encourage mental arithmetic

What’s new?

Want to have a go?

End of Year 2 number and calculation

Answers!

End of Year 6 number and calculation

Answers!

Maths• Big Maths! Regular practice of Counting, Learn its, It’s

nothing new, Calculation • Outer maths – geometry, statistics, measure• Investigations – problem solving and reasoning

What do we do at Hill View?

• The Department for Education has overhauled the format and content of SATs taken in Year 2 and Year 6, to reflect the new curriculum.

• These will be taken for the first time in May 2016.

• You can check out some example papers on the DfE's website. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum-assessments-2016-sample-materials

• There will also be a new grading system, replacing the previous national curriculum levels.

Will the new curriculum involve any new tests?

• All children made progress last year to a lesser or greater degree.

• We could not report on progress and expected attainment last year. This year we can and will.

• Teachers now know where your child is in relation to the new curriculum and expectations.

• We will teach from these starting points and accelerate progress where possible.

Getting on track…

Use further prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add them (English Appendix 1).

Spell words that are often misspelt (English Appendix 1).

Use the first two or three letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary.

Use the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined.

Increase the legibility, consistency and quality of their handwriting [for example, by ensuring that the downstrokes of letters are parallel and equidistant; that lines of writing are spaced sufficiently so that the ascenders and descenders of letters do not touch].

Plan their writing by discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar.

[Key] Draft and write by creating settings, characters and plot in narratives.

[Key] Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors.

Mostly Achieved[Year 4 Jul]

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Spell further homophones. Place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals [for example, girls', boys'] and in words with irregular plurals [for example, children's].

[Key] Write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that include words and punctuation taught so far.

 

Plan their writing by discussing and recording ideas.

Draft and write by using simple organisational devices in non-narrative material [for example, headings and sub-headings].

Read aloud their own writing, to a group or the whole class, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear.

Greater Depth[Year 4 Mar]

Working Towards[Year 4 Jun]

Mostly Achieved[Year 4 Jul]  

Achieved[Year 4 Feb]

Achieved[Year 4 Apr]

Achieved[Year 4 May]

   

Draft and write by composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures (English Appendix 2).

Evaluate and edit by assessing the effectiveness of their own and others' writing and suggesting improvements.

   

Achieved[Year 4 Feb]

Achieved[Year 4 Mar]

   

[Key] Draft and write by organising paragraphs around a theme.

Evaluate and edit by proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences.

   

Mostly Achieved[Year 4 Jul]

Achieved[Year 4 Jun]

School Pupil Tracker

Why the change?• Best fit approach caused gaps in learning

Emerging – your child is working towards the expected standard. They may need support to master their learning. Expected – your child is working at the expected standard and has mastery and depth to a secure level.Exceeding – your child is working above the expected standard. They are working with depth and mastery showing a high ability to apply learning across the curriculum.

Reporting to parents – life without levels…

Mastery

1. A child needs lots of support from adults and resources (stabilisers)

Mastery

2. A child is now growing in confidence, can be independent but needs guidance to become secure.

Mastery

3. A child has a good understanding, awareness, high levels of independence and is confident.

Mastery

4. A child can apply a range of skills to different contexts and broaden their experiences.

• Most children are working towards achieving the expected level.

• It takes time to fill gaps in knowledge, skills and understanding.

• We are helping children to know their targets and improve their work.

• We passionately believe that the primary school years should foster a love of learning.

The picture at our school

• Accurate information of your child’s stage in learning in relation to new expectations

• Information on what and how we teach maths (calculation guidance and policy)

• Spelling guidance to support your children (tasks at home related to child’s spelling stage)• Your child to know their targets in reading,

writing and maths

What to expect from us this year…

• Share and embrace a love of reading• Talk – make quality time to do this (without electronic devices!)• Have high expectations of writing and

presentation • Learn the number facts and times tables• Involve your child in real life problems• 5 to 10 minutes a day is all it takes!

Your child needs your help