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• English
• ICT
• Personal and Social Education
• Design Technology KS2
• Geography
• Art

English KS2

Focus statement

[Pupils] … should be taught to speak coherently and confidently, and to listen and respond appropriately to a wide range of stimuli including audio-visual media. They should also be given opportunities to develop their ability to communicate, evaluate their talk and capture the interest of listeners. Pupils should be taught to read for different purposes, adopting appropriate strategies. They should read widely, for enjoyment and information, through progressively more challenging and demanding texts, and they should be taught to reflect upon and evaluate their reading. Pupils should be taught to communicate and organise information effectively in writing in response to more demanding, imaginative and factual tasks…

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ICT KS2

Focus statement

[Pupils] … should be taught to use a greater range of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tools and information sources to support their work in other subjects. They become discerning in their use of ICT, and select information, sources and media appropriate to their work. They amend their work and present it with some thought to its audience.

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Personal and Social Education

Pupils should be given opportunities, where appropriate, in their study of design and technology to develop and apply the attitudes, values, skills, knowledge and understanding relating to Personal and Social Education.

Aims:

• to empower pupils to participate in their communities as active citizens and to develop a global perspective.

PSE Key Components of the framework:

Environmental Aspect

Pupils need to be made aware that their response to environmental issues will affect the future quality of life. They can be helped to understand the principles of stewardship and sustainability and to develop an informed concern for and responsible use of the environment.

There is a spectrum of human responses to environmental issues that ranges from concerned and active involvement to indifferent exploitation. Pupils need to appreciate that their responses will affect not only the environment, but also the future quality of life at scales from local through to global.

To develop a clearer understanding of environmental education the process should take place by educating about and for the environment, and by educating in and through it. Education about the environment should be concerned with the inevitable cause and effect and interdependence of systems and the consequences of change and development. Such environmental awareness will embrace the principles of stewardship and sustainability which link with educating for the environment. Pupils, as current consumers of the environment and future decision makers, need to be encouraged to have an informed concern and show responsible use of the environment. They can be motivated to achieve this by learning in and through the environment involving first-hand experiences where the environment itself is the stimulus for learning and an arena for action.

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Design Technology KS2

Knowledge and Understanding

Pupils should be taught: to design and make products using a range of materials and components, matching the working characteristics of the materials to their tasks.

Designing Skills

Pupils should be taught to:

• clarify the requirements of the task in hand,
• use information sources to generate ideas for products, e.g. books, magazines, CDs.

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Geography

Common requirements:

Communication Skills

Pupils should be given opportunities, where appropriate, in their study of geography to develop and apply their skills of speaking, listening, reading, writing and expressing ideas through a variety of media.

Mathematical Skills

Pupils should be given opportunities, where appropriate, in their study of geography to develop and apply their knowledge and skills of number, shape, space, measures and handling data.

Information Technology Skills

Pupils should be given opportunities, where appropriate, in their study of geography to develop and apply their IT skills to obtain, prepare, process and present information and to communicate ideas with increasing independence.

Problem-Solving Skills

Pupils should be given opportunities, where appropriate, in their study of geography to develop and apply their skills of asking appropriate questions, making predictions and coming to informed decisions.

Creative Skills

Pupils should be given opportunities, where appropriate, in their study of geography to develop and apply their creative skills, in particular the development and expression of ideas and imagination.

Personal and Social Education

Pupils should be given opportunities, where appropriate, in their study of geography to develop and apply the attitudes, values, skills, knowledge and understanding relating to Personal and Social Education.

Geography KS2 Programmes of Study

Place:

During their investigations, pupils should be given opportunities to:

understand and realise the interrelationships within the wider world in terms of decision making and global citizenship.

Theme:

When studying the theme of environmental change, pupils should be taught to:

1. identify ways in which people affect the environment,

2. investigate ways in which people attempt to look after the present and safeguard the future environment through sustainable development,

3. recognise that people have different views about changes made to the environment.

During their investigations, pupils should be given opportunities to:

4. begin formulating ideas and opinions about geographical issues and events,

5. understand the individual’s responsibility for the environment.

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Art

KS2 Focus Statement

[Pupils] … should be taught to investigate the natural and made environment and the imagined world through recording from observation, experience and imagination using a variety of resources including, where appropriate, ICT.

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