The New Secondary Curriculum

• Tatersalls, Newmarket – 10/11/09

Pathways in Year Seven;Pathways in Year Seven;Steps in Developing a Personalised Steps in Developing a Personalised

Competency CurriculumCompetency CurriculumSteve KeebleLead Practitioner Curriculum Change

Objectives

How we learn – “The Culture Way”

Deciding on a Pathway

Ready to Learn R2L

• Some setting in Maths, Science and MFL.

• English, Humanities, Creative Arts and ICT operate a carousel with mixed ability groups within the pathway.

• 6 MFL Lessons

Mon 1 Geography Art German English Maths

Tue 1 Science English Spanish Maths RE

Wed 1 PE PE French Science Enrichment

Thur 1 Maths Music DT DT Drama

Fri 1 Science Cit ICT English History

Mon 2 DT PE English Maths History

Tue 2 Spanish ICT Maths Art English

Wed 2 German English Science Music RE

Thur 2 Maths DT French Geography Science

Fri 2 Music Science English PE Art

Learning Plus L+

• Ability setting in English, Science, Maths and MFL

• Mixed ability in Humanities, Creative Arts and ICT

• 4 MFL Lessons and 2 Literacy+ Lesson

Mon 1 Music Maths Science Spanish English

Tue 1 History Art Maths French English

Wed 1 DT DT English Geography Enrichment

Thur 1 Science English PE PE ICT

Fri 1 English RE Cit Science Maths

Mon 2 PE DT Music English Geography

Tue 2 Maths French Drama History Science

Wed 2 ICT Spanish Science Maths English

Thur 2 Science PE Art Music English

Fri 2 RE English Maths DT Art

Learning to Learn L2L

• Ability setting in Science, Maths and MFL

• 2 MFL lessons and 2 Literacy+ Lessons

• 17 lessons per fortnight with deputy SENCO covering English, Humanities, Music and Literacy+

Mon 1 L2L L2L Maths L2L Science

Tue 1 Science Maths L2L L2L RE

Wed 1 DT DT L2L L2L Enrichment

Thur 1 Science Maths PE PE English

Fri 1 German Maths ICT L2L L2L

Mon 2 PE DT L2L L2L Maths

Tue 2 English L2L ICT Maths Maths

Wed 2 Cit Maths Science L2L L2L

Thur 2 German PE L2L Maths L2L

Fri 2 Maths Science ICT DT L2L

• Within each pathway a separate banding system for PE and DT (Called PT) to allow equal numbers and gender in bands

• This was a problem inhibiting movement on academic ground in 2008

PE and DT

The Nature of Teaching and Learning• Read through and think about each of the

statements.

• Mark on the scale of numbers to show which statement you feel most in agreement with

• Secondly mark where you believe the majority of colleagues in your own school are likely to think we should be.

Successes

Challenges

Worth Thinking About

Testament

• “They soon found, as we did, that they needed to change the curriculum towards a more competency-based approach if they were going to embed the principles of Learning to Learn for life”

• “They have gone on to achieve national recognition for their curriculum innovation and we have moved on to develop a project-based approach to learning in Year 7 that has had a remarkable impact on student achievement”

Useful links

SSAT www.ssatrust.org.uk/curriculumdesign

National

College www.nationalcollege.org.uk/

QCA http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/

Further information

If you want advice or support on any of the issues discussed today

Phone: 01493 660218

Email: sajh@btinternet.com

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