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Achieving QTS

Student Resources

  • Primary English: Knowledge and Understanding
    • English Subject Knowledge Audit
    • Reflective self-assessment questions
      • Chapter 2 – Spoken English and Standard English
      • Chapter 3 - The nature of learning
      • Chapter 4 – The acquisition of language
      • Chapter 5 – Representing sound in writing
      • Chapter 6 – Words, vocabulary and morphology
      • Chapter 7 – The grammar of the sentence in Standard English
      • Chapter 8 – The components of sentences
      • Chapter 9 – Handwriting
      • Chapter 10 – Punctuation
      • Chapter 11 – Cohesion: Grammar at the level of the text
      • Chapter 12 – The qualities of stories
      • Chapter 13 – The qualities of drama
      • Chapter 14 – The qualities of drama
      • Chapter 15 – Looking at information books
      • Chapter 16 – Electronic texts
    • Glossary
    • Irregular verbs in English
  • Primary English: Teaching Theory and Practice
    • Primary National Curriculum KS 1 & 2
      • Introduction
      • Aims
      • Purpose of study
      • Spoken language
      • Reading
      • Writing
      • Spelling, vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
      • School curriculum and attainment targets
      • Spoken language years 1-6
      • Key stage 1 – year 1
      • Year 1 programme of study
      • Key stage 1 – year 2
      • Year 2 programme of study
      • Lower key stage 2 – years 3 and 4
      • Years 3 and 4 programmes of study
      • Upper key stage 2 – years 5 and 6
      • Years 5 and 6 programmes of study
    • Lesson ideas
      • Year 1 – Using questioning with picture books
      • Year 2 – Developing reading comprehension through poetry
      • Year 3 – Teaching direct speech
      • Year 4 – Teaching the difference between the plural and the possessive -s
      • Year 5 – Teaching modal verbs
      • Year 6 – Using drama to analyse a Shakespeare text
    • Tips for planning
    • Useful weblinks
    • Recommended book list from CLPE
  • Primary Science: Knowledge and Understanding
    • Science Subject Knowledge Audit
    • Reflective self-assessment questions
      • Chapter 2 – Working Scientifically
      • Chapter 3 – Functioning of organisms: green plants
      • Chapter 4 – Functioning of organisms: animals including humans
      • Chapter 5 – Evolution and inheritance
      • Chapter 6 – Living things and their habitats
      • Chapter 7 – Materials
      • Chapter 8 – Changes of materials
      • Chapter 9 – Rocks, soils and fossils
      • Chapter 10 – Electricity
      • Chapter 11 – Energy
      • Chapter 12 – Forces and magnets
      • Chapter 13 – Light
      • Chapter 14 – Sound
      • Chapter 15 – Earth and space
    • Glossary
  • Primary Science: Teaching Theory and Practice
    • Primary National Curriculum KS 1 & 2
      • Introduction
      • Aims
      • Scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding
      • Spoken language
      • School curriculum
      • Key Stage One
      • Key Stage One Year 1
      • Year 1 programme of study
      • Year 2 programme of study
      • Lower Key Stage Two programmes of study
      • Lower Key Stage Two – Years 3 and 4
      • Year 3 programme of study
      • Year 4 programme of study
      • Upper Key Stage 2 – Years 5 and 6
      • Upper Key Stage 2 programmes of study
      • Year 5 programmes of study
      • Year 6 programmes of study
    • Lesson ideas
      • Reception – Developing scientific thinking through role-play
      • Reception – Looking closely at trees with children
      • Key Stage 1 – Using senses
      • Year 1 – Recording over time
      • Year 2 – Working scientifically
      • Upper Key Stage 2 – Micro-organisms
      • Year 4 – Observing light
    • Tips for planning
    • Useful weblinks
  • Primary Mathematics: Knowledge and Understanding
    • Subject knowledge audit for primary mathematics
    • Reflective self-assessment questions
      • Chapter 2 – Number: place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
      • Chapter 3 – Number: fractions, decimals and percentages
      • Chapter 4 – Mathematical language, reasoning and proof
      • Chapter 5 – Algebra, equations, functions and graphs
      • Chapter 6 – Measures
      • Chapter 7 – Geometry
      • Chapter 8 – Statistics
    • Glossary
  • Primary Mathematics: Teaching Theory and Practice
    • Primary National Curriculum KS 1 & 2
      • Introduction
      • Purpose of study
      • Aims
      • Information and communication technology (ICT)
      • Spoken language
      • School curriculum
      • Attainment targets
      • Key Stage One Years 1 and 2
      • Year 1 Programme of study
      • Year 2 programme of study
      • Lower Key Stage Two Years 3 and 4
      • Year 3 programme of study
      • Year 4 programme of study
      • Upper Key Stage 2 Years 5 and 6
      • Year 5 programmes of study
      • Year 6 programmes of study
    • Lesson ideas
      • Year 1: One more than, one less than
      • Year 2: Place value
      • Year 4: Roman numerals
    • Tips for planning
    • Useful weblinks

Introduction

English programmes of study: key stages 1 and 2
National curriculum in England

Department for Education, September 2013

Contents

  • Aims
  • Scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding
  • Spoken language
  • School curriculum
  • Key Stage One
  • Key Stage One Year 1
  • Year 1 programme of study
  • Year 2 programme of study
  • Lower Key Stage Two – Years 3 and 4
  • Lower Key Stage Two programmes of study
  • Year 3 programme of study
  • Year 4 programme of study
  • Upper Key Stage 2 – Years 5 and 6
  • Upper Key Stage 2 programmes of study
  • Year 5 programmes of study
  • Year 6 programmes of study

For the full appendices, including spelling lists and glossary, click here to see the full document.

 

 

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