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Focused Coherent and Learned Focused Why Why this Why Why now?
The most important question for you and your team is is to to be able to to answer ‘Why this Why now?
For everything: curriculum plan individual lessons lessons individual activities in in lessons lessons homework tasks assessments (when and and what and and why) etc Curriculum structure
» Our curriculum has three strands that underpin it Coherent Learned » » » The curriculum should be focused – ensuring that all pupils have access to the same high quality powerful knowledge to enable them to succeed The curriculum should be coherent – the curriculum has a a a a a narrative within and across units that builds knowledge and skills over time The curriculum should be learned – the curriculum itself is the progression model To be successful pupils will learn more of the curriculum A focused curriculum:
Is ambitious because it it teaches to to the top for all pupils Teaches the best knowledge of our subject domains building cultural capital Is specific -the core knowledge that students need to know know and and learn has been mapped and and tracked across the curriculum It meets/exceeds the National Curriculum in in breadth/depth building on on KS2 Ensures that core knowledge is is explicitly taught and closes the disadvantaged gap because it it does not rely on assumed prior knowledge Curriculum materials include subject specific planned reading that contains explicitly taught tier two and tier three vocabulary Has curriculum materials that that are designed to ensure that that all pupils (even those taught by inexperienced teachers/non-specialists) have the same high-quality education The curriculum is is is responsive It is is is reviewed evaluated and adapted on on on an an ongoing basis 28