Parents Information Evening

1. Parents Information Evening Northern Ireland Curriculum

2. The Relevance Challenge The Learning Challenge The Overcrowding Challenge The Technological Challenge Rationale The Northern Ireland Curriculum aims to empower young people to achieve their potential and to make informed and responsible decisions throughout their lives as individuals, contributors to society and contributors to the economy and the environment.

3. The NI Curriculum • Aim - To empower young people to develop their full potential • Objectives- To enable each young person to develop as an; INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR TO SOCIETY CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT

4. Changed Emphasis Emphasis moving from:

5. Stages of thePrimary Curriculum • Foundation Stage: Yrs 1 and 2 • Key Stage 1: Yrs 3 and 4 • Key Stage 2: Yrs 5,6 and 7

6. Areas Of Learning • The Arts • Language and Literacy • Mathematics and Numeracy • Personal Development • Physical Education • The World Around Us • (Religion)

8. THINKING SKILLS AND PERSONAL CAPABILITIES

9. Being Creative Thinking, Problem-Solving, Decision-Making Managing Information Thinking Skills & Personal Capabilities Self-Management Working with Others

10. Thinking, Problem Solving, Decision Making Examine evidence, distinguish fact from opinion in relation to drugs Discuss options, weigh up the pros and cons of a decision or action Make links between cause and effect of actions with regard to lifestyle choices Managing Information Plan and set personal goals for behaviour or learning Use own and others’ ideas when class is preparing an assembly on an issue Working With Others Make and sustain friendships Deal with and resolve conflict fairly and effectively Agreeing roles and responsibilities Being Creative Learn from and build on others’ experiences peers, parents and visitors to the school. Use all the senses to stimulate and contribute to ideas e.g. food tasting Self Management Manage strong feelings Promote calm and optimistic states that promote the achievement of goals & facilitate learning Persist with tasks, recover from setbacks.

11. Personal Development

12. What is Personal Development? Encouraging each child to become personally, emotionally, socially and physically effective, to lead healthy, safe and fulfilled lives; to become confident, independent and responsible citizens, making informed and responsible choices and decisions throughout their lives’

13. 1. PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING AND HEALTH Self esteem Feelings and Emotions Dispositions & attitudes Health and Safety 2.MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING IN THE LOCAL & GLOBAL COMMUNITY Relationships Responsibilities Similarities and differences Approaches to conflict Cultural difference & diversity

14. Assessment for Learning

15. Assessment for Learning: Assessment for learning is the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers to decide… where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go next, and how best to get them there. Assessment Reform Group, 1998

16. Assessment of& for Learning • Summative Assessment • after the learning… • to prove learning… • measuring learning… • done to learners… • widens the ability range… • Externally referenced • Outcome focus • Formative Assessment • during the learning… • to improve learning… • growing learning… • done with learners… • narrows the ability range… • Personally referenced • Process focus

17. Assessment requirements will focus on improving learning: Clear learning intentions Success criteria agreed with pupils Variety of approaches to learning Advice on how to improve Self and peer assessment Encouragement of risk Learning through experience

18. In Conclusion • Children • Parents • Teachers • Evidence to date