CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT NEW WAYS OF LEARNING AT BRYN HAFOD PRIMARY

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Standards at the end of year 2

Year 2 – Summer 2012

Children are expected to reach Outcome 5; more able children will reach Outcome 6. So how many of our children reached

at least Outcome 5??

• English 78%

• Maths 81%

• Personal and social development 81%

How do we compare to our “family” and to wales?

2012 Bryn Hafod

Family Wales

English 78 77 83

Maths 81 79 87

Personal and Social

81 84 91

Standards at the end of year 6

Year 6 – Summer 2012

Children are expected to reach Level 4; more able children will reach Level 5. So how many of our children reached at least

Level 4??

• English 80%

• Maths 64%

• Science 70%

How do we compare to our “family” and to wales?

2012 Bryn Hafod

Family Wales

English 80 80 85

Maths 64 79 87

Science 70 82 89

What has happened over the past 3 years?

New ways of learning

Big Maths

Cornerstones Curriculum

E-Learning

Big Maths

Why Big Maths?

• Big Maths is fun and gives children confidence• It is designed to teach basic number skills• The same approach is used across the school• It is proven to raise achievement in maths• Time for a TEST…

Cornerstones Curriculum

The Four Cornerstones of Learning:

•Engage – trips, visitors, inside and outside•Develop – knowledge, understanding, skills•Innovate – applying their learning •Express - sharing learning in a variety of ways

Examples of Imaginative Learning Projects…

• WRIGGLE AND CRAWL• SUPER HEROES• WILD WOOD• DISASTER/999 EMERGENCY• BONES, BLOOD AND GORY BITS