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Mar 13, 2024 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Tasks in Primary Art!
Convergent/divergent tasks and how to implement them effectively
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Let’s dive in!
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In the context of art, convergent and divergent tasks refer to different approaches or methods artists use to create their work.
Convergent: tasks with a specific, clear endpoint or solution
Divergent: open-ended tasks with multiple solutions and interpretations
Aug 14, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
What does progression in geography look like?
Let’s look at the use of ‘mapwork’.
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Interpreting maps is fundamental to geographical literacy.
Mapwork is woven throughout the PKC in many different contexts, but it is explicitly taught in the Spatial Sense units at the start of each year.
The skills learnt in these units are applied later on in other units.
Aug 3, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
What does progression in history look like?
Let’s look at the concept of ‘power’.
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Pupils make progress in history by developing both their substantive and disciplinary knowledge.
Knowledge in the PKC history curriculum has been carefully chosen and sequenced to enable this progression, as shown in our subject rationale below:
Apr 26, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
How can we scaffold and adapt to support pupils in accessing the curriculum?
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We need to consider a few things:
- Types of scaffold
- Knowing when to select which type of scaffold
- Reflecting on our current practice
Mar 28, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
How can we check for understanding during lessons?
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Eliciting understanding is essential to responsive teaching. It is important that we track student thinking so that we can adapt our teaching in the moment. This will enable us to provide students with better feedback to support their learning.
Mar 16, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
How can we get better written outcomes in primary geography?
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Includes scaffolds, examples of writing and structure strips!
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The National Curriculum requires children to, ‘communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length’.
Feb 20, 2023 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
What are the benefits of using a consistent lesson structure?
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Here is an example of a lesson structure we use in the PKC curriculum for some subjects:
Feb 9, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
How does the PKC curriculum meet the recommendations from the new Ofsted science report?
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‘Ensure the curriculum is specific about the knowledge that children in Reception should learn about understanding the world’
We achieve this by laying out knowledge in our curriculum maps and on individual plans.
