Curriculum development day for whole staff

1. Three Kings School Teacher Only Day 2009 Revised Curriculum Key Competencies Essence Statements or Content Statements

2. The goals of the curriculum project are: 1. To clarify and refine curriculum outcomes 2. To focus on quality teaching 3. To strengthen school ownership of curriculum 4. To support communication and strengthen partnerships with parents and communities.

3. Purpose And Direction Rationalisation of learning outcomes What are the learning priorities for our students in a balanced curriculum? Quality teaching (pedagogy) What are the characteristics of effective teaching that we choose to uphold in our school? School ownership (localisation) How will we interpret the national curriculum in ways suited to our school and its students? Community engagement (team up) What strategies will we use to give every encouragement and opportunity to parents and whānau to engage with their children’s school learning

5. that supports students to develop the key competencies set out on pages 12 – 13

8. Values There are seven values in the revised curriculum Again can you name them without looking them up? How many did you get?

10. Learning Areas Dimension There are seven learning areas ( we do not have to teach Learning Languages from Year 1 to Year 6) Most of us can state the learning areas But can you describe the essence statements of each learning area. We began this with Kay Pennial last week Can you also name the strands in each area without looking them up?

13. Confidnet

14. Connected

15. Actively Involved

17. Eight Principles Treaty of Waitangi Learning to learn Cultural diversity Future Focus Community Engagement Inclusion High Expectations Coherence “big picture” 4 Vision statements 8 Principles 7 Values 5 Key Competencies 7+ Learning Areas = 31+ Big pictures

18. CURRICULUM LITERACY & FLUENCY Fluency comes about through regular use, particularly in discussion. How many of the key dimensions and key words are you carrying around in your head (cognitive portability)? NZEI Te Riu Roa and Lester Flockton 2009