published in issue 39.3 of this journal, in November 2005, on the nature of the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum reading tests: 'Examining England's National Curriculum assessments: an analysis of the KS2 reading test questions' by Anne Kispal of the National Foundation for Educational Research....
PALS-UK may not fully prepare pupils for KS2 national curriculum tests, researchers added. This is because it is “not designed to address all aspects of reading development or all aspects of the reading curriculum”, so schools taking part need to ensure that other “important areas of learni...
There are set National Curriculum reading comprehension objectives and it is also a big part of KS2 English SATs. Help your child develop vital reading comprehension skills In this section of the site, you can find out how to improve your child's reading comprehension ability at home, discuss...
Help your child learn to read and become a confident reader with worksheets and activities that support National Curriculum objectives
Policy study This department explores critical perspectives on issues at the intersection of policy and practice in order to generate fresh questions about enduring dilemmas, new challenges, and debates.doi:10.1002/jaal.987HilaryJanksJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdJournal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy...
2 I’ve worked in education since 2010, as an English teacher, Head of Department, Assistant Head, Deputy Head and Principal. I’m currently Head of the NPQ Faculty for the National Institute of Teaching. I write about curriculum, pedagogy, theory, English and books. You can read about ...
This resource is intended to be used to help teach the skills of the KS2 National Curriculum for Reading through a term’s worth of guided reading sessions. Included in the pack: • Questions which focus on vocabulary, retrieval, inference, predictions, author intent, author technique and giv...
Curriculum/lesson planfor nurture groups in Year 9/10 who don’t take Ethics & Philosophy or Humanities. Students will be exploring three graphic novels: Illegal by Colfer & Donkin (migrants/refugess); March by Lewis (civil rights movement); and Deogratias (Rwandan genocide). All graphic nove...
Whether or not such cultural differences exist, one thing is certain: all EAP students are entering a new culture of learning, and hence, need and deserve a curriculum for critical thinking which prepares them for tertiary study in the new environment. Of course, we should by no means assume...
If, in abandoning silent reading on the curriculum, the aim of encouraging children to range more widely as readers goes too, then something will indeed have been lost. Once again, it remains to be seen how the opportunities the National Literacy Hour provides are used. There is a danger ...