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New National Curriculum: opportunities, practicalities and realities

Professional development to enable mathematics departments and their students to gain the most benefit from the opportunities afforded by the imminent curriculum changes.

Aims

For participants from secondary schools to:

gain clear, accurate and up to date information about the changes to the curriculum and assessment in KS2, 3, 4 and 5
best take advantage of the opportunities to develop their department's teaching and assessment strategies
extend their subject knowledge and pedagogy in areas relevant to the new KS3 and KS4 requirements
benefit from collaborating with others on addressing the challenges and practicalities of meeting the new requirements

Course Benefits

For the teacher

Learn about the changes to curriculum and assessment requirements in Key Stages 2, 3 and 4 Mathematics
Explore subject knowledge, pedagogy and resources relevant to the revised KS3 and KS4 NC
Collaborate with others on addressing the challenges of effectively meeting the new requirements

For the student

Smooth transition through and between the Key Stages

For the school

Curriculum effectively embedded by enabling appropriate resources and professional development
Prepare fully to meet emerging national developments in mathematics
Development of your staff using the country’s foremost mathematics PD provider

Course Content

This course is both relevant and timely for all 11-16 or 11-19 departments.
Up to date information will be provided about the changes to secondary mathematics in terms of curriculum, assessment and content, and also guidance to support teachers in addressing these by developing existing practices.

Two separate days, with Day 1 focusing on KS3 and Day 2 focusing on KS4. A flexible format allows schools to attend just one of the days or both of them. Schools attending both days can send a different teacher to each day, according to their respective responsibilities. Associated resources are included, and an online forum will be available for discussion and updates.