Curriculum Planning and Assessment of Students - Desklib

This article discusses the different stages of the national curriculum, subjects covered in Key Stages 1 and 2, objectives of the national curriculum for teaching English, principles of the SEN Code of Practice, importance of ICT in the national curriculum, curriculum planning, HLTA support for students, supervision, and school health and safety policy elements.

CURRICULUM
PLANNING AND
ASSESSMENT OF
STUDENTS

Contents
TASK...............................................................................................................................................2
Different stages of the national curriculum from Early Years through to Year 12.....................2
Explain the subjects covered in Key Stages 1 and 2...................................................................3
Explain the objectives of the national curriculum for teaching English......................................3
Describe the principles of the SEN Code of Practice..................................................................3
Describe why ICT is an important subject in the national curriculum and what it involves.......4
What is curriculum planning? Describe what it is and what it involves.....................................4
How can a HLTA support students?............................................................................................5
Describe what is meant by ‘supervision’.....................................................................................5
Identify the four elements of a school health and safety policy and explain each of them.........5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

TASK
Different stages of the national curriculum from Early Years through to Year 12
National curriculum is prepared for different year groups, within each stage, students will take
standardised exam which are based on school years and level(King and Reiss, 2020). There are
five stages are included for early stage to 12. These stages are mentioned below: Early year foundation stages: Early year foundation stages is defined as the set
standards of learning as well as get children used to school before proper lessons which
are start in year 1. In this stage children mostly learn from games and play. Children in
this stage are ages up to 5 years old. Stage one: Stage one covers child’s time in year 1 as well as year 2 who are known as
infant. Stage two: In second stage of national curriculum covered children are year 3, year 4,
year 5 and year 6. It is divided in two stages which includes lower KS2 (Year 3 and 4)
and upper KS2 (Year 5 and 6). Stage three: In third stage part of secondary education which covers students age
between 7 to 9. In the age group of 9, students have to select their subject according to
their will over the course of KS4. These subject exams are taken at the end of year to
examine student capabilities.
 Stage four: In this stage eight to ten subject are included with some compulsory subjects
like English, Science and Mathematics.
Explain the subjects covered in Key Stages 1 and 2
There are various subjects are covered in stage 1 and 2 in national curriculum that plays
important role in growth and development of students (Anderson and Gatwiri, 2021). Subjects
which are covered are mentioned below:
Stage one: In this stage students take standard assessment tests which includes core
subjects such as English reading and grammar, Mathematics. Tests are conducted at the end of
year 1 about their abilities with letters and sounds. In this stage includes child who are age
between 1 to 2 years.
Stage two: In this stage included subjects are Maths, English reading and grammar are
covered in national curriculum. Students are evaluated through taking tests in these subjects that

reflect their understanding and knowledge regarding subjects. In second stage students are
covered aged between 3 to 6.
Explain the objectives of the national curriculum for teaching English
The National Curriculum for English reflects the significant for pupils to spoke in English as
well as develop cross the whole curriculum. The main objective of teaching English to children
for introducing them about language learning and enhance their positive interest in English as
well as engage them in active learning through developing opportunity to use language and
improve their self-confidence as language learner (Anderson and Gatwiri, 2021). In national
curriculum English subjects is added each and every key stage of learning which improve and
shape student behaviour as well as conduct, acquiesces knowledge, improve learning skills and
help them to become social and efficient member of society. English is the international
language for communicating locally as well as globally. It is very important to include English
subject in National Curriculum because it helps students to develop competence in English
language that facilitates them to attain career goals and objectives in efficient manner.
Describe the principles of the SEN Code of Practice
SEN code of practice is defined as the statutory guidance for specific organisation which work as
well as support young people and children through special language, educational needs and
disabilities. SEN code of practice is the Special Education Need that help students to attain
learning and knowledge according to requirement. It includes care for children in mainstream
schools. There is report is prepared which includes information for identifying, assessing as well
as developing provisions for pupils with SEN and admission of disabled pupils. It is relates to
official guide for teachers who work with children who have special educational needs and
disabilities. It is considered as the guideline that are must be followed by local authorities and
schools to provide learning to students according to national curriculum (Sharp, 2017). SEN
code of practices is the statutory guidance that includes four broad areas such as communication
and integration, cognition and learning, social and emotional difficulties as well as physical
needs. There are various principles are included in SEN code of practice with are mentioned
below:
 Participation of children, young people and their parents in decision-making process.
Parents plays vital role in education and learning of children through provide them
support.

 Needs and demands of children and young people are identified in earlier stage that
would be fulfilled through taking early intervention.
 Main principle is regrading maintaining and developing collaboration between health,
education and social care.
 Principle of SEN code of practice is related work that ensures that SEN provisions has
regard to the view, feelings, wishes of the child as well as young person and their parents
that enable them to complete their operations on efficient manner.
Describe why ICT is an important subject in the national curriculum and what it involves
Information and communication technology is defined as an extensional tern which is related to
informational technology. ITC states the role of unified communication as well as the integration
of telecommunication through technologies. ITC is the most important and integrationl part of
National Curriculum that impacts on student learning when teachers are digitally literate as well
as properly understand that how to integrate it into curriculum. In schools and educational
institutions set of ITC tools are used to communicate, create disseminate, store as well as manage
information (Impedovo, 2021). It is important for students in education to made it possible for
students to keep on learning and help to get concepts more efficiently. It helps teachers to
interact with students, prepare their learning and provide feedback.
ITC enable to cover full school curriculum. It broadly attempts to equip students with the
ability regarding tools, information and resources, negotiate range of devices and applications. It
involves all aspects which are necessary for students learning in digital technology.
What is curriculum planning? Describe what it is and what it involves
Curriculum planning: Curriculum planning is defined as the process of structuring academic
experiences as well as using expertise knowledge of teachers. It is defined as the activity in
which teachers are involved before actual implementation. Main objective of developing
curriculum planning is to improve district’s educational offerings and its instructional activities
as well as practices for the purpose of enhancing student’s engagement in learning process and
their achievements (Quirk and Harden, 2017). The process of curriculum planning is concerned
with creating decisions regarding what to learn, why and how to organise teaching as well as
learning process according to the requirement of current curriculum and available resources.
Aspects involve in curriculum planning: There are various aspects are involved in
curriculum planning such as introduction, objectives, attitude, time, needs analysis, students and

student aspects, classroom activities as well as material. Along with those inputs of different
stakeholders such as teachers, parents, community members, school heads and district
administrators.
How can a HLTA support students?
High level teaching assignment (HLTA) is defined as the professional standards which are
required in literacy as well as numeracy qualifications that is equivalent to level two of National
Qualification Framework. Effective use of HLTAs helps teachers to teach as well as learners to
learn. It is a teaching assignment that undertaken additional training as well as covers various
responsibilities regarding covering classes, developing planning and teaching their own lessons.
High level teaching assignment supports students to complete their professional work with taking
responsibilities under a well-defined supervision (Graves and Williams, 2017). It provides
opportunity to students to get knowledge and understanding regarding academic lessons from
professional teachers in efficient manner that enable them to attain good marks in examinations.
HLTA undertake specific work that should have an appropriate percentage of time that enable
student to plan as well as prepare their own roles in lessons. It helps students to learn about their
lessons with efficiency.
Describe what is meant by ‘supervision’
Supervision is defined as the action or functions to overseeing somebody or something. It is
considered as the act of watching an individual’s activities to ensure that activities and actions
are done in certain way, correctly and safely. In academic sessions, teachers supervise actions
and work of employees to lead them in right direction (Szecsödy, 2018). In education
supervision is defined as inspecting efforts of school officials who are directed to provide
leadership to school teachers who are involve in the work of improving institution. Teachers
measure effectiveness of students and provide them feedbacks for improvement according to
their activities in education. The person who supervises or oversees others work are considered
as the supervisor and the person who is getting supervision is known as supervisee. It is
extremely important for improvement of students. Students work more efferently if they knew
that they are supervised by their teachers. It is important for students to improve their working
performance.

Identify the four elements of a school health and safety policy and explain each of them
In school level various health and safety policies are conducted for the purpose of
spreading health and safety awareness among students. It includes various elements which are
mentioned below:
 Comprehensive school health education which is related to address mental, physical,
social as well as emotional dimensions of health. In school curriculum is designed that
motivate students to improve their health and reduce their risk related behaviour.
 School health service is the element that provided for students to promote and appraise
health (Burak, and Mustafa, 2017). It ensures primary health of students.
 Healthy and safe school environment which are detrimental to health as well as physical
conditions like noise, temperature and lightning.
 Health promotion for school staff for the purpose of improving health status by various
activities like health education and health assessment related to fitness activities.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Anderson, L.C. and Gatwiri, K., 2021. The Senate has voted to reject critical race theory from
the national curriculum. What is it, and why does it matter?. Southern Cross University.
Anderson, L.C. and Gatwiri, K., 2021. The Senate has voted to reject critical race theory from
the national curriculum. What is it, and why does it matter?. Southern Cross University.
Burak, E.F.E., EFE, Ö.F. and Mustafa, K.U.R.T., 2017. An integrated intuitionistic fuzzy set and
mathematical programming approach for an occupational health and safety policy. Gazi
University Journal of Science, 30(2), pp.73-95.
Graves, S. and Williams, K., 2017. Investigating the role of the HLTA in supporting learning in
English schools. Cambridge Journal of Education, 47(2), pp.265-276.
Impedovo, M.A., 2021. Role of Digital Tools and ITC in Teacher Practices. In Identity and
Teacher Professional Development (pp. 47-55). Springer, Cham.
King, A. and Reiss, M. eds., 2020. The multicultural dimension of the national curriculum.
Routledge.
Quirk, M.E. and Harden, R.M., 2017. Curriculum planning and development. A practical guide
for medical teachers (5th edition). Edited by Dent JA, Harden RM, Hunt D, pp.4-12.
Sharp, B., 2017. Meeting SEN in the Curriculum: MATHS. Routledge.
Szecsödy, I., 2018. (How) Is learning possible in supervision?. In Supervision and its
vicissitudes (pp. 101-116). Routledge.