The Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum Interim Report December 2008

What it says about ICT...

1.4. Despite these advances, high levels of literacy and numeracy will continue to be fundamental to full participation in learning and life, as will the ability to communicate effectively in spoken English and other languages. It will also be increasingly important that children have the ICT skills which will enable them to apply the technology of the future and meet the challenges of an uncertain world, with confidence and flexibility. A sound grasp of ICT is fundamental to engagement in society, and the foundations for this engagement must be laid in primary schools.
Along with literacy and numeracy, the use of technology to develop skills for learning and life should be at the core of the primary curriculum.

1.54. .... One highly promising route to meeting the demand for in-depth teaching and learning is undoubtedly emerging through ICT.

2.26. ICT and personal development are also of crucial importance in the primary years. Along with literacy and numeracy they are the ‘skills for learning and life’ which should be developed across the curriculum.

7. The Review’s remit insists that literacy, numeracy and ICT must be prioritised. Primary schools must make sure that the best professional practice is brought to bear on teaching these essential skills directly, with ample opportunities for children to use and apply them across the curriculum...

2.48. Because ICT has the unique capacity and potential for developing and enlivening all domains of learning, including literacy and numeracy, it should also be taught both discretely to capture its essential knowledge and skills, and through its applications across the whole curriculum to deepen understanding. The Review has conducted a small scale survey the indications from which are that ICT is not yet providing value for money in many schools. As one teacher said, “ICT is not working hard enough to support learning or to help us manage the curriculum”. It may be, too, that aspects of the ICT curriculum for Key Stage 3 are well within the capabilities of primary children, such that, by the time they reach Key Stage 3 children should not only be capable of demonstrating the skills of ICT, they should also demonstrate that they can confidently apply those skills to advancing their learning across the curriculum.

2.49. This suggests that the primary and secondary programmes of study for ICT should be scrutinised in order to provide a better fit with children’s developing abilities. The Review is working with BECTA to assemble a chapter on ICT for the final report.

Recommendation 8: The QCA working with BECTA should:
(i) Review whether aspects of the Key Stage 3 curriculum for ICT would be more appropriately taught in Key Stage 2.
(ii) Make sure that by the end of Key Stage 2, children are able to select and apply ICT to advance their learning across the curriculum.

^Publications
School Improvement Though ICT:
A Guide for Primary School Teachers *^15-07-07
The aims of the resource.
The guide intends to provide an overview of the support and guidance available to primary school teachers through Becta. It lists and illustrates Becta publications, many of which signpost other sources of information and advice. Becta's publications are designed to promote the innovative and effective use of ICT in learning and teaching thus enabling the exploitation of the potential of new technologies.

Key findings or focus.
Because of the "catalogue" nature of the publication, many areas of areas of ICT implementation are covered including:

• teaching and learning strategies (including ECM, diversity, inclusion and special educational needs);
• celebrating good practice;
• finding online resources and help;
• integration of ICT into other subjects;
• school management issues (e.g. procurement, cpd).

The Becta booklet does not present issues relating to ICT National Curriculum content, how to teach the concepts of ICT or teach the skills of ICT.

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Curriculum and Assessment
Resources, schemes of work, standards and the assessment process -links to the best of everything you need as ICT Subject leader

Hands on Support 2007-08
Details and documentation for year 4!

HoS Materials

ITLE ICT PD Materials
Browse and download the materials used to support Professional Development for ICT with Camden teachers. They support the use of RM Window Box software and resource 18 of the 31 Units of the QCA Scheme of Work for ICT.

Digital Resources
Details of central eLC purchases *NEW with details of the central purchases for Primary schools

Classroom 'ICT Charter'
 have you got IT?

ICT and the Foundation Stage
Pages on the EYFS site on the CGfL

Learning & Teaching using ICT ^{*NEW LINKS}
Example materials from Foundation Stage to Year 6. Includes introductory videos and examples of ICT use in subjects many with Lesson outline, Video clip, Why use ICT? and Resource lists.

Curriculum Online
Video Case Studies
Literacy, Numeracy

VoiceThread
Check this site and see how a school has used it to introduce their web site...

How has ICT helped Teachers and children to learn and teach...?

Primary National Strategy
Learning, teaching and managing using ICT
Key links to advice Assessment, Curriculum, Learning and Teaching, Leadership and Vision, Professional Development and Resources

Join a Becta community
join Direct2U and get lesson plans emailed to you!

QCA Teacher assessment activities for KS2
Explanatory leaflet

Interactive WhiteBoards
IWB section with Primary IWB links page

Can you do this on your IWB?
Sheets which exemplify the application of some of the basic IWB techniques

In Literacy and in Numeracy

Evaluating ICT use in lessons
This observation sheet helps to focus on how ICT is being used by the teachers and what pupils are doing

Using blogs in a Primary school?

WebQuests

 

Podcasting & Blogging