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Recommended Key Stage Three Books
Welcome to Design in the Making for 11-14 year-olds, which offers comprehensive coverage of the National Curriculum through separate focus areas.
By recognising the popularity and success of the separate focus areas approach in schools, Design in the Making offers you a course that is easy to plan and implement, coupled with the assurance that it provides everything your pupils need to know to produce high quality outcomes in their designing and making.
The Pupil's Books
Provide comprehensive coverage of the revised National Curriculum
through tried and tested activities and new ideas;
Support the development of design skills in the context of making;
Differentiate major tasks and homework activities so that pupils
can develop skills and competence regardless of their ability or prior
knowledge;
Include step-by-step guidance through making activities;
Offer smooth progression throughout Key Stage 3, with each section building on knowledge and skills learnt before;
Are split into sections, to ensure that the course can be used whatever
the timetabling arrangements;
Give safety advice throughout;
Start each section with objectives that are linked to the Programme
of Study;
Put design and technology into a real-world context;
Include regular self-assessment and formal assessment opportunities.
The Teacher's Guides:
Include a series of lesson plans that link to the topics in the
Pupil's Books. Each lesson plan provides a structured approach to
teaching a particular topic;
Provide teaching objectives for each lesson;
Give support for non-specialists and supply teachers;
Include step-by-step guidance through making activities;
Include a series of worksheets to support each lesson and activity;
Provide a number of general skills worksheets that can be used throughout the course;
Have a section on preparing for Ofsted and guidance on what inspectors
are looking for;
Give ideas on how to develop design skills.
THE FOUR KEY PRINCIPLES OF THE NEW KS3 STRATEGY
· Expectations
Establishing high expectations for all pupils and setting challenging
targets for them to achieve.
· Progression
Strengthening the transition from Key Stage 2 so that pupils do not
'fall back' in Year 7, and ensuring good progression in teaching and
learning across Key Stage 3.
· Engagement
Promoting approaches to teaching and learning that engage and motivate
pupils and demand their active participation.
· Transformation
Strengthening teaching and learning through a programme of professional
development and practical support.
By popular request most Learning Shop Documents are now available in both PDF and RTF (or Word) format. Simply click on the required format picture to access files.
If a picture is not available the document is not available in that format.
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School Teachers' Pay and Conditions of Employment July 2001
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Final decisions on changes to the Performance Tables in July 2001
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Fischer Family Trust Software Best Practice Report 2000 in PDF format
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Inequality Report. Published November 2000 for OFSTED mapping race, class and gender against GCSE results. Please note this is a large document and will take time to download.
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Learning to Succeed. Please note this is a large document and will take time to download.
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Good Practice in ICT. A report published 2001.
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National Literacy Report - One year on - 2001. |
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E.commerce Government White Paper on IT in Society. Please note this is a large document and will take time to download.
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Government White Paper on IT in Society. Appendices. |
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Equal Opportunities. Guidance for inspectors published by OFSTED February 1999
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Inclusion Report. Evaluating Educational Inclusion Guide for Inspectors OFSTED 2001. |
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Literacy Draft Framework Years 7-9 produced on Standards site in PDF format.
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Exclusion - factors relating to curriculum provision which are common amongst excluded pupils Report to the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
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Homework Guidance. OFSTED 2000
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Key Stage Three Audit Document - 2001
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The National Numeracy Strategy. Auditing Mathematics in Key Stage 3 Word Document.
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THE LEARN PROJECT
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Assessment and
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Target Setting Key Stage 3 2000
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Autumn Package 2001 GNVQ/GCSE
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Autumn Package 2000
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Year 7 Progress Tests - 2001 |
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Schools - Building on Success - February 2001 pdf Document. Please note this is a large document and will take time to download.
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Flexibility in the curriculum. is a QCA published document in PDF format. It was published in December 1999 and outlines ways to reduce duplication in the school curriculum (curriculum 2000). It is an excellent starting point for curriculum planning.
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School teacher pay and conditions document in word format. Issued July 2001
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Learning Shop support page for Citizenship.
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QCA schemes of work can be found on the standards site. Click here.
Curriculum 2000 can be downloaded here. Please note this is a large document and will take time to download.
ASCD can be contacted by clicking here. An American organisation but very good magazine for members (curriculum development) and a number of topical books provided free to members each year.
For a good book on SMSC entitled "Shaping the Spirit" send an £8.00 cheque to Kent County Supplies, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling ME19 4QG
Links to new documents sent to schools by month
November 2000 update of Government documents available to schools released in November 2000.
December 2000 update of Government documents available to schools released in December 2000.
January 2001 update of Government documents available to schools released in January 2001.
February 2001 update of latest Government documents available to schools released in February 2001.
March 2001 update of latest Government documents available to schools released in March 2001.
April/May 2001 update of latest Government documents available to schools released in April 2001
June 2001 update of latest Government documents available to schools released in June 2001.
July 2001 update of latest Government documents available to schools released in July 2001.
October 2001 update of latest Government documents available to schools released in October 2001.
November 2001 update of latest Government documents available to schools released in November2001.
December 2001 update of latest Government documents available to schools released in December 2001.
February 2002 update of latest Government documents available to schools released in February 2001.
March 2002 update of latest Government documents available to schools released in March 2002.
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Note
about physical education
The
Government believes that two hours of physical activity a week, including
the National Curriculum for physical education and extracurricular
activities, should be an aspiration for all schools. This applies
throughout all key stages.
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