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Welcome to Key Stage 2 @ ISPH
Welcome to Key Stage 2 at The International School @ ParkCity Hanoi (ISPH). This booklet contains key information regarding the curriculum and learning experiences provided for students from aged 7 to 11 years old and has been written by our Primary staff for our parents.
Key Stage 2 builds upon student knowledge, skills and understanding developed within Key Stage 1. The ISPH Core Values and Learning Habits underpin our Key Stage 2 curriculum. Our experienced Key Stage 2 team work closely with our students to develop their independence, responsibility and collaboration skills. Students learn to take risks, develop resilience when tackling challenges and to collaborate and communicate effectively with their peers. It is the development of these personal skills and the ability to apply their knowledge and skills which enable ISPH students to become confident, agile and successful young people.
At ISPH, we strive to ensure that our curriculum is broad and balanced with opportunities for students to develop skills and deepen their knowledge and understanding in all subjects. Core skills of English and Maths are applied across the curriculum and build upon the strong foundations developed in Key Stage 1. Subject content at Key Stage 2 becomes more detailed and students build their knowledge and understanding about the world around them through engaging and focused learning experiences in a range of subject areas including Music, Drama and Art. Ongoing assessment of progress and attainment supports learning in Key Stage 2, with our excellent teachers planning for each student’s next steps, guiding them to reach their full potential.
There is plenty of information contained within this booklet to help parents and families understand the content of our curriculum, however the best way to truly appreciate the teaching and learning at ISPH is to see it in action. Visitors are always welcome and we are confident you will not only see focused and engaged classrooms but also be delighted by the warm welcome, conduct, manners and confidence of our students.
Warm regards
John-Paul McManusHead of Primary [email protected]
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Welcome to Key Stage 2 @ ISPH
It is my pleasure to be Head of Key Stage 2 at the International School @ Parkcity, Hanoi
(ISPH) and to extend my thanks for taking an interest in our curriculum.
In this, the second and final stage of your child’s primary education, our aims are not only
to prepare the students for their important transition to secondary school but also to give
them the tools they need to be successful and independent beyond their school years. This
curriculum guide provides an overview of the knowledge, skills and understanding that are
the foundations of both our students’ academic confidence and personal maturity.
Building on our excellent Early Years and Key Stage 1 curriculums, we provide increased
opportunities to lead and to become role models in the school and local community.
Through students’ work with affiliated charities, in the playground leading other children,
or as student councilors contributing to improve the school, our Key Stage 2 students
develop their leadership skills alongside their ability to be organised and communicate
effectively.
Parallel to our rigorous curriculum and broad range of provided extra curricular
opportunities, the partnerships between supportive parents, excellent teachers and
engaged, committed students continues to form an integral part of our students’ learning,
and sets a positive and motivating atmosphere at ISPH; something I am very proud of. This
constructive partnership is fostered through regular communication and sharing of
progress and achievement, which brings me back to our Key Stage 2 Curriculum Guide.
Please take a moment to review the information and please do not hesitate to ask if you
have any questions.
Warm regards
Adam SmithHead of Key Stage 2 [email protected]
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How do children learn in Key Stage 2?
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The emphasis in Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 is on encouraging children to be active agents in their learning journey. Children are taught subject skills, knowledge and understanding through innovative and exciting lessons. We place an emphasis on enquiry, collaboration, communication and creativity. We also stress the importance of taking risks in our learning and there is an encouragement to reflect and evaluate.
In our technologically rich environment children apply their Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills across all areas of learning. Increasingly through the primary years, students have access to specialist subject teachers to enable them to learn and develop skills in subjects such as Performing Arts (Music and Drama), Spanish, Vietnamese and Physical Education.
Children who enjoy school are far more successful and we believe that offering a broad, well-rounded curriculum that values a variety of subjects is a key means of ensuring happy, motivated learners.
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Journey through ISPH
Key Stage 2 begins in Year 3 and finishes in Year 6, after which students move to Key
Stage 3 and join the Secondary School
ISPH is proud to be able to offer a complete education for students from 3 to 18 years
old over the coming years as the school completes its development.
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ISPH Core Values & Learning Habits
Our Core Values
Respect Think about others and our world.
Valuing everyone whilst acknowledging our diversity.
Celebration Be excited when we do well.
Recognising, enjoying and valuing the talents, contributions and achievements of everyone.
Caring Look after everyone and everything.
Looking after ourselves and being compassionate towards others and our environment.
Passion Show energy & enthusiasm.
Being enthusiastic and excited about our learning and development. Being inspired and being a source of inspiration.
Creativity Use our imagination. Thinking imaginatively and approaching tasks in new and inventive ways.
Responsibility Make the right choices. Being trustworthy and reliable. Making the right choices and accepting the consequences.
Equality Treat everybody the same way.
Respecting the rights and status of others and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
Integrity Do the right thing. Being honest, fair, courageous and articulate in defending our beliefs.
Our Learning Habits
Communication Give & take information. Exchanging and expressing ideas or information confidently and creatively in a variety of ways.
Independence I can do it on my own. Making responsible decisions and taking appropriate action to become a self-reliant learner.
Risk Taking Give it a go. Tackling unfamiliar situations and taking on new challenges with courage and forethought.
Enquiry Find out more. Showing curiosity by questioning, investigating and evaluating to develop our understanding.
Collaboration Share and learn together. Sharing our skills and ideas; working and learning together towards a common goal.
Resilience Keep trying. Seeing a task through to completion, trying out new approaches and overcoming setbacks with a positive attitude.
Cooperation Work together. Working positively and productively with others irrespective of difference.
What do children learn in Key Stage 2?
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The Key Stage 2 curriculum is based on the UK National Curriculum. The English and Mathematics frameworks in the National Curriculum give structures and expectations for each year group.Teaching and Learning in English and Mathematics are linked wherever possible to the International Primary Curriculum themes to provide the children a deeper understanding of the topics and a wider application of their skills.
We use the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) to plan a cross-curricular, thematic, teaching structure for learning goals in subjects Science, History, Geography, Technology, Art, Digital Studies, Society, and International Learning. The IPC, which is also based on the National Curriculum, is designed to engage children of all abilities and provide learning opportunities in an active, exciting and meaningful way. This curriculum is successfully implemented in 90+ countries worldwide and promotes personal learning as well as international-mindedness.
English in Key Stage 2
Good English teaching is lively, engaging and is carefully planned to develop the children’s skills, knowledge and understanding. There are twelve learning strands in the English curriculum:
● Speaking● Listening and Responding● Group Discussion and interaction● Drama● Encoding words (spelling) and decoding words (reading)● Word structure and spelling
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● Understanding and interpreting texts● Engaging and responding to texts● Creating and shaping texts● Structuring and organising texts● Grammar and punctuation● Presentation
Each term there are varying focuses for speaking, listening, reading and writing. Many genres of texts are explored and students learn how to write for different audiences and in different formats. Spelling and grammar structures are taught specifically and also through texts. Enjoying reading is a prime objective for our students. We have a broad range of books including sets of class books and guided reading books to stimulate our students to engage with both non-fiction and fiction texts.
All the different aspects of English are integrated and links are made wherever possible with the International Primary Curriculum.
Our main reading scheme is the Oxford Reading Tree and titles that are levelled using the book banding system. Guided reading in class uses a range of level-appropriate books.
The handwriting scheme in Years 3 – 6 is cursive.
English in Key Stage 2
Term IPC Links Text Genres
1 Footprints from the Past
Bright Sparks
Stories with Familiar Settings
Read short stories and serialised long stories, focusing on characters, plot and
setting. Compare settings and analyse descriptions. Plan and write a story set in
a familiar place with a clear beginning, middle and end.
Reports
Take notes from paper, video and online texts about dinosaurs. Identify
presentation techniques and language. Use notes to write non-chronological
report about dinosaurs.
Information texts
Information writing linked to the Footprints from the Past topic.
Shape Poems
Compose own calligrams. Make comparisons between shape poems. Compose
shape poems using language effects and making decisions about form.
2 Active Planet
Feel the Force
Instructions
Compare the effectiveness of written and video-based instructions. Review
common features and analyse effectiveness. Follow basic picture instructions
then create own video-based instructions on iMovie.
Myths and Legends
Read a range of myths, legends, fables and traditional tales, identifying
common themes. Sequence key events and describe key characters with
reference to the text. Children plan and write own stories.
Authors and Letters
A link to Active Planet, writing a letter from a person to a family member
affected by the Vesuvius eruption that destroyed Pompeii.
3 Saving the World Adventure and Mystery Stories
Read and analyse examples of the genre. Discuss characters. Recount a
particular incident from a story from different ways. Plan and write a longer
story with a conflict and resolution.
Persuasive Writing
Read and evaluate a wide range of simple persuasive texts, explaining and
evaluating responses orally. Begin to use words, pictures and other
communication modes to persuade others. Create a persuasive advert
Poems to Perform
Read and discuss a range of performance poems, identifying features. Children
write verses of a poem using a known pattern. They rehearse and perform their
poem, recording it on iPads to self evaluate.
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Year 3 English Overview
Term IPC Links Text Genres
1 Explorers and
Adventurers
How Humans Work
Recount
Reflect and write about real-life events and experiences. Explore planning and
organisation of text, use of first and third person, past tense and adjectives.
Creating Images
Respond to a range of poems that use similes and other imagery and then write
their own poems.
Historical Settings
Listen to a variety of stories. Write original short stories set in the past.
Discussion Text
Write an effective persuasive argument and/or balanced discussion, making
appropriate language, style and structural choices to meet a particular purpose
and audience
2 Shake It
Paintings, Pictures and
Photographs
Explanation Texts
Investigate an explanatory text. Orally explain a process and develop awareness
of the language features. Write an explanation text using key language and
structural features.
Stories set in Imaginary Worlds
Read and write stories relating to imaginary worlds. Focus on language used,
moods and atmospheres.
Poems Exploring Form
Experiment with the use of simile and form. Poems selected could include
examples of: haiku, songs, simple rhyming forms, list poems and simple shape
poems related to the unit.
3 Do You Live Around
Here?
Turn It Up
Novel Study
Examine elements of writing and practice key reading skills through the study of
text.
Information Text
Read and discuss examples of information texts. Using a related item, research
the information and then present it in one simple format.
Stories with Dilemmas
Read a variety of stories and understand the difference between an issue and a
dilemma. Recap elements of good story writing and invent and write a story
with an issue or dilemma.
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Year 4 English Overview
Term IPC Links Text Genres
1 Investigators
Making the News
Instructions
Understand the conventions of writing instructions and compose instructions
linked to the IPC theme of Electricity, including the use of control technology in
ICT.
Classic Narrative Poetry
Explore and analyse a narrative poem (The Highwayman) and use this as a
stimulus for artwork and creative writing.
Recounts and Newspaper Reports
Understand the conventions of writing a newspaper and compose their own.
Play scripts & Film Narrative
Research the use of classic, radio and television play scripts and create a script
for television broadcast, voiceover and play.
2 Full Power (Electricity)
Space Explorers
Novel Study
Follow the plot and analyse language and techniques. Produce an extended
piece of writing based on a book.
Stories from Other Cultures
Read examples of stories from different cultures. Retell stories from
alternative points of view.
Traditional Stories, Fables, Myths and Legends
Read a variety of myths or fables or legends and understand the difference.
Plan and write own stories, linked to themes In the IPC unit ‘Space Explorers’
for example creating myths about how the stars were formed.
3 Human Body
Go with the Flow
Novels and Stories
Write a complete story with a sequence of events arranged into paragraphs,
linked with a range of connectives and using varying sentence length (marking
and feedback against agreed success criteria).
Persuasive Writing, Non-Fiction Reports, Travel Writing
Using the Year 5 residential as the stimulus, create presentations, posters and
leaflets to persuade people to care for the environment and visit the local area.
The students will also develop their understanding of non-chronological
reporting and create a report related to the residential trip.
Choral and Performance Poetry
Hear, read and perform poetry. Learn about performance and poetic
techniques. Write and rehearse own performance poems.
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Year 5 English Overview
Term IPC Links Text Genres
1 Look Hear!
Out of Africa
Explanation + Speech Writing
Explaining processes linked to our IPC 'Look Hear' topic, through text, speeches and
media.
Narrative - Comparing Media
Investigating the different representations of some of our most loved stories,
including books, films, musicals and television. During this unit we will analyse how
to reach audiences in different ways and become critical reviewers.
Biographies
Focus on the biographies of famous individuals linked to our IPC "Out of Africa'
topic, looking at accurate use of tense and adapting the author voice to the
appropriate audience.
Poetic Style
Comparing the poetic styles of Roger McGough and Michael Rosen, then write their
own free verse inspired by the works of these two poets.
2 Making New
Materials
The Great, The Bold
and The Brave
Poetry - Finding a Voice
Explore a range on poems on issues that are relevant to the children. Analyse the
language and poetic techniques that have been used, before working
collaboratively to write, share and perform poems.
Narrative
Create impactful and exciting short works of fiction, to review and extend the
narrative techniques taught throughout the key stage.
News Writing
Compare formal and informal writing, as well as the active and passive voice. Link
to IPC topic 'The Great, the Bold and the Brave' with a focus on reporting key
historical events in a range of formats.
3 What A Wonderful World
Balanced Argument / Debate
Discuss the difference between facts and opinions, research and hold a class debate
and discover ways to make arguments represent more than one perspective.
Novel Study – Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
We will explore the writing of Michael Morpurgo, using this extended text study as
our base. We will follow how the narrative and characters develop throughout the
story, discussing critical responses and analysing the voice of the author.
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Year 6 English Overview
Mathematics in Key Stage 2
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Mathematics is essential to everyday life and students need to be able to move fluently between representations of mathematical ideas. A high-quality mathematics education provides a foundation for understanding the world and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.
The national curriculum for mathematics aims to ensure that all students: ● become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics.
● develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply
knowledge rapidly and accurately.
● reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry and using mathematical
language.
● can solve problems by applying their mathematics with increasing
sophistication.
The programmes of study are organised into distinct domains but pupils should make connections across mathematical ideas to develop fluency, reasoning and competence. They should also apply their mathematical knowledge to Science and other subjects.
For details of our programme of study, click here.
We use a range of scheme and teacher-designed activities to enrich the children’s learning in Mathematics. Our main scheme is Abacus Evolve, although we also use other supplementary schemes and resources.
The International Primary Curriculum (IPC)
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The International Primary Curriculum (IPC) is based on the English National Curriculum but sets learning within an international context. By focusing on a combination of academic, personal and international learning opportunities, the IPC provides innovative and exciting ways for children to learn.
Thematic units of work (each lasting on average four to eight weeks) span through the Primary Phase. Through its cross-curricular approach, each unit separates yet integrates many primary subjects including History, Science, Geography, PE and the Arts, while enabling links to English and Mathematics. Each unit ensures rigour by identifying clear learning outcomes. The IPC is designed to help children:
● Learn the essential knowledge, skills and understanding of a broad range of
curriculum subjects.
● Engage with their learning so that they remain committed to learning throughout
their school careers and their lives.
● Develop the personal qualities they need to be good citizens and to respond to
the changing contexts of their future lives.
● Develop a sense of their own nationality and culture at the same time as
developing a profound respect for the nationalities and cultures of others.
Close links between English and the IPC are made and Mathematics is set within the
context of the IPC wherever possible. The following subject areas are specifically
covered within the IPC themes:
● Science
● Geography
● History
● Society
● International studies
● Design Technology
● Art
● ICT
Explorers
and
Adventurers
Discovering
the World
How
Humans
Work
Human Body
Shake It
Changing
&
Separating
Materials
Paintings,
Pictures and
Photographs
Visual
Representation
Do you
live
round
here?
Habitats
Turn It
Up!
Sound &
Light
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Footprints from
the Past
Before People
Active Planet
Earthquakes
and Volcanoes
Bright Sparks
Electricity
Feel the Force
Forces
Saving the World
Rainforests
Year 4 IPC Units
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
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In addition the following subjects, taught by specialist teachers, also make links with IPC units where possible:
● Performing Arts (Music & Drama)
● Languages (Vietnamese, Spanish and Mandarin)
● PE & Swimming
Year 3 IPC Units
The International Primary Curriculum (IPC)
Year 5 IPC Units
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Investigators
Scientific Enquiry:
Materials and their properties
Making the News
Print, Broadcast and Online Journalism
Go with the Flow
Rivers
Space Explorers
Astronomy and space
Being Human
Human Body
Full Power
Electricity
Year 6 IPC Units
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Look Hear
Sound and light
Out of Africa
Evolution and inheritance
Making New Materials
Reversible and irreversible
changes
The Great, The Bold and The
Brave
Classical civilisations:
Greece, Rome and beyond
What a Wonderful World
The natural world
&
Moving Up
Transition to Secondary
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The International Primary Curriculum (IPC)
Performing Arts in Key Stage 2
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Music
All students in the Primary school receive one lesson a week from our specialist music teacher. An overview of this curriculum can be seen below.
Drama
All students in the Primary school receive one lesson a week of drama over the course of the year from our specialist drama teacher. An overview of this curriculum can be seen below.
Physical Education in Key Stage 2
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The Physical Education curriculum is categorised into invasion games, swimming, striking/fielding games and athletics. Through these units we aim to develop in every student their movement skills, physical fitness levels, communication skills, teamwork and most importantly an appreciation of being physically active and having fun. Children have 2 PE lessons and 1 Swimming lesson each week.
Physical Education and Swimming
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Languages in Key Stage 2
In Primary years, the MFL curriculum is designed to introduce students to the techniques needed to learn foreign languages in a fun, engaging and inspiring way. At all times, students are taught with equal weight given to listening, reading, writing and speaking. The skills and aims of the curriculum are broadly outlined below:
● To use and respond to the foreign language ● To listen carefully in order to discriminate sounds, identify meaning and develop
auditory awareness ● To listen for and produce correct pronunciation and intonation ● To ask and answer questions ● To learn techniques for memorising words, phrases and short extracts ● To use context and clues to interpret meaning ● To make use of their knowledge of English or another language in learning the foreign
language.
In Key Stage 2, Vietnamese and Spanish are offered to Years 3-6. Vietnamese is compulsory for all Vietnamese passport holders. All languages cover a range of topics each year to different levels of detail. A summary of the topics covered is outlined below.
Modern Foreign Languages
Vietnamese Language
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Languages in Key Stage 2
Vietnamese Studies
As an international school with a wide range of nationalities, it is important to understand, respect and celebrate our varied beliefs, nationalities and cultures.
All students throughout the school have a dedicated Vietnamese Studies lesson. Students cover four key areas: Vietnamese Culture, History, Geography and Literature. These lessons are designed in thematic units that encourage our students to further develop and understand more about our host country, Vietnam.
Vietnamese Language
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Co-Curricular Activities in Key Stage 2
Our CCA programme is a key part of the school experience that we offer, and one that we are rightly proud of.
Our CCA programme aims to promote enjoyment and fun while broadening student experiences, presenting new challenges and providing opportunities for activities that they would not otherwise be able to experience.
Through our comprehensive CCA programme we hope to further student interest and learning through sport, creative arts, academics and music. Students are able to actively build friendships with children from lower or higher age groups and develop their teamwork, leadership and communication skills.
Our CCA programme provides a mix of teacher-led and specialist co-curricular activities. Specialist CCAs are paid activities that enable us to invite external experts into the school to lead, to further expand our range of activities.
Co-curricular Activities (CCAs)
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Community Outreach and Life Skills (COALS)
What is COALS?
COALS is a planned programme of learning through which young people acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to manage their lives, now and in the future.
As part of ISPH’s whole school approach, COALS develops the qualities and attributes students need to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society.
The benefits of this approach are numerous as COALS prepares our students to manage many of the most critical opportunities, challenges and responsibilities they will face growing up in such a rapidly changing and challenging world. COALS also helps each student connect and apply the knowledge and understanding they gain from all subjects to practical, real-life situations while helping them feel safe and secure enough to fulfill their academic potential.
Why is COALS provision important to ISPH?
COALS makes a major contribution to ISPH’s commitment to provide a curriculum that is broadly based and meets the needs of all students. Within the programme ISPH aims to:
● Prepare students at the school for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life
● Promote the moral, cultural, mental and physical development of students at the school and of society
● Promote a sense of community ● Promote children and young people’s wellbeing, promotion of physical and mental
health; emotional wellbeing; social and economic well-being; education, training and recreation; recognition of the contribution made by children to community
COALS is part of ISPH’s whole school approach and does not exist in isolation. The relationship between COALS provision and school ethos is strong and hugely important. An effective school ethos requires:
● Effective relationships between all members of the school community ● Students to play an active part in decision making ● School policies to be compatible with what is taught in COALS education
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Learning Support
Our Learning Support programme is designed to provide students who require additional
academic assistance with the support they need. Whilst Learning Support includes EAL
(English as an Additional Language) lessons, the support offered to students is very much
tailored to the individual. Students may have access to one or more areas of the Learning
Support programme alongside their mainstream studies.
The Head of Learning Support and works closely with teaching staff to ensure each student’s
needs are catered for.
Learning SupportLearning Support is provided for those students who need some additional support with
their studies, this may be for a short period of time to boost their subject knowledge or it
may be over a longer period of time to help develop key skills. These sessions can take place
in small groups and groupings are determined by the needs of the individual students.
Learning Support will often target needs in the core subjects (English and Maths) but may
sometimes support other curriculum subjects too. Learning Support can also support
students with social skills and organisation.
SEN SupportSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) support is provided for students with
specific and identified needs and is carefully planned to support these needs. SEND support
may take place on an individual or group basis and the frequency of this varies depending
on the needs of the student. SEND support may take the form of in-class support by a
specialist Learning Support Assistant or it may be out of class in a group or 1:1 environment.
For more information on any of the above, please contact Mr JP ([email protected]).
Learning Support and EAL in Key Stage 2
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English as an Additional Language (EAL)
Our EAL programme is designed to develop the English language skills of students to enable them to be academically successful in the classroom and communicate effectively in social situations.
Students can be identified as a candidate for the EAL programme in a number of different ways;
● Information from a previous school ● Admission assessment results ● Interview with the student● Dialogue with the parents ● Observations of classroom teachers
Our specialist EAL staff use a Cambridge English curriculum and this is supported by a variety of resources and materials. Our EAL staff are forwarding thinking and progressive; they are always looking for new ways to make learning fun and bring the content to life. The curriculum caters for beginners (CEFR Level A0 and A1, see the diagram below), up to component English language uses (CEFR Level A2).
The number of EAL classes a student undertakes each week is determined by their English language ability. Students at CEFR Level A0 or A1 will take four additional English language lessons per week whilst students who at CEFR Level A2 will take two. Once a certain level of competency is reached, B1 and above, students no longer need EAL support and will instead study a new language.
Students are assessed on their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Assessments are conducted each half-term with CEFR levels being reviewed after each assessment.
EAL in Key Stage 2
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We are very proud of the teaching and learning that takes place at ISPH and
invite you to visit Key Stage 2 in our Primary School, to speak to our
students and staff and see this learning in action.
John-Paul McManus
Head of Primary [email protected]