key stage age groups
Key Stage 0 (KS0)
Age 14–16. Y10–11. 4th–5th form secondary GCSEs
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Key Stage 1 (primary school Years 3 and 4) builds on Foundation Stage experiences, and Key Stage 2 (primary school Years 5, 6 and 7) builds on Key Stage 1 experiences. As children progress through these stages, they move from informal to more formal learning.
The Northern Ireland Curriculum aims to empower young people to achieve their potential and to make informed and responsible decisions throughout their lives. The learning opportunities provided should help young people to develop as individuals, contributors to society and contributors to the economy and environment.
Our children experience fun, interesting and exciting learning, focused around a variety of practical activities with tangible outcomes. All primary age groups are taught the subjects specified in the National Curriculum: English, Mathematics, Science, Computing, Geography, History, Art and Design, Design and Technology, Physical Education, Music and a Modern Foreign Language (KS2). Religious Education and Personal, Social, Health and Emotional Education are also taught in addition to the above subjects. However, our curriculum is not restricted or defined by the National Curriculum, which simply provides a framework for our teachers. Our teachers provide a wide range of experiences that promote and develop skills beyond those referred to throughout the National Curriculum.
The beginning of each day is dedicated to the teaching and learning of key skills in Reading, Writing and Maths. The rest of the school day is then dedicated to these skills being applied in various different and creative ways through a range of learning experiences that reach the wider areas of the national curriculum and beyond. However, teachers and classes have the freedom, and are encouraged, to be immersed in these learning experiences and not always be restrained by sticking to timetables.
Our children experience fun, interesting and exciting learning, focused around a variety of practical activities with tangible outcomes. All primary age groups are taught the subjects specified in the National Curriculum: English, Mathematics, Science, Computing, Geography, History, Art and Design, Design and Technology, Physical Education and Music. Religious Education and Relationships and Health Education are also taught in addition to the above subjects. However, our curriculum is not restricted or defined by the National Curriculum, which simply provides a framework for our teachers. Our teachers provide a wide range of experiences that promote and develop skills beyond those referred to throughout the National Curriculum.
Each day a proportion of time is dedicated to the teaching and learning of key skills in reading, writing and maths. The rest of the school day is then dedicated to these skills being applied in various different and creative ways through a range of learning experiences that reach the wider areas of the national curriculum and beyond. However, teachers and classes have the freedom, and are encouraged, to be immersed in these learning experiences and not always be restrained by sticking to timetables.
In the first two years of primary school your child will experience the same sort of learning and activities they were used to in their early years – this is called the Foundation Stage. The next two years are called Key Stage 1 (P3 and P4) and the next three years are known as Key Stage 2 (P5, P6 and P7). On completion of seven years of primary education, children transfer to post primary schools at the age of 11.
In Northern Ireland children normally start school in the September of the school year after their fourth birthday. If your child’s birthday is between 2 July and 31 August, they don’t start school until the following September.
Mandy is the creator of the Woodlands Resources section of the Woodlands Junior website.В
The two websitesВ projectbritain.comВ andВ primaryhomeworkhelp.co.ukВ are the new homes for the Woodlands Resources.
Mandy left Woodlands in 2003 to work in Kent schools as an ICT Consulatant.В
She now teaches computers atВ The Granville SchoolВ andВ St. John’s Primary SchoolВ in SevenoaksВ Kent.
Our Cambridge Checkpoint series provides students with the framework for succeeding in the Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint assessment and preparing them for success in future exams.
Cambridge University Press provides a wide range of different teaching resources for Key Stage 3 and Lower Secondary curriculums. With a variety of different learning techniques, including active learning, our resources are a great way to prepare students before they sit their Cambridge IGCSE®s, GCSEs and other examinations in the future. From core subjects like English, Maths and Science to our selection of different resources for learning languages, Cambridge University Press can help pupils get the most out of Lower Secondary and Key Stage 3.
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The well-being of our staff and visitors is our priority at this time and, as a result of government guidance, we’ve taken the decision to temporarily suspend the majority of bookings for our on-site learning sessions.
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http://www.cherrytree.herts.sch.uk/key-stage ^(https://bannerad-design.com/goto/http://www.cherrytree.herts.sch.uk/key-stage)
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http://www.eani.org.uk/parents/types-of-school/school-type/primary-4-11-years ^(https://bannerad-design.com/goto/http://www.eani.org.uk/parents/types-of-school/school-type/primary-4-11-years)
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http://www.britishmuseum.org/learn/schools ^(https://bannerad-design.com/goto/http://www.britishmuseum.org/learn/schools)
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