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Primary Curriculum framework

Literacy module area

Module	1 : Reading and writing for a range of purposes	2 : Using community voices in your classroom	3 : Promoting communication in an additional language
Section 1	Supporting and assessing reading and writing	Investigating stories	Providing natural contexts for language practice
Section 2	Stimulating interest in reading stories	Ways to collect and perform stories	Ways towards fluency and accuracy
Section 3	Ways of reading and responding to information texts	Using local games for learning	Creating opportunities for communication
Section 4	Ways of presenting your point of view	Using story and poetry	Ways to build on home language knowledge
Section 5	Ways of becoming a critical reader and writer	Turning oral stories, poems and games into books	Supporting additional language learning

Numeracy module area

Module	1 : Investigating Number and Pattern	2 : Exploring Shape and Space	3 : Exploring Measurement and Data Handling
Section 1	Learning through games	Exploring Shapes	Introducing measurement
Section 2	Patterns in number charts	Practical ways from sheet to cube	Measuring and handling time
Section 3	Ways to solve number problems	Exploring 3D shapes	Discussing data
Section 4	Seeing multiplication visually	Exploring symmetry	Working with weight
Section 5	Practical work with fractions	Teaching transformations	Investigating distance

Science module area

Module	1: Looking at life	2: Investigating Materials	3: Energyand movement
Section 1	Classifying living things	Investigating and classifying materials	Everyday forces – investigating movement
Section 2	A closer look at plants	Exploring solids	Exploring sounds and music
Section 3	Investigating animals: hunters and the hunted	Looking at liquids	Investigating electricity
Section 4	Plants and animals adapting to survive	Investigating air	Looking at light and shade
Section 5	Developing attitudes about our environmental impact	Wise use and reuse of materials	From Earth to the stars – using models

Social studies and the arts module area

Module	1 : Developing an understanding of place	2 : Investigating history	3 : Looking at the Arts
Section 1	Mapping the local environment	Investigating family histories	Exploring the visual arts
Section 2	Human settlements and resources	Investigating how we used to live	Organising practical craft activities
Section 3	Investigating weather	Using different forms of evidence in history	Using dance for learning
Section 4	Investigating the changing environment	Understanding timelines	Using music in the classroom
Section 5	Investigating other people and places	Using artefacts to explore the past	The art of storytelling

Life skills module area

Module	1 : Personal Development: How Self Esteem Impacts on Learning	2 : Exploring Social Development	3 : Community Issues and Citizenship
Section 1	Ways to explore who pupils are	Exploring social networks	Exploring good citizenship
Section 2	Planning physical growth and development sessions	Investigating our place in the community	Ways to investigate gender issues
Section 3	Exploring pupils’ ideas about healthy living	Ways of taking responsibility	Looking at work and employment
Section 4	Activities to support emotional well- being	Investigating self- esteem	Exploring the environment
Section 5	Ways to promote spiritual well-being	Ways of managing conflict	Sensitive ways to raise HIV and AIDS

Primary Curriculum framework