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Section 2: Planning and Implications for Managers

Curriculum management

A significant factor in implementing ICT 5-14 is consideration of strands and suggested outcomes. In order to develop a successful permeation strategy it will be necessary to match these to current schemes of work and programmes of study. In this way the school's ICT policy developed and understood by staff becomes

translated into action in the daily class or subject teaching. Matching the details of ICT 5-14 to current practice is a significant task that needs to be done carefully as part of an incremental process which recognises the demands on staff. One approach might be to assign some of the task to a working party. The working party might then be directed towards a gradual ICT implementation in selected curriculum ...policy developed and understood by staff becomes translated into action in the daily class or subject teaching.

areas as they are reviewed as part of the development or departmental plan audit. Alternatively, the working party might focus on several curricular areas at different stages, for example across the curriculum at P5, P6 and P7, or on an inter-school approach focused on P6-S2.

Some schools and local authorities have already begun this process of matching ICT 5-14 to existing schemes of work. For example in one primary school an early attempt has been made to look at language guidelines together with the new ICT national guidelines.

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Writing
STRAND
W1 Functional writing
LEVEL
A
TARGET
Write briefly for simple practical purposes
Activities
Writing of this kind may arise from activities such as:
  • planting seeds
  • giving directions
  • exploring technology
  • baking, etc.

    Pupils will discuss before, during and after activity.

    They will report orally to teachers or others.

    Sequence can be explored through drawing perhaps linked by arrows to form a flow chart. The teacher will help pupils to:
  • observe
  • select important features
  • order their writing
  • act as a scribe.

    • Cross-reference to: ICT - Level A

  • Searching and researching
  • Control and modelling
  • Using the technology

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    Writing

    		STRAND
    W2 Personal Writing

    LEVEL
    A


    TARGET
    Write briefly about a personal experience

    Activities
    From the first the teacher will establish trust, helping pupils speak confidently about themselves.

    They will express ideas perhaps through drawings, which after discussion will be elaborated to provide detail and form the basis of a story. The teacher will:

  • discuss
  • decide with pupils the main points
  • act as a scribe.

    When pupils first compose, their own stories may consist of a single sentence.

    This can be aided by the provision of printed words and phrases for story making.

    With more experience pupils will be able to compose several sentences.

    • Cross-reference to: ICT - Level A

  • Creating and presenting
  • Using the technology

    • Report of school visit


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