Key stage 2

Opening Minds: A competency-based curriculum for the twenty first century

Aim: Improve transition for students from Key Stage 2 into Key Stage 3. Help to develop transferable skills and competencies such as literacy, numeracy and ICT in the Key Stage 3 curriculum. Embed Learning to Learn and Emotional Intelligence into the curriculum. Create engagement in independent learning through an innovative & engaging curriculum for students in the 21st century. Extend and challenge the most able and engage those with the potential to become disaffected in KS3, creating a resilience in learning that will become habitual and transferable. Embed ICT throughout the curriculu

Using email to assist reading

Aim: 1) To see if computer-mediated communication between boys at two different schools can enhance the reading ability and interest of Year 9 boys with low reading levels. 2) To make use of the opportunities for anonymity which email offers in order to allow teachers to assume multiple roles in the teaching of literature.

Did Pupils' Learning in Year 6 History and Geography increase as a result of a specific inservice training (INSET) intervention focused on Teaching Quality

Aim: An explanation of how pupils' learning in Year 6 history and geography was affected by an inservice training (INSET), an explanation of how pupils learning in Year 6 history and geography was affected by an inservice training (INSET) intervention focused on teaching quality.

Children's perspectives on formative assessment: an action research approach

Aim: The overall aim of the project was to investigate childrens perspectives on formative assessment and how formative assessment can be developed to improve learning. I was particularly interested to know how childrens perspectives on learning and formative assessment changed between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3. I wanted to explore whether an action research approach could assist in the development of classroom practice in formative assessment.

Is there truly a shirt of happiness or not? Developing thinking through a Community of Enquiry approach.

Aim: To consider whether a Community of Enquiry approach would improve the ability of Y5 and 6 pupils to discuss issues arising from texts by asking relevant questions. Individual teachers were keen to: Develop written responses to comprehension texts; or Improve the quality of questioning and discussion.

Use of drama and story telling techniques to improve writing at KS2, with an emphasis on boys' achievement

Aim: To investigate strategies for helping KS2 pupils, particularly boys, to overcome barriers to writing. In particular to explore whether: Using drama and storytelling techniques can enable pupils to bridge the gap between what is spoken and what is written; A range of oral communications skills including persuasion, description and narrative can be transferred to the written form through shared and tiered writing sessions; and The existing influence of T.V. and video viewing can promote the transfer visual images into the pupils writing.