Framework format, organisation and structure

Format:

This electronic version of the Framework provides more help with planning, teaching and assessment.

The electronic and interactive structure to the Framework helps to:

• Provide direct links to a wealth of useful materials which will help in planning teaching and children's learning.

• Provide a clearer picture of progression in core aspects of literacy and mathematics, including the development of early reading within the EYFS and supporting whole-school curriculum targets which identify key steps in learning that children need to secure if they are to make progress and achieve appropriately high standards throughout the primary phase.

• Improve access to guidance that will support the teaching of specific ideas that children may find difficult, with greater control on how much or how little of this guidance to use, depending on the context and needs facing teacher and practitioners.

• Clarify and support the significant development in the teaching of early reading, in the teaching of phonics, and in the implementation of the 'simple view of reading'.

• Support assessment and its effective use.

• Support the development of longer-term planning of teaching sequences that build learning over time.

• Integrate provision for speaking and listening strands to promote children's learning in literacy and mathematics.

• Offer significant support on how the key aspects of learning in the teaching of literacy and mathematics can be applied across the curriculum.

• Place greater emphasis on the use of ICT to support learning and teaching in literacy and mathematics.

Organisation and structure:

The Framework is organised into strands (12 for literacy and 7 for mathematics). These relate directly to the Early Learning Goals and to the National Curriculum Orders for English and mathematics at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. The construction of the Framework around strands provides a useful vehicle for highlighting some of the specific aspects of literacy and mathematics that some children find difficult to learn. The slimmed-down objectives give a clearer sense of the important aspects of literacy and mathematics that children need to learn.

The objectives are presented in two ways: firstly, by year or stage, as structured in the previous Framework; then, in response to requests to make progression clearer, the objectives are also presented across the strands showing the specific progression in learning through each strand. The learning objectives cover the Foundation Stage to Year 6. Foundation Stage elements mirror the relevant sections in the EYFS and the objectives are referenced to the Early Learning Goals. Objectives also show Year 6 progression into Year 7. The structure and presentation of the objectives have been organised in ways that help teachers and practitioners manage their planning and assessment, recognising that within any one class, there will be a range of ability with some working beyond the level of the majority and some working below that level. The presentation of objectives in this electronic Framework enables you to follow the progression in learning both before and beyond the objectives in each year group. The organisation and range of objectives are designed to help teachers and practitioners plan across the primary age range, and to support planning for mixed-age classes and those with a broad range of ability. The Year 6 progression to Year 7 identifies aspects of mathematics and literacy that extend and challenge Year 6 children's learning.