The Primary Strategy
The role of the Primary Strategy Manager has
been described nationally within "Excellence and Enjoyment" as the
"one stop shop", a point of call for all enquiries regarding the
primary strategy and for coordination of the primary strategy
within an LA including management of consultants, consultant
leaders and other strategy work in primary schools.
The Renewed Frameworks
The new frameworks mark the beginning of the
Primary Strategies drive to further improve the quality of teaching
and learning, helping teachers to understand the pedagogic
principles they need to enhance and develop their own models of
practice: moving from imitation to innovation.
The aims of the new framework are to:
- support improved leadership and management of literacy and
mathematics;
- increasing drive and momentum, scaling up expectations;
- provide integrated advice across the Foundation Stage and Key
Stages 1 and 2;
- promote longer term planning of teaching sequences that build
learning over time;
- create a clearer set of outcomes for learning progression to
help raise the attainment of all pupils, personalise learning and
secure intervention for those pupils who need it;
- reduce workload, foster professional dialogue and provide
easier access to teaching materials;
- build in speaking and listening, cross curricular links and the
use of ICT.
The main changes are that it provides:
- an electronic version;
- slimmed down objectives;
- a clearer structure for literacy and mathematics;
- more help with planning, teaching and assessment.
A differentiated offer for training and support
for schools has been planned. Schools choose the input which best
suits their needs as identified through the process of
self-evaluation.