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N.I Maths curriculum

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Mathematics and Numeracy is an Area of Learning in the curriculum. In the Foundation Stage, children acquire early mathematical concepts through play-based learning and planned activities that involve sorting, matching, comparing, classifying, and making patterns and sequences.

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Using ICT, along with Communication and Using Mathematics, is one of three statutory Cross-Curricular Skills that form part of the Northern Ireland Curriculum.

Assessment and reporting of Using ICT is a statutory requirement for all schools.

To meet the requirement, schools will be required to use The Levels of Progression. These apply for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3.

The Department of Education has specified that:

the expected level for the end of Key Stage 2 is Level 4; and

the expected level for the end of Key Stage 3 is Level 5.

The expected levels set the context for what coverage schools will need to provide in terms of Using ICT.

All pupils must be assessed in every school year on their acquisition and development of Using ICT.

Cross-Curricularity

All subjects have a statutory requirement to contribute to pupils' acquisition and development of Using ICT. There is explicit reference to this in the Learning Outcomes section of the statement of Minimum Content that sets out the statutory requirements for each Key Stage 3 subject. There is a .pdf version for download available from each subject's home page on the KS3 curriculum area of the website.

This means providing your pupils with opportunities to acquire, develop, understand, demonstrate and apply ICT concepts and processes appropriately in a variety of contexts. 'Using' the skills will involve opportunities to transfer knowledge, understanding and skills in meaningful ways across the curriculum.

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CCEA, Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

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Northern Ireland Curriculum " UICT " Using ICT

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Using ICT, along with Communication and Using Mathematics, is one of three statutory Cross-Curricular Skills that form part of the Northern Ireland Curriculum. Assessment and reporting of Using ICT is a statutory requirement for all schools. To meet the requirement, schools will be required to use The Levels of Progression.

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Video 2d and 3D shapes

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WAU curriculum

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The World Around Us is an Area of Learning in the primary curriculum. It encourages children's natural curiosity and answers some of their questions about the world from the perspectives of Geography, History, and Science and Technology.

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Literacy curriculum

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It is not statutory for schools to teach a language other than English or Irish (in Irish-medium schools). However, learning another language can improve children's communication and literacy skills, encouraging them to become confident speakers as well as attentive listeners.

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Concept map

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Light comes from different sources, like lamps, bulbs and the sun. Find out more in this Bitesize Primary KS2 Science guide.

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Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

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KS1 Science Plants learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

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Please be aware that resources have been published on the website in the form that they were originally supplied. This means that procedures reflect general practice and standards applicable at the time resources were produced and cannot be assumed to be acceptable today. Website users are fully responsible for ensuring that any activity, including practical work, which they carry out is in accordance with current regulations related to health and safety and that an appropriate risk assessment has been carried out.

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The materials in this resource are from the Secondary National Strategy 'Progressing to Level 6 and beyond in science' project. They were intended for science teachers who are focusing on understanding students' misconceptions. The Understanding misconceptions teacher guidance file provides strategies for teachers using appropriate resources and should be read first - in conjunction with the Understanding misconceptions steps table document.

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3d Shapes

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2D shapes are boring. Ah! Not really. But got your attention. Now.

3D shapes, they have 3 dimensions. Length, width and depth. What would the 3D version of a square be? A cube. A cube has 6 square faces which are all the same size.

Whereas cuboids, they're like a stretched cube and have 2 square faces and 4 rectangular faces. Oh yeah. Alright. Please make him stop.

Right, what about triangles? Triangles become pyramids. You're now a square based pyramid with 4 triangular faces and a square face for your bottom. You can get pyramids with different shaped bases. Triangles, pentagons, hexagons, any shape.

And a circle becomes a sphere with just one large, curved face, like a ball. Perfect for, uh, rolling. Strike! I mean...oh come on now.

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What are 3D shapes? Find out about 3D shapes such as cubes, pyramids and spheres in this Bitesize KS1 maths guide.

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Jolly phonics resource

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What is Jolly Phonics?

Jolly Phonics is a fun and child centred approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, the multi-sensory method is very motivating for children and teachers, who can see their students achieve. The letter sounds are split into seven groups.

Letter Sound Order

The sounds are taught in a specific order (not alphabetically). This enables children to begin building words as early as possible.

How does Jolly Phonics work?

Using a synthetic phonics approach, Jolly Phonics teaches children the five key skills for reading and writing. Complemented by Jolly Readers and Jolly Grammar, it provides a thorough foundation for teaching literacy over three years in school.

The Five Skills Taught In Jolly Phonics

For more information on Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar products, visit our products tab.

If you would like more information on using Jolly Phonics in the classroom, including training courses and online learning, please visit our TRAINING section.

The literacy skills taught in Jolly Phonics are reinforced and built upon with JOLLY GRAMMAR, which teaches essential grammar and spelling skills.

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What is Jolly Phonics? Jolly Phonics is a fun and child centred approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, the multi-sensory method is very motivating for children and teachers, who can see their students achieve. The letter sounds are split into seven groups.

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BBC Bitesize Science

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Sponsored by the ASSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY SERVICE TO CHILDREN a division of the American Library Association

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SPACE resources

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NASA's real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and hardworking robots are exploring the wild frontiers of our solar system.

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Fab resource to aid my Electricity subject knowledge

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Electricity - KS2 Science - BBC Bitesize

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KS2 Science Electricity learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

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STEM learning electricity

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Six lessons on electricity from Hamilton Trust. The resources include lesson plans, practical activities and worksheets. Suitable for upper KS2 children revise simple circuits then gain lots of hands on experience with symbols, diagrams and incomplete circuits. They investigate the effect of the length of wire in a circuit, compare series and parallel circuits and finally face some circuit challenges!

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Six lessons on electricity from Hamilton Trust. The resources include lesson plans, practical activities and worksheets. Suitable for upper KS2 children revise simple circuits then gain lots of hands on experience with symbols, diagrams and incomplete circuits. They investigate the effect of the length of wire in a circuit, compare series and parallel circuits and finally face some circuit challenges!

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STEM Learning

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Super video about 3D shapes

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Learn About Faces, Edges and Vertices - 3D Shapes | Basic Geometry for Kids | Noodle Kidz

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Fantastic poetry resource

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Copyright © 2023 All rights reserved. Charity No. 1093858. Registered No. 4336052

The Poetry Archive is a not-for-profit organisation with charitable status.

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Listen to the world's best poetry read out loud. Explore 100s of poems read by the poets themselves. Read along or listen distraction free.

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3D SHAPE WORKSHEET

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Great maths games

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Learning to count is fun with this range of free educational games for Key Stage 1 children. Start with the simple counting games and progress to numbers up to 100. There are also matching and sequencing numbers activities.

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Free, interactive, learning to count games for 5 to 7 year olds involve numbers from 1 to 100.

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Great resource

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Printable and Digital Teacher Resources | Twinkl USA

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Instantly access Twinkl’s printable and digital K-12 teaching resources, including worksheets, eBooks, games, PowerPoints, Google Slides, and more!

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Topmarks: teaching resources, interactive resources, worksheets, homework, exam and revision help

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Searchable site of thousands of quality teaching resources, interactive resources, homework, exam and revision help. Useful for teachers, pupils and parents.

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Fantastic money games for kids

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We have updated Moneyville
The user profiles have been removed.

Consequently, the profiles will not automatically be saved in the game. Therefore you need to create a new figure when you want to play MoneyVille.

Notice: Moneyville will allways remember the last played figure, so if you play Moneyville on the same device, and do not share the games with other players, Moneyville will remember you.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: Pengebysupport@danskebank.dk

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We have updated Moneyville The user profiles have been removed. Consequently, the profiles will not automatically be saved in the game. Therefore you need to create a new figure when you want to play MoneyVille.

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Accelerated reader

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Renaissance Place ID

What is it? Renaissance Place ID is a unique identifier that provides a shortcut to your Renaissance Place site.

Where can I use it? Renaissance Place ID can be used during setup of Accelerated Reader on iPad®, iPhone®, or iPod touch® and during setup of STAR Reading, STAR Maths and STAR Early Literacy on iPad®.

What if I don't use Accelerated Reader or STAR assessments? Renaissance Place ID automatically appears on the Renaissance Place Welcome page and can be used wherever you see the RPID image going forward.

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What is it? Renaissance Place ID is a unique identifier that provides a shortcut to your Renaissance Place site. Where can I use it? Renaissance Place ID can be used during setup of Accelerated Reader on iPad®, iPhone®, or iPod touch® and during setup of STAR Reading, STAR Maths and STAR Early Literacy on iPad®.

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Bug club

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A digital learning space for your pupils and a toolkit for you, so that you can search, plan, allocate and assess all in one place.

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BOOP SEN resource for schools

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Teachers

Educators can work alongside families and professionals to create individualised resources to support each student in their learning and development. BOOP promotes a consistent, structured and inclusive learning environment in the classroom. Teachers can saves hours of administration tasks, leaving more time to teach.

Families

BOOP enables families to create visual resources and strategies to help promote independnce and inclusion. Using BOOP alongside school, families and loved ones become much more engaged and connected to the classroom. Communication between home and school is more meaningful.

Professionals

Therapists can gain valuable insights while also becoming a much more pro-active member of the students team. Using BOOP they can quickly document their visit and keep track of all the important things going on in the students life.

Students

BOOP supports and engages students throughout their day, providing structure and consistency. It's place to share and document their learning experiences with their family. Using the BOOP app, students can gain access to resources provided by their teacher to encourage independence and develop new skills. BOOP provides opportunites to improve self-awareness and self-management.

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Educators can work alongside families and professionals to create individualised resources to support each student in their learning and development. BOOP promotes a consistent, structured and inclusive learning environment in the classroom. Teachers can saves hours of administration tasks, leaving more time to teach.

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Figurative language

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framework.pdf

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Great resource for definition of literacy terms

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English grammar lessons. Search our comprehensive list of grammar terms and definitions.

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Times tables

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Times Tables Rock Stars – Times Tables Rock Stars

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NRIch maths website

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Enriching mathematics for all learners

A free-to-use collection of mathematics activities, lessons and problems designed to nurture curious, resourceful and confident learners of mathematics. Produced by The University of Cambridge.

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The Nrich Maths Project Cambridge,England. Mathematics resources for children,parents and teachers to enrich learning. Problems,children's solutions,interactivities,games,articles.

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Fantastic courses and information about Autism

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Training

Middletown Centre provides a range of training opportunities for parents, carers and educational professionals in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Centre has a full training calendar of face to face and online sessions, which can be managed using the Centre's app The Centre, in partnership with Mary Immaculate College Limerick provides a Graduate Certificate, Diploma and MA in Autism Studies Individual schools can apply for whole school training and these are provided in partnership with the EA in Northern Ireland and The NCSE in Ireland. Further information on applying for a whole school training is available by contacting us using the email training@middletownautism.com

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Middletown Centre for Autism - Middletown Centre For Autism

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Middletown Centre provides a range of training opportunities for parents, carers and educational professionals in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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My story book

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MyStorybook.com - Make Your Own Storybook for Free

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This free new tool makes storytelling fun again!

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Get Minecraft Education for your classroom. Find out how using this game will take your students' learning to the next level.

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PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK

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Getting to grips with phonics pdf

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TWITTER PLN

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Novas you tube channel

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nova secret life of scientists and engineers pbs seftel productions

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NOVA's Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers

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"Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers" is an Emmy-nominated web video series and site from the makers of one of the most acclaimed American science series ever, PBS's NOVA. Every two weeks, "Secret Life" premieres another set of intimate, engaging, and funny videos about a new scientist or engineer...