linking school travel plans to the curriculum created by david graham, london borough of lambeth
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Linking School Travel Plans to the
Curriculum Created by David Graham, London Borough of Lambeth
National Curriculum • National Curriculum runs from EYFS to KS4 (0 to 16)
• DCSF
• QCA
• Combination of units from QCA and DCSF
• Every Child Matters
• SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning)
• School Cycles – Ofsted – Schemes of work
Why link STP to curriculum?
• Important to success of school travel plan and embeds it in the school culture
• Easy links to Geography and Citizenship (PSHE)
• STP is not just a paper document
• “What have we been doing already?”
• Accreditation criteria
• Cross-curricular
Where do you start?• Liaise with teachers
• Ask for scheme of work
• Provide examples
• Advise additions
• If unit is taught – add to action plan
• Is your school champion part of SMT?
• Provide info on resources that link to curriculum
Example of a scheme of work for Year 6
Year 6Poetry: Unit 2
Finding a voice
Years 7 to 11Taking roles in group
discussion
Years 7 to 11Drama, role-play and
performance
Year 6Non-fiction: Unit 4
Formal/impersonal writing Year 6Non-fiction: Unit 3
Argument
Year 4 Poetry: Unit 2
Exploring Form
Year 2 Poetry: Unit 2Really looking
Year 1Poetry: Units 1 -
3Using the sensesPattern & Rhyme
Poems on a theme
Year 1 Non-fiction:
Unit 2Instructions: Persuasion
Year 1 Narrative: Unit 1
“Stories with familiar settings”
LITERACY
Year 7 and 10 StatisticsInterpreting and discussing results
Year 7 and 10 statistics Processing and representing data
Year 7, 8 and 10 statistics Specifying a problem, planning
and collecting data
Year 9Geometry and Measures
Transformation and coordinates
Year 3 and 5 Block D
Calculating, measuring and understanding shape
Years 1 to 6Block C
Handling Data and Measures
MATHS
Year 1 and 2Unit 2C Can buildings speak?
Year 5 and 6Unit 6C: A sense of place
Year 3 and 4Unit 4C: Journeys
Year 3 and 4Unit 3C: Can we change places?
MFL – Unit 15Describe your journey to school
MFL – Unit 7“How do you get to school”
ART & DESIGN and MFL
Year 7Unit 1: Making connections
Section 1: Where is our place and what is it like?
Year 3 to 6Unit 16: What's in the news?
Year 3Unit 6: Investigating our local area
Year 5Unit 20: Local traffic - an environmental issue?
Year 5Unit 12: Should the high street be closed to traffic
Year 4Unit 8: Improving the environment
Section 4: What is this place like and why? How can it be
improved?
Year 1Unit 2: How can we make our
local area safer?
Year 1Unit 1: Around our school –
the local area
Year 1-2Unit 24: Passport
to the world Section 1: Where can I go from my
home?
GEOGRAPHY
ICT (Year 4)Unit 4D: Collecting and presenting information:
questionnaires and pie charts
ICT (Year 5)Unit 5A: Graphical modelling Section 5: Integrated tasks
Year 9Unit 9B: Fit and healthy
Year 7Unit 7I: Energy resources
Year 5Unit 5A: Keeping healthy
Year 2Unit 2A: Health and growth
Section 4: Exercising
SCIENCE & ICT
Year 3-6Unit 10: Local democracy
for young citizens
Year 7-9 Unit 21:
People and the environment
Year 7-9 Unit 10: Debating a global
issue Section 6: What is
our role in a sustainable future?
Year 3-6 Unit 10: Local democracy for young citizens
Year 1-6 Unit 01: Taking part -
developing skills of communication and participation (school council and making a
difference)
Year 10-11Unit 12: Global issues,
local action
Year 1-6 Unit 04: People who help us - the local police Section 1: Key stage 1 - Who can help us
in our community
Year 1-6Unit 02: Choices
Year 1-6Unit 02: Choices
Year 1-6 Unit 06: Developing our school
grounds?
CITIZENSHIP
Year 6 Unit 12:Moving on
Example of an action plan containing links to curriculum
Other Items
• Special schools
• Nursery and EYFS
• Diploma– Engineering (2008)– Environment and Land-based
studies (2009)– Public Services (2010)
STP resources linking to curriculum• KS3 educational resources
• KS2 cycling curriculum pack
• Upgrade Pack
• WOW walking zone pack
• DEMOCS
• Your time
John Rymell, School Travel Adviser
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
020 7364 6918 or 07956 541010