'What Matters?' Statements

Year 7 Pupils' Learning Journey

The 'What Matters Statements' form the basis of our planning for progress, depth and breadth of skills, knowledge and for the progress of learners. 27 statements have been identified across the 6 Areas of Learning and Experience (AoLE).

The statements of what is important are mandatory requirements for developing our curriculum and their assessment arrangements.

Listed below are the 'What Matters Statements' for the 6 Areas of Learning and Experience.

Expressive Arts

Exploring the expressive arts is essential in order to deepen artistic skills and knowledge, and it enables learners to become curious and creative individuals.
Responding and reflecting, both as an artist and as an audience, is an essential part of learning in the expressive arts.
Creating combines skills and knowledge, drawing on the senses, inspiration and imagination.

Health and Well-being

Developing the health and well-being of the body leads to lifelong benefits.
The way we process our experiences and respond to them affects our mental health and emotional well-being.
The way we make decisions affects the quality of our lives and the lives of others.
The way we relate to social influences shapes who we are, and affects our health and well-being.
Healthy relationships are essential for our well-being.

Science and Technology

Being curious and looking for answers is essential to understanding and predicting phenomena.
Design and engineering thinking offers technical and creative ways to meet society's needs and wants.
The world around us is full of living things that depend on each other to survive.
Matter, and the way it behaves, defines our universe and shapes our lives.
Forces and energy provide the foundation for understanding our universe.
Computing is the foundation for our digital world.

Mathematics and Numeracy

The number system is used to represent and compare the relationships between numbers and quantities.
Algebra uses symbol systems to express the structure of mathematical relationships.
Geometry focuses on relationships involving shape, space and position, and measurement focuses on quantifying phenomena in the physical world.
Statistics represent data, probability models chance, and both support informed inferences and decisions.

Humanities

Inquiry, exploration and investigation inspire curiosity about the world, its past, present and future.
Human events and experiences are complex and are understood, interpreted and represented in different ways.
Our natural world is diverse and dynamic, influenced by human processes and actions
Human societies are complex and diverse, and they are shaped by people's actions and beliefs.
Informed, self-aware citizens address the challenges and opportunities facing humanity, and are able to take meaningful and principled action.

Languages, Literacy and Communication

Languages connect us to each other.
Understanding languages is key to understanding the world around us.
Expressing ourselves through languages is key to communication
Literature fires the imagination and inspires creativity.

Year 7 learning Journey

This is an overview of Yr 7's Learning Journey

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Learning Programmes - There are a wide variety of opportunities for pupils to contribute and discuss what they will learn. The 'Llais' opportunities arise within the lessons, through forums and councils and questionnaires. Pupils have opportunities to voice opinions and propose questions about the things they would like to explore. The pupils will receive an overview of their learning programmes and contribute towards them.

Learner Voice:

A Curriculum that includes the learners will be a rich Curriculum that sparks curiosity, creates an appetite for learning and enables creativity and the commitment to be a lifelong learner.

Examples of Year 7 Learning Programmes

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