A farmer has to get a fox, a duck, and a sack of corn across a river.

He has a rowboat, and it can only carry him and one other thing.

If the fox and the duck are left together, the fox will eat the duck.

If the duck and the corn are left together, the duck will eat the corn.

How does the man do it?

The Problem:

1. The man takes the DUCK across the river, (the fox and corn are safe together),

2. The man then takes the FOX across the river and he brings the DUCK back with him.

3. He takes the CORN across and leaves it with the FOX.

4. He then returns to pick up the DUCK and heads across the river one last time.

The Solution:

The National Literacy and Numeracy Framework

Information for Parents and Carers

Supporting schools to implement the Literacy and Numeracy Framework

STEPASIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL15TH APRIL 2015

NSP Partner: KATE ANDREWS

Aims To enable you to; • Gain an overview of the Literacy and Numeracy

Framework (LNF) • Learn about how this impacts in the classroom• Know where to find out more information

What is LITERACY ?• Literacy means using language skills in daily

activities at school, at home, at work and in the community.

• Literacy describes the series of skills,(talking, listening, reading and writing), that

are needed to make sense of the world around us.

What is NUMERACY ?

• Numeracy means using mathematical skills in daily activities - at school, at home, at work and in the community.

• Numeracy describes the series of skills that are needed to deal with life’s problems in a variety of situations.

Why do we need the National Literacy and Numeracy

Framework? Evidence from:

• research from employers• Estyn inspection reports• end of Key Stage Teachers’ Assessments• PISA results• qualifications

shows that Wales must improve its literacy and

numeracy levels across the population.

1 in 4 adults in Wales has a reading age of lower than 9 yrs 6 months! (25%)

• identifies annual expected outcomes in literacy and numeracy for all learners aged 4 – 14, (Nursery to Year 9)

• is a curriculum planning tool to help teachers to embed literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum

Welsh Government drive is that the children of Wales are able to develop

excellent literacy and numeracy skills during their time in school.

What is the National Literacy and Numeracy Framework?

Literacy – structureStrand Elements Aspects

Oracy across the curriculum

Developing and presenting information and ideas

Speaking

Listening

Collaboration and discussion

Reading across the curriculum

Locating, selecting and using information

Reading strategies

Responding to what has been read

Comprehension

Response and analysis

Writing across the curriculum

Organising ideas and information

Meaning, purposes, readers

Structure and organisation

Writing accurately Language

HandwritingGrammarPunctuationSpelling

Years 2 and 3

Numeracy

Y2• read hours and minutes on a 12-hour digital clock• read ‘half past’, ‘quarter past’ and ‘quarter to’ on an analogue clock

Y1• use the concept of time in terms of their daily and weekly activities and the seasons of the year• use standard units of time to read ‘o’clock’ using both analogue and 12-hour digital clocks

R• demonstrate a developing sense of how long tasks and everyday events take

Strand: Using measuring skills Element: Time

anticipate events related to elements of daily routines and use the terms ‘before’ and ‘after’

N

Strand: Using measuring skills Element: Time

•read and use analogue and digital clocks•time events in minutes and seconds, and order the results

• time events in minutes and seconds to the nearest tenth of a second• use and interpret timetables and schedules to plan events and activities and make calculations as part of the planning process

•tell the time to the nearest minute on analogue clocks•read hours and minutes on a 24-hour digital clock•time and order events in seconds

Y4

Y5

Y6

Y3 * tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes on an analogue clock and calculate how long it is to the next hour

•Interpret fractions of a second appropriately•use timetables and time zones to calculate travel time

•measure and record time in hundredths of a second•use time zonesY7

Y8

Strand: Using measuring skills Element: Time

Managing Money

• Year 5 – Plan and track money and savings by keeping accurate records

• learn about the importance of budgeting

Year 6• Use terms profit and loss •Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using bank accounts•Value for money, price comparisons

Year 1 - Use different combinations of money to pay for items up to 20p

Year 4 - Manage money, compare costs from different retailers and determine what can be bought within a given budget

Be Positive About Maths

We use maths every day without realising it.

Learners from Year 2 to Year 9 will sit two National Numeracy Tests and one Reading Test in May 2015

Reading and Numeracy Tests

Is the National Literacy and Numeracy Framework for every pupil?

Yes ...

• The Framework includes every learner, from the Reception class to Year 9.

Every pupil is expected to make progress according to his / her ability :

.

• Pupils with Additional Learning Needs (ALN) could be working below the age related expectations.

• More able and talented pupils (MAT) could be working beyond the expectations for the year.

(There are extension statements available.)

Impact for your children?• English and Mathematics are still taught• Literacy and Numeracy skills are applied in all

subjects, e.g. P.E., History, Music• Literacy and numeracy skills are constantly being

used so that children remember them• Tracking of children’s skills• Children involved in assessing and targets• Reports to parents

How can we as parents and carers help our child to develop good literacy and

numeracy skills?By ...Supporting the school’s work .......Supporting your child with their readingEveryday experiences with money, time,

measuring, numberEncouraging thinking

http://learning.wales.gov.uk/resources/nlnf/?lang=en

Learning Wales

Examples of what I can find on the Learning Wales website linked to LNF?

• A copy of the Literacy and Numeracy Framework

•Sample questions from the national reading and numeracy testshttp://learning.wales.gov.uk/resources/reading-sample-materials/?lang=enhttp://learning.wales.gov.uk/resources/numeracy-sample-materials/?lang=en

•Sample reasoning materials to support the national reasoning testhttp://learning.wales.gov.uk/learningpacks/reasoning-in-the-classroom/?lang=en

http://learning.wales.gov.uk/resources/nlnf/?lang=en

What happens after learning?

The Forgetting Curve

If we review and apply then we remember what

we learn.