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Primary Year 3 SK Scheme of Work
8. Main Skill and Complementary Skill
Each lesson within the Scheme of Work focuses on one Main Skill and one Complementary Skill. To ensure that pupils receive sufficient exposure to and
practice in every Learning Standard within the Curriculum Framework, each Learning Standard appears at least once in the Scheme of Work. Learning
Standards are covered as a main skill or as a complementary skill. It is therefore critical that teachers ensure that both the Main Skill and the
Complementary Skill are covered in each lesson. The Complementary Skill is not an optional skill that can be ignored or dropped from the lesson. Doing
this may mean that pupils do not receive adequate practice in and exposure to all the given Learning Standards within the Curriculum Framework. When
teachers are planning their lessons, they must therefore ensure that both the Main Skill and Complementary Skill are each assigned a suitable learning
objective.

Teachers should also be aware that the Main Skill and Complementary Skill should not however be given equal time and attention within the lesson.
Teachers will need to ensure that the Complementary Skill is covered, but the degree of attention this receives in comparison to the Main Skill will be up
to the teacher’s own professional judgement as they will know better the specific learning needs of their pupils.

9. Learning Outline
The Learning Outline provides guidance to teachers for the delivery of a lesson. Three main stages of every lesson are highlighted: Pre-lesson, Lesson
delivery and Post-lesson. Teachers will also need to refer to the Teacher’s Book, which provides detailed information about the delivery of the textbook
activities for textbook-based-lessons.

Pre-lesson activities activate and review pupils’ prior knowledge by, for example, reviewing relevant learning from a previous lesson or using a short
activity as an opportunity for pupils to share what they already know about the lesson topic. Post-lesson activities take place at the end of lessons to
review and consolidate the learning from a lesson.
10. Materials / References
The relevant page numbers of the Student’s Book and Teacher’s Book have been given for the textbook-based lessons.

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