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Introduction to Primary Year 1 Scheme of Work Document

The purpose of the Primary Year 1 Scheme of Work document is to provide teachers with support and
information for planning and delivering their lessons throughout the year. The Scheme of Work contains
the following sections:

1. Overview of Primary Year 1 Scheme of Work

This section will explain to teachers how the Scheme of Work is organised and provides detail on the two
types of lesson in the Scheme of Work: textbook-based lessons and non-textbook-based lessons.

2. Glossary of terms in the Primary Year 1 curriculum framework

In order to assist teachers in understanding the Content and Learning Standards which will appear in
each lesson, a number of these Standards have been explained in more detail.

3. Differentiation strategies for Primary Year 1

This section provides teachers with a number of suggested differentiation strategies which teachers may
wish to use within their classes. There are a total of seven strategies and each lesson will have a
recommendation for teachers as to which strategies could be used within that particular lesson.

4. Formative Assessment

This section provides a short overview of formative assessment and suggests 5 possible ways teachers
can assess their pupils.

5. Suggested Pre-Lesson Tasks

Teachers have been provided with a selection of tasks which can be used at the start of each of the non-
textbook-based lessons. There are a total of 12 tasks and details in how each task can be used are
provided.

6. Suggested Post-Lesson Tasks

As with the above Pre-Lesson tasks, teachers have also been provided with 12 tasks that can be used at
the end of each non-textbook-based lesson.

7. Scheme of Work (Lessons 1 – 160)

This section provides teachers with detailed information for both the textbook-based lessons and the
non-textbook-based lessons. This will include the Content and Learning Standards for each lesson,
details of the lesson outline, the learning materials and suggested differentiation strategies. For the
textbook-based lessons teachers will need to refer to the accompanying Teacher’s Book. For the non-
textbook-based lessons, detailed lesson outlines have been supplied which teachers can choose to
follow or adapt as necessary.

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Primary Year 1 Scheme of Work