Speaking as the first leaflets arrive in homes across the North the Minister said: “My Department has just issued 350,000 leaflets to schools across the North, providing details of the revised curriculum. These will go to every family who has a child in a primary or post-primary school.
“We live in changing times and the school curriculum needs to be able to adapt to them. The revised curriculum provides schools and teachers with more flexibility to meet the educational needs of all children. There continues to be a strong focus on reading, writing and maths, and developing knowledge and understanding. But, unlike the previous curriculum, content within curricular areas is less rigid, placing a greater emphasis on developing the skills our children and young people need today.
“Through the revised curriculum I am confident that Principals and teachers will carry on delivering a quality education that is in the best interests of all our children and young people – one that better prepares them for life and work in the 21st century.”
English and Irish versions of the leaflets, and translations of the leaflets into Cantonese, Filipino, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese and Ulster Scots, are available on the Department’s website www.deni.gov.uk.
Notes to Editors:
1. Leaflets will be distributed through all schools for children to bring home to parents and guardians. Separate leaflets will be distributed to parents of primary and post-primary pupils and are available in English and Irish.
2. For further information please visit the Department’s website at www.deni.gov.uk or the revised curriculum site at www.nicurriculum.org.uk.
3. Media queries to the Department of Education Press Office on 028 9127 9755. Out of office hours please contact the Duty Press Office via pager number 07699 715 440 and your call will be returned.
