... discuss issues surrounding differentiation and inclusion relating them specifically to the teaching of properties of 3-D and 2-D shapes in year 4 and observations detailed in appendix A. Having taught the above topic to a class of year 3 and 4 pupils I am aware of the importance and demands of differentiating whole class and group work while maintaining the inclusion of all the children, some with special education needs. The National Curriculum Council gives us the definition of differentiation as being, 'the matching of work to the abilities of individual children, so that they are stretched but still achieve success' (NCC, 1993). The NNS (1999) states that pupils in year 4 should be taught to "describe and visualise 3-D and 2-D shapes and classify them according to their properties and make shapes and patterns with increasing accuracy" (sec.6 p.102 & 104). Within these statements are listed outcomes that children of that ...

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