This strand is about the process of communication. Communication helps to form communities, and it transmits values, experiences and traditions, and expands horizons. Communication plays a large part in preparing pupils to be not only learners but also part of a wider community, with a voice and with responsibilities for others. Pupils of all abilities, including those with special educational needs, can gain awareness of their voice and responsibilities through sensitive teaching and through the support provided by good role models across the school.
This strand is the one for which pupils are likely to have the greatest diversity of experiences and backgrounds, based on their primary years and at home. These varied backgrounds play a particularly significant role in affecting what needs to be taught to pupils early in Key Stage 3. You may find it difficult to establish, without questioning pupils extensively, the extent of their involvement in, and understanding of, a piece of collaborative work.
Communicating information has three substrands in the ICT Framework, which are:
