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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-curriculum-minimum-content-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-2/part-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2007/46",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Curriculum Minimum Content) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-curriculum-minimum-content-order-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Statutory Requirements Relating to the Curriculum",
  "text": "The statutory Northern Ireland Curriculum from Foundation Stage to Key Stage 4\nis a balanced and broadly based curriculum which—\n(a) promotes the spiritual, emotional, moral, cultural, intellectual and physical development of pupils at the school and thereby of society; and\n(b) prepares such pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life by equipping them with appropriate knowledge, understanding and skills.\nIn order to meet their statutory requirements, schools must provide learning opportunities in relation to the following:\n(a) Religious Education – in accordance with the core syllabus drafted by the four main Christian Churches in Northern Ireland and specified by the Department of Education.\n(b) the following Areas of Learning:\nAt Foundation Stage:\nAreas of Learning\nContributory Elements\nLanguage and Literacy\nTalking and Listening\nReading\nWriting\nMathematics and Numeracy\nNumber\nMeasures\nShape and Space\nSorting\nPatterns and Relationships\nThe Arts\nArt and design\nMusic\nDrama\nThe World Around Us\nThe World Around Us\nPersonal Development and Mutual Understanding\nPersonal Understanding and Health\nMutual Understanding in the Local and Wider Community\nPhysical Development and Movement\nPhysical Development and Movement\nAt Key Stages 1 and 2:\nAreas of Learning\nContributory Elements\nLanguage and Literacy\nTalking and Listening\nReading\nWriting\nMathematics and Numeracy\nProcesses in Mathematics\nNumber\nMeasures\nShape and Space\nHandling Data\nThe Arts\nArt and Design\nMusic\nDrama\nThe World Around Us\nHistory\nGeography\nScience and Technology\nPersonal Development and Mutual Understanding\nPersonal Understanding and Health\nMutual Understanding in the Local and Wider Community\nPhysical Education\nPhysical Education\nAt Key Stage 3:\nAreas of Learning\nContributory Elements\nLanguage and Literacy\nEnglish\nIrish (in Irish-speaking schools)\nMedia education\nMathematics and Numeracy\nMathematics\nFinancial capability\nModern Languages\nAny official language of the European Union (other than English and, in Irish speaking schools, Irish).\nThe Arts\nArt and Design\nMusic\nDrama\nEnvironment and Society\nHistory\nGeography\nScience and Technology\nScience\nTechnology and Design\nLearning for Life and Work\nEmployability\nLocal and Global Citizenship\nPersonal Development\nHome Economics\nPhysical Education\nPhysical Education\nAt Key Stage 4:\nAreas of Learning\nContributory Elements\nLanguage and Literacy\nMathematics and Numeracy\nModern Languages\nThe Arts\nEnvironment and Society\nScience and Technology\nLearning for Life and Work\nEmployability\nLocal and Global Citizenship\nPersonal Development\nPhysical Education\nPhysical Education",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 1 in operation at 1.8.2007 for specified purposes, see art. 1, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 1 in operation at 1.8.2008 for specified purposes, see art. 1, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 1 in operation at 1.8.2009 for specified purposes, see art. 1, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/46/schedule/2/part/1",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}