(or progression model)
A curriculumIn education, a curriculum (or curricula) is broadly defined as the totality of student experiences that occur in the educational process. The term often refers specifically to a planned sequence of instruction, or to a view of the student's experiences in terms of the educator's or school's instructional goals. A curriculum may incorporate the planned interaction of pupils with instructional content, materials, resources, and processes for evaluating the attainment of educational objectives. Curricula are split into several categories: the explicit, the implicit (including the hidden), the excluded, and the extracurricular. Curricula may be tightly standardized or may include a high level of instructor or learner autonomy. Many countries have national curricula in primary and secondary education, such as the United Kingdom's National Curriculum. sets out the journey that someone needs to go on to get better at the subject. In short, it models the progressIn education, progress refers to a student's grasp of essential knowledge and educational skills. In the past, a student was considered to be progressing if they were rapidly moving on to new topics and material. Source. that we would hope (although cannot guarantee) that someone will make. The curriculum is the progression model.
A helpful way to think about curriculum progression is as a logical sequencing of concepts, content and skillsTechniques and attributes acquired through learning, engagement and practice across multiple teaching stages, which helps learnersA learner is an individual who is willing to learn and understand new things. Learning is a process of understanding and acquiring knowledge of new things and concepts. An individual can be a learner at any point in time they want. Factors like age, gender, etc., do not come in between the learning of the learner. develop more sophisticated ways of thinking.
For Primary and Lower Secondary we look at progression from Stage 1 (age 5) to Stage 9 (age 14).