Curriculum
What does your child learn at school each day? Find information about our curriculum subjects here.
This is the new curriculum that we have developed in response to the introduction by the Government of the New National Curriculum. Below are the themes taught in our school.
Themes 2020-2021
| Module 1 31.08.20 -09.10.20 | Module 2 12.10.20 - 27.11.20 | Module 3 30.11.20 - 22.01.21 | Module 4 25.01.21 - 12.03.21 | Module 5 15.03.21 - 07.05.21 | Module 6 17.05.21 - 02.07.21 |
Nursery Orange & Yellow | Marvellous Me | Festivals & Celebrations | Traditional Tales | Food | Animals | Summer Days |
Reception Class 1 & 2 | People Who Help Us | Festivals & Celebrations | Julia Donaldson | Under the Sea | Our World | Things That Grow |
Year 1 Class 3 & 4 | Weather and Seasons | We are Amazing | Toys | Animals | Plants | Seaside Holidays |
Year 2 Class 5 & 6 | Great Fire of London | Mexico | Food around the World | Famous People | Animal Survival | Castles |
Year 3 Class 7 & 8 | Light | Cycles of Life | The Stone Age | The Bronze Age | The Iron Age | Forces of Nature |
Year 4 Class 9 & 10 | Aztecs | Eruptions | Egypt | Ancient Greece | Habitats | Richard III |
Year 5 Class 11 & 12 | Changing Materials | Maya | Romans | Forces | Anglo Saxons Vikings | Space Race |
Year 6 Class 13, 14 & 15 | Industrial Revolution | Evolution | The Great Victorians | Lights, Camera, Action | The Living World | World War II |
Though most of our work will be taught around these themes, some skills and knowledge will have to be taught separately.
Nursery and Reception follow the curriculum as outlined in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) document.
Find out more about what each year group will be learning this year by clicking below.
Characteristics of Effective Learning - Nursery and Reception 2020
These support the development of the Unique Child in how children are learning. Practitioners use these to make judgements about how children learn and to plan to cater for each child’s unique learning style. The characteristics of learning share equal importance with the learning outcomes and Early Learning Goals are outlined in the development matters. These provide a crucial insight into children’s preferences for play, learning needs and methods of communication both independently and in groups alongside others.
Playing and exploring – engagement
- Finding out and exploring
- Playing with what they know
- Being willing to ‘have a go’
Active learning – motivation
- Being involved and concentrating
- Keeping trying
- Enjoying achieving what they set out to do
Creating and thinking critically – thinking
- Having their own ideas
- Making links
- Choosing ways to do things