Programmes of Study

Art

Work of artists, Exploring and evaluating ideas, Drawing, Digital media, 3D design, Painting, Printing, Textiles and Collage.

English

Reading Our curriculum in reading enables pupils to gain expertise and confidence in all facets of being a skilled reader.

Writing (Transcription)- Our Writing curriculum ensures unlaboured handwriting, accurate spelling, accurate and effective application of punctuation, knowledge of a variety of high-quality language knowledge of how to use this in speech composition and reading for meaning.

Spoken language- the content of our curriculum enables pupils to learn competent and confident spoken language.

Geography

Geographic Enquiry and Skills, Geographical Skills and Field Work, Locational Knowledge, Human and Physical Geography and Place Knowledge.

History

Knowledge of topics, substantive concepts such as ‘tax’, ‘king’, Knowledge of chronology of time periods, Cause and consequence, Change and continuity, Historical significance, Similarity and difference, Sources of evidence and Interpretations.

IT

e-Safety, Programming, Handling Data, Multimedia and Technology in our lives.

Maths

Pupils who succeed are more motivated, so we seek to engineer success. The most powerful facts are made explicit and delivered in a highly structured way. The learning of important facts and methods reinforce each other. We place emphasis on using facts and methods so that pupils can learn how to use them to automaticity. We should ensure that firstly pupils have learned the facts and methods required to solve the problem to automaticity, rehearse strategies and teach pupils how to recognise the deep structure.

MFL

Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening, Intercultural understanding and Grammar.

Music

Instrumental learning, Opportunities to perform, Engagement with music outside the curriculum, Building blocks, Gradual acquisition of knowledge and skills, Well-judged level of challenge.

PE

Healthy lifestyles, teamwork and cooperation, Spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development, independent learners and effective leaders, Character building, Resilience, Enjoyment, Confidence, Commitment and desire to improve, participation and competitiveness, Thinking and Decision Making, Physical and emotional well-being.

Personal Development

Citizenship, Character Education, Inclusion and equality of opportunity, Wider safety, Economic understanding, Understanding of technology and media.

Religious Education

Our high-quality education in RE inspires in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the concept of religion and the world’s religious and non-religious traditions.

Science

Within our science curriculum, we study plants, rocks, animals including humans, forces and magnets, materials and their properties, states of matter, seasonal changes, electricity, light, Earth, and space, living things and their habitats, sound. Subjects are taught at an age-appropriate level. We ensure that our children use methods to answer scientific questions apparatus and techniques, include measurement analysis, develop presentation and evaluation of scientific data to draw valid conclusions and well as the development of scientific knowledge over time and its implications.