National Curriculum

What is the curriculum?

The curriculum is all the learning experience, formal and informal, in the classroom and outside it, which we provide for our pupils. The overriding purpose is to give pupils an education that is intrinsically worthwhile, prepares them for life beyond school and lays the foundation for life long learning.

Pupils are entitled to a curriculum which:

Is broad based and relevant whilst providing flexibility for both teachers and learners.

Is not constrained by traditional boundaries.

Is sufficiently accessible to meet individual needs and differences.

Provides a proper foundation for learning through the effective teaching of basic skills.

Teaching Arrangements and the Curriculum

The Foundation Stage Unit pupils comprise of F2, turning age 4, and F1, turning age 5.

Key Stage 1 encompasses Year One (5 – 6 yrs) and Year Two (6 – 7 yrs).

Key Stage 2 encompasses Years Three (7 – 8 yrs), Four (8 – 9 yrs), Five (9 – 10 yrs) and Six (10 – 11 yrs).

The Curriculum for Key Stages 1 and 2

The National Curriculum forms the backbone of the teaching and learning in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. The staff then expertly adapts any units of work to meet the needs of the children in their class whilst ensuring the delivery of all of the necessary skills. We have prepared Policies and Plans for each subject and using these we have constructed a curriculum framework, which covers all that your child should be taught during their primary years. This framework broadly consists of two-year cycles for Years 1 & 2, Years 3 & 4 and Years 5 & 6, whilst taking in to account yearly cycles of the Literacy and Numeracy Strategies, RE and Personal, Social Health and Citizenship Education (PSHCE).