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Curriculum
INTENT AND SEQUENCING
Curriculum Intent
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Is rich in knowledge, which children use readily and remember for a long time.
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Is engaging, so that children’s curiosity is sparked and they develop a thirst for learning.
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Is brilliantly sequenced and linked, so that children’s knowledge builds and schema grow.
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Is intelligently designed and implemented, using evidence informed practice and research to inform choices.
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Is rooted in the six principles of nurture, so that children’s needs, both cognitive and emotional, are met, resulting in excellent behaviour for learning and life.
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Is reading-centric, so that children read widely and often, enjoying a range of genres and authors.
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Is inclusive of all, promoting role models and teaching an understanding of the history and beliefs of a broad cross-section of society.
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Promotes our community qualities: Attitude, Behaviour, Courage, Determination, Enthusiasm, Friendship and Grit.
Nursery Overview
Reception Overview
Year 1 Overview
Year 2 Overview
Year 4 Overview
Year 5 Overview
Year 6 Overview
Year 3 Overview
SUBJECT OVERVIEWs AND one PAGE PROFILES
SUBJECT OVERVIEWs
Creative Arts Overview
Computing Overview
Maths
Overview
MFL
Overview
P.E Overview
R.E Overview
Drama
Overview
Science Overview
Topic Overview
Writing Overview
Music
Overview
PSHE Overview
Reading Overview
Subject profile
Creative Arts Profile
R.E Profile
Computing Profile
MFL
Profile
P.E Profile
Science Profile
Topic Profile
Writing Profile
PSHE Profile
Reading
Profile
Performing Arts Profile
Reading spines
Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 5
Year 6
Year 4
curriculum aspect OVERVIEWs
Aspirations and Careers Overview
British Values Overview
Cultural Capital
Overview
E-safety
Overview
Equality Overview
SMSC Overview
Safeguarding Overview
useful websites for at home
ENGLISH
www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure
A site based on treasure island.
The official Eric Carle website – features 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' and 'The Red Fox'.
The world of Beatrix Potter tells us about the life of the author and the characters in her books.
Activities and games based on familiar CBeebies characters
DynaMo Literacy, numeracy and science games, including Spellbound and Who's Spooking Who? Designed for home use.
https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/
Simple, fun activities for kids, from newborn to five to help them read and write
Free Audio Books for children
https://www.storylineonline.net/
Children’s books read by actors
children’s stories in video form with activities
Note: this is a paid service but they are offering one month’s free subscription
https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html
range of writing stimulus with discussion points
letter recognition and grammar games for all years
MATHEMATICS
A really rich resource, for extending students, with new activities each month; use the Archive to find activities and solutions from previous months.
Activities and games based on familiar CBeebies characters
https://play.numbots.com/#/intro
https://www.youtube.com/user/mathantics
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/22/most-popular
https://famly.co/blog/inspiration/10-creative-early-years-maths-activities/
science
Activities and games based on familiar CBeebies characters
computing
A site jam packed full of useful information on how everything works including the INTERNET!
An introduction to coding for children
Geography
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/
Free and Fun section of the OS site for children.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ww2children
Children of World War 2
A Viking case study.
The Victoria and Albert Museum better known as The V&A.
history
art
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/collection/default_online.htm
The entire collection - online!
design technology
A site jam packed full of useful information on how everything works.
Ideas on mechanisms and structures.
Activities and games based on familiar CBeebies characters. Aimed at ages up to 6.
P.E.
www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp
The site for all information on the Olympic movement.
The official site of the Rugby Football Union.
The English Cricket Board
http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/
The official England Hockey website
http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/
The England Netball Association
The official website for English Football
languages
A fantastic website/app for learning a wide range of languages in short blocks of time.
Homework help
A service for students from KS2, KS3, GCSE and AS/A2 Level to ask a teacher a question on homework, coursework or revision (replies in 24 hours) and to search the database of over 15,000 previously asked questions.
educational sites
The public pages from Hertfordshire Education.
Help with the topics your child is following in school.
www.bbc.co.uk/learning/index.shtml
Contains a range of interactive sites for Primary Pupils - check out SPYWATCH and The Romans
reading tips
7 Top Tips to Support Reading at Home
7 Top Tips to Support Key Stage 2 Children Reading at Home