Our Curriculum
We follow the statutory Early Years framework in Nursery and Reception and the National Curriculum from Year 1 to Year 6.
In Early Years, the children work towards achieving seventeen Early Learning Goals which are organised into seven areas of learning:
- Communication and Language: Listening, Attention and Understanding / Speaking
- Physical Development: Gross Motor Skills / Fine Motor Skills
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development: Self-Regulation / Managing Self / Building Relationships
- Literacy: Comprehension / Word Reading / Writing
- Mathematics: Numbers / Numerical Patterns
- Understanding the World: Past and Present / People, Culture and Communities / The Natural World
- Expressive Arts and Design: Creating with Materials / Being Imaginative and Expressive
In KS1 and KS2, children study the following subjects:
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Computing
- Art and Design
- Design Technology
- Geography
- History
- Music
- PE
- PSHE +C
Children in KS2 also learn French as a modern foreign language and RE is taught across school following the Gateshead agreed syllabus.
Phonics and Reading
The teaching of phonics and reading begins in our Early Years and continues throughout school. Our phonic teaching follows the Sounds-Write approach. Our children are introduced to phonic books initially, closely matched to their phonic ability, and then as they mature as readers they move onto a range of books which are organised using the book banding system. The book banding system allows us to use books from a range of different published schemes. Once children have progressed through book bands, they access a range of texts that support their continued development.
School Approach
A brief summary of the curriculum for each subject area can be accessed on the curriculum overview page. Each subject begins in the early years. There are detailed schemes of work that underpin these long-term plans that support the children to make progress through a sequenced curriculum in each subject.