Curriculum
‘Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all’ Aristotle
We believe children should be active participants in their learning and endeavour to connect new experiences with previous learning in order for children to understand the purpose of their activities in school and develop deeper, meaningful learning pathways.
We are passionate about developing the whole child and have designed our own Top Level Curriculum which we believe are key skills and behaviours for learning which child need in order to fully access the curriculum at each age and stage and to support the children in becoming life-long learners.
Early Years
Children in Nursery and Reception classes follow a learning programme based on the Government’s Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage 2012. They are given experiences and learning opportunities which develop their skills and concepts in seven areas.
The three prime areas are:
- Communication and Language
- Personal, social and emotional development
- Physical development
The four specific areas are:
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive arts and design
Children in Year 1 and Year 2 classes follow the National Curriculum, which covers:
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Art
- Music
- Geography
- History
- Physical Education
- Design and Technology
- Computing
- They also follow the Buckinghamshire Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education, and an adapted PSHCE scheme.
In the teaching of phonics the school uses Lesley Clarke Phonics (LCP accredited scheme)
Our reading resource has books from various schemes, categorised by colour band and matched to phonic phase levels.
As far as possible teachers plan their work through half-termly or termly cross-curricular topics, and teach through a variety of styles, contexts and approaches. We use a thematic approach using a creative curriculum, making learning exciting and effective.
If you would like more information about the curriculum please see the relevant pages on this website and the individual class pages under the 'classes' tab on the left, or speak to your child's class teacher.