Classes
2 Year Old Provision
We support children aged 2 to 3 years old to thrive and achieve within a warm and nurturing environment. Practitioners provide a secure base for children to explore the indoor and outdoor space. Our curriculum is carefully planned and focuses on the three Prime Areas of Learning, Personal social and Emotional Learning, Communication and Language and Physical Development which form the foundations of learning.
We build positive relationships with families and support children with developing their personal and social skills such as toilet training, along with modelling and encouraging children to develop their communication skills.
Our 2 year old provision is housed in a purpose built building which provides a wide range of age appropriate resources and furniture. Children can attend morning or afternoon sessions: 8.30-11.30am / 12.15-3.15pm
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We aim to make starting nursery as comfortable as possible for the children. Home visits take place so that staff can meet the children in a familiar environment.
Nursery
In Nursery we support children aged 3 to 4 years old to become independent learners, to be motivated, confident and to be ready for starting School. The Statutory Framework for Early Years Foundation Stage sets the standards for learning, development and care of children aged between birth and 5 years. There are 3 prime areas of learning: Personal social and Emotional Learning, Communication and Language and Physical Development which form the foundations for the specific areas of Learning, Literacy and Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.
Children access a carefully planned, adult led and child led range of learning activities, all within a play based enabling environment, both indoors and outdoors.
Some of the activities the children can choose from are as follows: Junk Modelling, Role-Play Area, Construction Area, Small World Area, Sand Tray, Water Tray, Malleable Area, Maths Area & Writing Area, Jigsaws, Reading Area and an Exploration area.
Children can attend morning or afternoon sessions: 8.30-11.30am / 12.15-3.15pm
Reception (FS2)
We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum which focuses on 7 areas of learning which include; Communication and Language, Physical Development, Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Literacy Development, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design. Our end goal in the Summer Term is to have met the ‘Early Learning Goals’ across these 7 Areas of Learning.
We also follow the Ruth Miskin Read Write Inc Scheme to plan and deliver our daily phonics sessions and we send home reading books matched to our scheme for children to read with you.
During our first term, we spend time getting to know the children and give them the time to become familiar with the routines that take place.
Children learn through child-initiated play, adult-led play and adult-led group session. Children have a variety of areas to choose from including; Role-Play Area, Creative Area, Sand Tray, Water Tray, Construction Area, Writing Area, Maths Area, Small World Area and a Reading Area.
Every child will have opportunities to learn in the indoor and outdoor learning environments during the day.
Year 1
In Year One, we are collaborative and support each other by following our school rules of being ready, respectful and safe. We work hard to learn about ourselves and others including recognising our emotions and strategies to regulate ourselves so that we are able to achieve our highest potential.
In Year One, we follow the national curriculum for all of our lessons. We follow the Read Write Inc. scheme to plan and deliver daily phonics lessons to our children. Children read phonetically decodable books to support their decoding, segmenting, and blending skills. Each week children come home with an appropriate decodable book to read and share at home.
Children are regularly assessed to ensure that they are receiving the correct level of learning and support that they require. At the end of the school year, children in Year 1 will sit their Phonic Screening Check. This requires children to read 20 real words and 20 nonsense words using their phonic knowledge. We develop comprehension skills through class stories and shared reading sessions (Talk Through Stories). In Year One we love to share high quality texts and always ensure a story is part of our day.
Year 2
In Year Two, we are collaborative and support each other by following our school rules of being ready, respectful and safe. We work hard to learn about ourselves and others including recognising our emotions and strategies to regulate ourselves so that we are able to achieve our highest potential.
In Year Two, we follow the national curriculum for all of our lessons. We follow the Read Write Inc. scheme to plan and deliver daily phonics lessons to our children. Children read phonetically decodable books to support their decoding, segmenting, and blending skills.
Children who have not passed the Phonics Screening Check in Year 1, receive further support and have the opportunity to take this again in Year 2. Each week children come home with an appropriate decodable book to read and share at home. Children are regularly assessed to ensure that they are receiving the correct level of learning and support that they require. We develop comprehension skills through class stories and shared reading sessions (Talk Through Stories). In Year One we love to share high quality texts and always ensure a story is part of our day.
Year 3
In Year 3, we provide a broad curriculum which is in line with the national curriculum. Opportunities to read and mindfulness activities are provided every day.
Our classroom environment allows children to access a range of resources for use across the curriculum, alongside which includes a vocabulary rich display and working walls relevant to current learning.
Year 4
In Year 4 we follow the national curriculum for Year Four and children are taught a range of curriculum subjects throughout the year. We aim to provide an inclusive, engaging and stimulating learning environment that encourages a love of learning.
Our weekly vocabulary teaching is planned around the words the children will encounter within the reading lessons so they can use these within their own writing as well.
Throughout the year in Maths we focus on place value in Autumn 1, we also cover addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, time, fractions, measurement, data and shape throughout the year.
Every week the children have weekly Science and PE lessons. Our Science topics range from electricity, states of matter, living things and their habitats and animals including humans.
Year 5
We follow the national curriculum for Year Five, whilst also making learning fun and engaging. We aim for all children to achieve their targets by the end of the year, ready for Y6.
Throughout the year we cover a wide range of topics to ensure that a broad curriculum is taught. For example, during Autumn 1 we focus on PSHE in order to support the children with the transition into a new year group. We spend time focusing on emotions and how to deal with our emotions. Children always get the opportunity to explore their amazing topics through reading, writing & linking subjects together to ensure they are fully immersed in their learning,
Children are rewarded Dojo points for their hard work and for following our school rules.
Year 6
In Year 6, we encourage children to do their best, be kind to each other and to challenge themselves. This is the final year before children make the move to Secondary School, so Y6 is about getting our pupils ready for the transition and helping them achieve their full potential in their end of key stage assessments (SATs).
Children are rewarded with Dojo points for hard work and for following our school rules.
Our environment encourages children to work collaboratively, use resources independently to develop new learning, as well as to consolidate previous learning.
Year 6 is the place for inquisitive, enquiring and resilient children who enjoy a challenge, as well as children who are keen to help and support others.
Although our sights are set firmly on the end of the year, we keep an emphasis on the wider curriculum to give us breadth and depth in our learning. Each term we have a different focus and theme.
