We broadly follow the National Curriculum for History, Art, Geography, Computing, Music, Geography, Design Technology and Physical Education.

Frameworks for Learning.Teachers plan meticulously for each term for each subject.  Below you will find an overview of the topics we deliver.  Adjacent to this page you will some details of teachers' planning, which are outlines of the learning objectives and skills taught in subjects through those  topics.

Topic Design: Our teachers have created a broad and diverse curriculum which intertwines learning across curriculum areas, which can be exemplified by the year five autumn topics:

In October each year, the children spend two nights at Sayer's Croft Outdoor Education Centre. Prior to going on the trip, the children spend time in our own wildlife area, looking at plants and animals. Their topic is called, 'Impressions of a Meadow' and they focus on art and photography, as well as some digital mapping work for geography.  

When the children arrive at Sayer's Croft, they enjoy sessions of pond dipping and they identify and classify animals and plants they find. They also carry out a detailed river study for geography. When they return to school, they have plenty of experiences ready to inspire their writing and their art.

   

Above: images from a recent  day spent by our arts ambassadors at a local secondary school. They worked with children from across other schools and produced these wonderful Tiki masks.

Our Topic Framework, through which most subjects are delivered, could be described as an exciting range of challenging tasks designed to make children think independently and work creatively.

	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Reception	Me and My Location Toys Follow the Star!	Pirates People Who Help Us	The Animals Came in Two by Two Dinosaurs Seaside
Year One	Three Pigs A Home for Barnaby Bear	Great Britain Ourselves Neil Armstrong	Henry V111 Van Gogh’s Sunflowers You Are What You Eat? What’s in the  Pond?
Year Two	Trains, Planes Automobiles Seasons London’s Burning Doctors &Nurses	Fairy Tales Eco warriors Pick It Up! Recycle it!	Home and Away Seasons Home Sweet Home
Year Three	Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch Then there was light! Rain Rain Go Away	Journeys Stone Age Bronze Age	Are We Nearly There Yet? Iron Age Celts Romans
Year Four	Pizza Disaster Egyptians	Rainbow Fish Here I Am to Worship! Hola!	Greeks Eco Project  Waste Save Our Coasts
Year Five	Impressions of a Meadow Sayers Croft Switch it On World Wide Project	Up Up and Away AD900 Mayan The Psalmist	Anglo Saxons Vikings Enterprise Week 1066 and battle of Hastings
Year Six	Hampton Court to Greenwich Turning on Christmas Light Icons	To Boldly Go! Mountain Detectives	A fairer World Bude Trip Changing Childhood 1837-today