Curriculum Overview
CURRICULUM INTENT
Our curriculum has been designed to:
- promote access to learning for all children through high ambition and achievement for all children;
- provide opportunities for children to work in collaboration, independently and with support so they become confident, successful learners.
Our curriculum is devised through:
- specific themes that incorporate the statutory national curriculum objectives;
- our pupils’ ideas and other school community influences so it is inclusive, broad and balanced.
We place great importance in making our curriculum relevant, exciting and purposeful so our children develop memorable experiences and flourish.
As a Church of England school we focus on developing:
- children’s moral, spiritual, social and cultural understanding through our core Christian values, the fundamental British values, and the PSHE curriculum.
We actively promote equality as a rights respecting gold achieving school and take seriously children's health and well-being.
Pupil voice is actively encouraged so they make a valuable contribution towards shaping their education, their community and the future of their school.
Overview of our Curriculum Themes: 2020-2021
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autumn 1 |
autumn 2 |
spring 1 |
spring 2 |
summer 1 |
summer 2 |
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Early Years Foundation Stage 1 ~ Nursery |
Nursery Rhymes & All About Me |
Once Upon a Time & Light up the World!
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On the Move |
Our Wonderful World
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Under the sea
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To Infinity & Beyond! |
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Early Years Foundation Stage 2 ~ Reception |
Me and My Family
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Light and Dark Christmas (Nativity)
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Winter
Superheroes |
Farm and Easter
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Healthy Eating/Shopping/Food
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Minibeasts & Pirates |
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Year 1 |
Me, Myself and I |
Amazing Animals! |
Castles |
Growing |
Around the World |
Houses and Homes |
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Year 2 |
‘The Tin Forest’ |
Toys |
Things That go Bump in the Night! |
Fire! |
‘Oh! I do Like to be Beside the Seaside’ |
Nurturing Nurses |
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Year 3 |
Our United Kingdom |
Our Local Area (Slough) |
Life in the Stone Age |
Life in the Bronze Age |
Life in the Iron Age |
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Year 4 |
Ancient Egypt |
Environmental Change |
The Romans |
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Year 5 |
Invaders and Settlers: Awesome Anglo-Saxons and Scots |
Invaders and Settlers: Vicious Vikings!
Space – The Final Frontier? |
Rivers and Coastlines |
The Victorians Empire Building |
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Year 6 |
The Tudors (Dissolution of the Monasteries)
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Finding Sudamérica
(Modern Day South America – deforestation and children’s rights) |
A Conflicting World (WW1 & Beyond) |
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Overview of Nursery Curriculum Themes: 2020-2021
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2020-2021 |
AUTUMN 1 |
AUTUMN 2 |
SPRING 1 |
SPRING 2 |
SUMMER 1 |
SUMMER 2
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Topic
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All about me BLACK HISTORY |
Once Upon a Time
Light up the World! Diwali & Christmas |
On the Move Chinese New Year |
Our wonderful world – growth, farming around the world, changes Easter |
Under the Sea -mini-beasts, animals, sea creatures |
To Infinity & Beyond! |
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Core Texts |
-Ruby's Worry -We are all different -Be Who You Are -We are all Welcome -So Much |
-Once upon a time -Goldilocks and the three bears -3 Billy Goats Gruff -Gingerbread man -Elmer - colours -The Proudest Blue - Twinkle twinkle |
- We're going on a bear hunt - Mr Gumpy’s Outing -Duck's day out - Duck in a truck - Coming to England
-Pass the parcel |
-Jack and the Beanstalk - Farmer duck -Oliver's vegetables -The Tiny Seed - Ten Chirpy chicks |
-Aarrgghh Spider -Dear Zoo -The Very Hungry Caterpillar -Rainbow Fish -The Gruffalo
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-Whatever next -Aliens wear underpants - How to catch a star -Pirate Pete and his smelly feet -10 Little Pirates |
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RE STORY FOCUS |
Christianity Creation story |
Hinduism Diwali story Christmas story |
Sikhism
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Hinduism -Holi Easter story |
Sikhism Vaisakhi
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Islam Eid
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ONGOING LEARNING/ TRIPS and VISITS
Forest school learning
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Visits to local area – parks, forests. |
Visit to St Laurence’s Church
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Visit to the Gurdwara |
Chicks and Miller’s Ark Farm Buttercup and Clover |
Bug Visitor
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Visit to a Mosque |
Core Stories
Number stories
Overview of our Curriculum Themes: 2021-2022
|
autumn 1 |
autumn 2 |
spring 1 |
spring 2 |
summer 1 |
summer 2 |
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|
Early Years Foundation Stage 1 ~ Nursery |
Nursery Rhymes & All About Me |
Once Upon a Time & Light up the World!
|
On the Move |
Our Wonderful World
|
Under the sea
|
To Infinity & Beyond! |
|
|
Early Years Foundation Stage 2 ~ Reception |
Me and My Family
|
Light and Dark Christmas (Nativity)
|
Winter
Superheroes |
Farm and Easter
|
Healthy Eating/Shopping/Food
|
Minibeasts & Pirates |
|
|
Year 1 |
Me, Myself and I |
Amazing Animals! |
Castles |
Growing |
Around the World |
Houses and Homes |
|
|
Year 2 |
‘The Tin Forest’ |
Toys |
Things That go Bump in the Night! |
Fire! |
‘Oh! I do Like to be Beside the Seaside’ |
Nurturing Nurses |
|
|
Year 3 |
Our United Kingdom |
Our Local Area (Slough) |
Life in the Stone Age |
Life in the Bronze Age |
Life in the Iron Age |
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Year 4 |
Ancient Egypt |
Environmental Change |
The Romans |
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Year 5 |
Invaders and Settlers: Awesome Anglo-Saxons and Scots |
Invaders and Settlers: Vicious Vikings!
Space – The Final Frontier? |
Rivers and Coastlines |
The Victorians- Empire Building |
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Year 6 |
Early Islamic Civilisation |
Finding Sudamérica
(Modern Day South America – deforestation and children’s rights) |
A Conflicting World (WW1 & Beyond) |
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To see what we teach in all subjects from Y1-Y6 across the year, click on the link.
Subject Curriculum Overviews
To see what we teach in each subject area from Y1 to Y6, please click on each subject.
