We want pupils to feel confident to make links between the knowledge they are acquiring and to be able to use their skills to develop their understanding of key concepts and ideas. To this end we have designed a thematic curriculum based around cross-curricular topics that change each half term.
There is good evidence that teaching subject knowledge and skills as part of a wider topic-based curriculum allows pupils to make useful links between subjects and different areas of learning.
A thematic approach will support pupils to develop a deeper understanding of the key knowledge, concepts and skills in each subject by building on prior learning and making meaningful connections.
The Thematic curriculum forms part of our whole school curriculum, and includes learning in:
Learning in English follows the National Curriculum, but where appropriate, English fiction and non-fiction texts are linked to the half-termly thematic topic.
Learning in Maths follows the National Curriculum.
Some subjects, including Music, PE, Computing, Spanish, Religious Education and PHSE are taught discretely, and we follow carefully selected specialist schemes of work
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