The Core Subjects
English
The main areas in English (Literacy) are speaking and listening, reading and writing.
An important part of the reception year involves children in a wide range of activities including dramatic play to encourage them to broaden their use of spoken English and to listen attentively to others. This is built upon throughout the school as children's vocabulary widens.
Reading is at the heart of literacy and is approached through a wide range of activities. Children will be involved in shared reading as a class, guided reading in a small group working with a teacher or helper and some individual reading from a variety of sources. Children will experience all types of reading material drawn from fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Writing builds on children's experiences of reading. As with reading, writing will be approached through a mixture of shared writing as a class, guided writing in a smaller group and individual writing in a variety of styles.
The main areas in English (Literacy) are speaking and listening, reading and writing.
An important part of the reception year involves children in a wide range of activities including dramatic play to encourage them to broaden their use of spoken English and to listen attentively to others. This is built upon throughout the school as children's vocabulary widens.
Reading is at the heart of literacy and is approached through a wide range of activities. Children will be involved in shared reading as a class, guided reading in a small group working with a teacher or helper and some individual reading from a variety of sources. Children will experience all types of reading material drawn from fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Writing builds on children's experiences of reading. As with reading, writing will be approached through a mixture of shared writing as a class, guided writing in a smaller group and individual writing in a variety of styles.
Maths
We want children to understand maths and therefore a lot of the things they do will be based on practical work and investigations. They will also use a variety of other resources including books, worksheets, workcards, as well as being taught in class, group and individual situations. In the early stages of Key Stage One many of the tasks will be of a practical nature as children come to find out what maths is about.
Not all maths will be written in books. Some work will be recorded in other ways, for example, as a class chart or on loose work sheets. Not all mathematical work will be recorded, playing mathematical games, measuring, counting and thinking are valuable exercises in themselves and need not always be written about afterwards. All children will do work which involves investigations into number, shape and space, measure and data handling often involving problem solving.
Children will also be involved in mental maths activities to help them develop a quick recall of number facts and the ability to work with and manipulate numbers.
We want children to understand maths and therefore a lot of the things they do will be based on practical work and investigations. They will also use a variety of other resources including books, worksheets, workcards, as well as being taught in class, group and individual situations. In the early stages of Key Stage One many of the tasks will be of a practical nature as children come to find out what maths is about.
Not all maths will be written in books. Some work will be recorded in other ways, for example, as a class chart or on loose work sheets. Not all mathematical work will be recorded, playing mathematical games, measuring, counting and thinking are valuable exercises in themselves and need not always be written about afterwards. All children will do work which involves investigations into number, shape and space, measure and data handling often involving problem solving.
Children will also be involved in mental maths activities to help them develop a quick recall of number facts and the ability to work with and manipulate numbers.
Science
Children will cover a variety of topics in science as they progress through school. Their work will have a large component of practical activity in it.
Children will be encouraged to investigate and think about what they find out. At the earliest stages it might be experimenting to find out which things sink and which float, in later years it might involve making complex electrical circuits. All children will investigate the natural world around them, materials and physical processes as part of their science education.
Children will cover a variety of topics in science as they progress through school. Their work will have a large component of practical activity in it.
Children will be encouraged to investigate and think about what they find out. At the earliest stages it might be experimenting to find out which things sink and which float, in later years it might involve making complex electrical circuits. All children will investigate the natural world around them, materials and physical processes as part of their science education.