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Reception
Key Stage 1
Key Stage 2
Reception
Children in
the reception age group follow the "Foundation Curriculum" which
continues from Nursery into the Reception year. However. many children
transfer from the Foundation Curriculum to the National Curriculum in
Literacy and Mathematics fairly early on in the Reception year.
Teaching
still emphasises experiential, activity based learning and teaching
methodologies are employed to facilitate this.
Foundation
Curriculum includes:
(Personal,
social and emotional development), (Communications, language and
literacy), (Mathematical development), (Knowledge and understanding of the
world), (Physical development) and (creative development).
Many
aspects of the foundation stage approach is likely to still be in evidence
during Reception and Year 1.
There are many similarities in topics in the early years of the National
curriculum and in the Foundation curriculum.
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Key
Stage 1
Throughout
the rest of key stage 1 the emphasis is on developing basic skills within
a context of a broad curriculum designed to stimulate interest and
motivation. Children follow a teaching programme including the National
Curriculum, and the best aspects of the literacy and numeracy framework.
Within classes tasks are differentiated to accommodate all differing
abilities including special needs.
Science,
History, Geography, Art, Music, PE, RE, Design & Technology, PSHCE and
Information and Communications Technology are taught within a three year
cycle of topics, differentiated to ability levels.
English and
Mathematics is taught using a skills based curriculum which is
differentiated within each group of children.
A cross -
curricular week takes place each half-term in which children participate
in visits, outdoor activities, and visitors are brought into school to
share their expertise with the children i.e. Community artists, Bury
Conservation Volunteers.
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Key
Stage 2
As in Key
Stage 1 the curriculum includes the National Curriculum, however at Key
Stage 2 we utilise the expertise of members of staff to enhance the
teaching of Art, Music, Science, and Physical Education.
We extend
our curriculum to include a cross-curricular week each half-term. This
facilitates the basic skills learned to be used in extension and
enrichment activities incorporating many different aspects of the National
Curriculum and beyond.
Our Year 5
and Year 6 classes have recently experienced their first taste of the
French language. Many visits and visitors out of and to school have been
included in the programme for the year.
Religious
Education follows the agreed syllabus for Bury Schools. Parents who wish
to withdraw their children from Religious Education (under section 25 of
the 1944 Education Act) are requested to discuss this with the Headteacher
before doing so.
Our Sex
education policy is shortly to be reviewed. At the present time it is not
taught as part of the National Curriculum in science.
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