In KS1 we follow the National Curriculum, which encourages the development of speaking, listening, reading and writing through whole class and group activities. 

We foster a love of reading through the sharing of a wide range of stimulating and engaging texts. The teaching of reading develops specific basic skills that include the use of phonics, word recognition and reading for meaning, using a range of cues including context punctuation and grammar. This is achieved through shared reading, guided reading and individual reading – all of which help children to develop as readers. These skills are applied and practised using a variety of well-written books, both fiction and non-fiction.

In school, mathematics teaching is done in a number of ways; we regularly use practical applications and teach a variety of strategies, using models, manipulatives and images. Children use and apply their mathematical knowledge and skills in a wide variety of contexts, within the maths lesson and throughout the curriculum. We make links and contextualise the concepts in order to support the children to transfer and embed their learning. We have developed a long term plan for each year group. This allows sequential knowledge and key concepts to build year on year as well as ensuring that themes are not repeated unnecessarily. An overview of the themes and and knowledge covered in each subject is shown on our curriculum page.