Curriculum

Why choose a Creative Curriculum?

We wanted to inject greater passion into our teaching and learning, inspiring and motivating children to learn and teachers to teach. We also wanted to raise standards across the curriculum areas by making our curriculum more varied, exciting and creative, whilst still adhering to the requirements of the National Curriculum. We wanted to make the links between subject areas more concrete for the children, thereby equipping them with the skills and knowledge they will need for the future.

The national curriculum is just one element in the education of every child. There is time and space in the school day and in each week, term and year to range beyond the national curriculum specifications. The national curriculum provides an outline of core knowledge around which teachers can develop exciting and stimulating lessons to promote the development of pupils’ knowledge, understanding and skills as part of the wider school curriculum.
The attached guide provides a clear outline of the new content, by year group, with some background information about how the curriculum and assessment works.

Guide for Parents (PDF)

	Theme 1	Theme 2	Theme 3	Theme 4	Theme 5
Reception	Getting to Know You	Splish, splash and splosh	The Jolly Postman	A Bug’s Life	Pads, Paws and Claws
Year 1	Commotion in the ocean	It’s a Dog’s Life	Big Foot	Rumble in the jungle	Over ground, underground
Year 2	Come fly with me	Fire and Ice	Inventors and explorers	Dinosaurs	Castles

Year 3	Superheroes	Chomp, chomp, chomp	Blooming Marvellous	Animal Antics	Chariots of Fire
Year 4	Snap, crackle and pop!	In my shoes	Funny Bones	Off with their heads!	Down in the jungle
Year 5	Top to toe	Myths and Legends	Fizz Bang!	Return of the Mummies
Year 6	The Mayans	Journey to the centre of the Earth	Back to the Future