Curriculum, Teaching and Learning

Lanesend Primary School provides a rich, broad, balanced and creative curriculum and believes that excellence in teaching leads to enjoyment of learning. We define the curriculum as everything that impacts on the learning of our children.

Our curriculum gives Lanesend a distinct identity and ethos, reflecting our values, our place within the local community of Cowes and an awareness of the wider world in which they live. Above all, we aim to make our curriculum a hugely rich experience for all our children, laying the foundations for success in life.

There is no sense of a tension between high standards and exciting learning. Children have the opportunity to learn in a range of different ways – but all teaching and learning is of a high quality and is planned and managed so children are challenged and supported.

Children are engaged in learning that develops and stretches them and excites their imagination. Children enjoy learning different things and learning in different ways. They learn through play, out-of-doors, in traditional class settings from teachers, in small groups, through art, music and sport, from each other, before and after school, both formally and informally.

Reception classes in the Foundation Stage follow a distinctive Early Years Curriculum.

The National Curriculum applies to children of compulsory school age and is taught from Year 1. It consists of core subjects: English, Mathematics, Science and Computing as well as Religious Education. In Key Stage 1, we use Little Wandle as our Phonic scheme.

Foundation subjects including Geography, History, Art, Design Technology, Music and PE are also taught on a regular basis. As part of our school philosophy we run a programme of Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education (PSHCE) which includes Sex Education and Drugs Education. Families may withdraw their children from Sex Education if they wish. In addition, children are given the opportunity to learn a Modern Foreign Language.

We use Kapow as our main resource for the teaching of Science, History, Geography, Art, Design Technology, PSHE, Computing and Music. Kapow is a comprehensive and progressive scheme of work. It provides full National Curriculum coverage, with detailed lesson plans that develop skills and knowledge with a wide range of topics for all year groups. Kapow provides in-depth lesson plans, teaching resources, clear and concise success criteria, informative links, descriptive videos and engaging independent tasks in relation to lesson objectives. They provide continuous professional development through confidence-inspiring videos for teachers that provide rich, visual demonstrations to develop subject knowledge. We use Language Angels for our teaching of Modern Foreign Languages and Get Set 4 PE for our teaching of PE.

It is our policy to entitle every member of our school to equal opportunities in accessing the full curriculum. Religious Education is taught in accordance with the Hampshire Agreed Syllabus. Families may, if they wish, write to the Headteacher to request that their children be wholly or partly excused from attendance at our regular collective worship or religious education.

As children progress through the school, they are encouraged to supplement their learning with work done at home. Initially, this will take the form of regular reading at home and, by Year 6, may include regular homework in literacy and maths and occasional more in-depth research projects. Families are kept informed about their child’s schoolwork through half-termly Pupil Progress meetings and regular bulletins outlining curriculum coverage.

https://www.kapowprimary.com/

Curriculum Overview for Early Years Foundation Stage

Curriculum Overview for Years 1-6

Curriculum Policy