Alongside our lessons, children access Independent Learning. This time allows children to build relationships, learn social skills and new vocabulary, consolidate and practise new learning.

We believe play is powerful for children and have developed our learning based on research. 

Our provision includes Small World, Loose Parts, fine motor skills resources, an Art Area and cosy Book Nooks. Each week, children have a range of enhancements, either to consolidate, practise or stretch their learning.

How we learn

The main focus of teaching and learning in KS1 is for all children to become successful independent learners.

We begin the day with handwriting practice. After register, we then teach Phonics. The scheme that we use is Bug Club. Our Phonics groups are streamed, to enable children to practise exactly what they need to develop their phonological awareness. Year 2 children attend a spelling lesson which teaches phase 6 and beyond. After Phonics we have English. Our English lessons are based on a variety of beautiful and rich texts that help to enhance writing skills and a love of reading. After break we have our Maths lessons. These start with a Maths Mastery session and then split inputs for Year 1 and Year 2. Our lessons are built around the NCETM framework.

In the afternoons, we follow a broader curriculum.  Our topic work is based on the national curriculum objectives but we aim to incorporate additional enrichment activities which are designed to inspire and extend the children’s learning experiences. We aim to immerse the children fully in their topics so they can engage with all areas of learning. Our History and Geography lessons use enquiry questions to support children to think deeply. Our PE scheme is Real PE and we have an indoor and outdoor session each week. As much as possible, we aim for children to spend time outside completing outdoor learning activities or play.