Curriculum

 The Reception classes of Beech and Chestnut are working in the Foundation Stage and a curriculum has been developed around fortnightly mini topics based on a variety of books - both modern and traditional, fiction and non-fiction.

The Foundation stage curriculum has six areas of learning:

• Personal, social and emotional development
• Communication, language and literacy
• Mathematical development
• Knowledge and Understanding of the World
• Physical development
• Creative development

• Click here to find out more about the Foundation Stage - also relevant to Acorn Nursery Class

The Year 1 and Year 2 classes are working in Key Stage 1.  These classes use termly whole school topics  as a way of accessing ( if appropriate) the required subject areas of: 

• Literacy
• Numeracy
• Science
• History                                                         
• Geography                                                                     
• Art
• Design and Technology
• ICT
• Music
• RE
• PHSE

• Click here to find out more about the curriculum for Key Stage 1

For this academic year 2006/07, we have planned the following topics:

• Homes 
• Living Things
• Adventure

The topics for the academic year 2005/06 were:

• Change
• Growth
• People and places

A curriculum newsletter is sent home to all parents at the beginning of each term.