Our curriculum

Children are taught through real life experiences and creative play based in nature.

Flora

Categorising - e.g. vegetables and fruits, poisonous and non-poisonous etc (MD, UTW, C&L)

Identifying - e.g. recognising component parts for sorting and recognition – leaf, petal, stamen, trunk, roots etc (UTW, EAD, MD, C&L)

Life cycles (UTW)

Needs (PSED, UTW)

 

Fauna

Categorising - e.g. domestic and wild, herbivore and carnivore etc (MD, UTW, C&L)

Identifying - e.g. recognising component parts for sorting and recognition – legs, wings, feathers, scales etc (UTW, EAD, MD, C&L)

Life cycles (UTW)

Needs (PSED, UTW)

Community  (UTW - people and communities)

Local – people we know and those that help us

Global – cultures, traditions, ways of life

Celebrations and festivals

 

Environment  (UTW – the world)

Local – signs, places we know, our homes

Global – topography, flora and fauna, buildings and structures

Climate - seasons, weather, time

Conservation – e.g. pollution, composting, recycling etc

Maps (PD, C&L, UTW, MD, EAD)

Life Skills to leave with -

  1. be ambitious and resilient in their learning– having the skills to explore and investigate, discuss and develop ideas and not be afraid to have a go and keep trying

  2. have a sense of self and how they impact others and the world around them – they can talk about themselves in a positive manner and value others differences, knowing how to care for others, animals and the environment

  3. be able to build friendships and have an awareness of others, understanding how to be polite and considerate – to be able to communicate with others, self-regulate their emotions and be inclusive in their relationships

  4. be able to be independent and manage their own care and have an understanding of how to stay healthy – manage their own toileting needs, get dressed and undressed, feed themselves, understand the needs for physical activity, healthy eating, teeth cleaning, mental health

  5. be confident communicators with good developing language – to be able to hold a to and fro conversation, learn new words to describe, question and explain their world

  6. be physically adept and able to manage risk effectively – they can move in a variety of ways and feel capable to challenge their own physical ability while keeping themselves safe

  7. be confident emergent writers with an interest and recognition of print- to be able to mark make for a purpose, understanding the elements of different types of communication

  8. have the ability to problem solve using mathematical concepts – can they identify a problem or project and think of a solution, test it out and evaluate

  9. be able to make connections between their understanding of the world – being able to make links between what the already know about the world and new things they learn

  10. be creative and expressive – creating using a range of materials, music or self, e.g. planning and building a spaceship from found materials, making up a song to blast of the spaceship, moving like a rocket through the sky, therefore interpreting their own feelings or interests creatively