Lower School
Welcome to the Lower School, the period of education that takes your child beyond the Early Years Foundation Stage Curricuum and into the National Curriculum.
At the end of Year 2 your child will be assessed against the National Curriculum for the End of Key Stage 1 expectations.
Miss Paula Spenceley is the Head of Lower School. Should you have any queries please contact your child's classteacher, one of the Lower School teaching team or Miss Spenceley.
Year 1
Our school has a 60 place Year 1 unit.
There are two classes of 30 children.
Current Handbooks for each year group are available here: Department Handbooks
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Our Year 1 Curriculum
We will be planning lots of exciting activities during the year.
Whole School Thematics Overview
The annual Thematics Curriculum Overview that has been revised in 2019 and can be viewed here -> Thematics
Year Group Thrive Knowledge Boards
Subject Leaders with staff have developed Year Group 'Thrive Knowledge Boards'. These drive the curriculum planning for each teacher, explicitly providing the core 'Knowledge of: Vocabulary, People, Places and Events, Concepts and Procedures'. These Knowledge Boards are linked here: Knowledge Boards
Subject Specific Accountability to National Curriculum
Some aspects of our teaching are single subject based but our integrated subject approach ensures that we have the expected general National Curriculum Coverage as outlined below:
Y1 Maths Y1 English Y1 Science Y1 Computing Y1 Design Technology
Y1 Art and Design Y1 Music Y1 Physical Education
We follow the Liverpool Diocese Syllabus for Religious Education.
Year Group Curriculum Planning
Each Year Group takes the Thematics, Knowledge Boards and Subject Accountability for National Curriculum to develop a well co-ordinated, sequenced curriculum for the classroom. The Year Group Curriculum Planning can be viewed in our Google Drive here: Year 1 Curriculum Folder
Year 2
Welcome to Year 2.
Our school has a 60 place Year 2 unit. There are two classes of 30 children.
Current Handbooks for each year group are available here: Department Handbooks
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Our Year 2 Curriculum
We will be planning lots of exciting activities during the year.
Whole School Thematics Overview
The annual Thematics Curriculum Overview that has been revised in 2019 and can be viewed here -> Thematics
Year Group Thrive Knowledge Boards
Subject Leaders with staff have developed Year Group 'Thrive Knowledge Boards'. These drive the curriculum planning for each teacher, explicitly providing the core 'Knowledge of: Vocabulary, People, Places and Events, Concepts and Procedures'. These Knowledge Boards are linked here: Knowledge Boards
Subject Specific Accountability to National Curriculum
Some aspects of our teaching are single subject based but our integrated subject approach ensures that we have the expected general National Curriculum Coverage as outlined below:
Y2 Maths Y2 English Y2 Science Y2 Computing Y2 Design Technology
Y2 Art and Design Y2 Music Y2 Physical Education
Y2 Personal, Social and Health Education
We follow the Liverpool Diocese Syllabus for Religious Education.
Year Group Curriculum Planning
Each Year Group takes the Thematics, Knowledge Boards and Subject Accountability for National Curriculum to develop a well co-ordinated, sequenced curriculum for the classroom. The Year Group Curriculum Planning can be viewed in our Google Drive here: Year 2 Curriculum Folder
Year 3
Our school has two Year 3 classes.
Current Handbooks for each year group are available here: Department Handbooks
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Our Year 3 Curriculum
We will be planning lots of exciting activities during the year.
Whole School Thematics Overview
The annual Thematics Curriculum Overview that has been revised in 2019 and can be viewed here -> Thematics
Year Group Thrive Knowledge Boards
Subject Leaders with staff have developed Year Group 'Thrive Knowledge Boards'. These drive the curriculum planning for each teacher, explicitly providing the core 'Knowledge of: Vocabulary, People, Places and Events, Concepts and Procedures'. These Knowledge Boards are linked here: Knowledge Boards
Subject Specific Accountability to National Curriculum
Some aspects of our teaching are single subject based but our integrated subject approach ensures that we have the expected general National Curriculum Coverage as outlined below:
Y3 Maths Y3 English Y3 Science Y3 Computing Y3 Design Technology
Y3 History Y3 Geography Y3 Languages
Y3 Art and Design Y3 Music Y3 Physical Education
Y3 Personal, Social and Health Education
We follow the Liverpool Diocese Syllabus for Religious Education.
Year Group Curriculum Planning
Each Year Group takes the Thematics, Knowledge Boards and Subject Accountability for National Curriculum to develop a well co-ordinated, sequenced curriculum for the classroom. The Year Group Curriculum Planning can be viewed in our Google Drive here: Year 3 Curriculum Folder
