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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 Hayley Johnson 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 Johnson. 

Year 1 Year 1

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Year 1 Meet the Teacher information

Please find the information, which would have been shared via the Meet the Teacher: click here

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Celebration of Work and Activities

Our children's work during home learning and other activities can be viewed here: 

https://sites.google.com/smceps.org/year1

Y1

These curriculum sites are regularly updated.  During this time they may be offline.  If this is the case please return again. 

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Organisation

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

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Year Group Lion Knowledge Boards

Subject Leaders with staff have developed Year Group 'Lion 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

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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:

Maths   English   Science   Computing   Design Technology

History   Geography   Languages

Art and Design  Music   Physical Education

We follow the Liverpool Diocese Syllabus for Religious Education.

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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 year 2

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Year 2 Meet the Teacher information

Please find the information, which would have been shared via the Meet the Teacher: click here

--------------

Celebration of Work and Activities

Our children's work during home learning and other activities can be viewed here: 

https://sites.google.com/smceps.org/year2

Y2

These curriculum sites are regularly updated.  During this time they may be offline.  If this is the case please return again. 

--------------

Organisation

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

--------------

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 Lion Knowledge Boards

Subject Leaders with staff have developed Year Group 'Lion 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:

Maths   English   Science   Computing   Design Technology

History   Geography   Languages

Art and Design  Music   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 2 Curriculum Folder

 

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Address: School Road, Orford, Warrington, WA2 9AD | Telephone: 01925 634207  |  Executive Headteacher: Mr C M Metcalfe BEd (Hons) MA NPQH NPQEL
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Address: School Road, Orford, Warrington, WA2 9AD | Telephone: 01925 634207  |  Executive Headteacher: Mr C M Metcalfe BEd (Hons) MA NPQH NPQEL
wtsa
Core TSA Member School
aboyaward
Pupils' Awards 2019
Accent Music Ambassador logo
Awarded 2016Awarded 2019
childuniversity
Pupils' Awards 2015 - 2019
mathshubs logo 32px
Turing Maths Hub Partner School
liverpooldiocese
Diocese of Liverpool
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Association Member School

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