Middle School
Welcome to the Middle School, the period of education that takes your child from beyond their formative early national curriculum years into the developmental stage as they gain opportunities to apply more rigorously essential skills such as reading across the curriculum.
At the end of Year 3 and Year 4 your child will be assessed against the benchmarks based on national research. The children develop in independence, supported through our personal development programme towards the Archbishop of York Award.
Mr Michael Cummins is the Head of Middle School. Should you have any queries please contact your child's classteacher, one of the Lower School teaching team or Mr Cummins.
Year 4
Our school has two Year 4 classes.
Current Handbooks for each year group are available here: Department Handbooks
Year 4 parents were invited to a Parents' Information Evening on 9 September. You can look at the slides used by the headteacher and staff here -> Year 4 Parent Information Eve slides in video
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Our Year 4 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:
Y4 Maths Y4 English Y4 Science Y4 Computing Y4 Design Technology
Y4 History Y4 Geography Y4 Languages
Y4 Art and Design Y4 Music Y4 Physical Education
Y4 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 4 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
