A review of the curriculum took place in the Summer of 2023. As a result of this, the Senior Leadership Team are refining the foundation subject schemes of work to ensure there is a clear progression of skills and knowledge that are built upon over the time that children attend our school.

We have produced new year group overviews to show the different subject areas and when they are taught in each year group. The subjects have been arranged in this way through discussion with SLT and LA advisor. The arrangement of the subjects also allows for efficient monitoring of the quality and standards of the subjects and progression of skills.

Alongside the planning is a plan for the key vocabulary that the children will be introduced to during this area of learning, as well as the sticky knowledge we plan for them to acquire. Again, this precision of planning, teaching and knowledge allows for teachers to plan and also teachers to review from what the children have learned in the previous year and then build upon it in the next year. They can then see the purpose of the sticky knowledge and apply it to their new learning. Pupils will be questioned about their sticky knowledge, what it means and what their books tell us about this learning. We also have selection of books in each class related to each area of study, so the children can then choose to read these to learn more about the subject area and then share this with the class or choose to read this for pleasure.