Filby Primary School

The Filby Curriculum

What does your child learn at school each day?

In our Nursery and Reception Classes, we provide a rich, stimulating EYFS learning environment where children thrive. The curriculum is planned in seven areas of learning and development; all areas are important and inter-connected.

Prime Areas:

Communication and Language
Physical Development
Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Specific Areas:

Literacy
Maths
Understanding the World
Expressive Arts and Design

During their time in our Nursery and Reception classes at Filby, the children will be skilfully supported in building Characteristics of Effective Learning:

Playing and exploring – children investigate and experience things, and ‘have a go’ 
Active learning – children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties, and enjoy achievements 
Creating and thinking critically – children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things 
These characteristics give children the skills needed to become independent learners who are responsible for their own learning and thinking.

We follow the National Curriculum for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Subjects taught are:

English, Maths, Science, Computing, Art and Design, Design Technology, History, Geography, PSHE, French, Music, RE and PE.

How does our curriculum work?

There are three main stages involved in our curriculum -

1. Intent - how we have designed our curriculum, what we teach and why this is appropriate for our children here at Filby.

The 'golden thread' running through our curriculum is the 'Filby Way', our set of values agreed with all stakeholders which are integral to everything we teach.

We ensure that children make progress in every subject as they move through our school and that current teaching builds on a firm base of prior knowledge. 

2. Implementation - how we deliver the curriculum; what our children's learning will look like.

Our experienced teachers design lessons carefully. We regularly revisit previous learning to ensure it is embedded and children can recall and use it.

3. Impact - how we can be sure that our curriculum is having an impact and that all children are learning as we want them to be.

We use a range of strategies to assess progress including low stakes quizzes; talking to children about their learning; summative assessments through testing at the end of a unit; teacher assessment; looking at the evidence of learning in children's books.

What do our children learn, how and when?

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