Curriculum
Our curriculum at Our Lady & St Peter
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At OLSP, we follow the National Curriculum. For more information about the core and foundation subjects and how we deliver them at our school, please click on the menu to find out more about our subjects for precise year information.
Our school offers children a broad and balanced curriculum and considers the teaching of the foundation subjects, including the Arts, vitally important.
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Over the year, as well as the normal curriculum, we have planned in extra personal development days for the children to have additional opportunities to explore the wider curriculum and all it has to offer.
More detailed information about each subject area can be found below:
Learning
The National Curriculum is made up of four core subjects, English, Mathematics, Information & Communication Technology and RE and six foundation subjects, Design and Technology, History, Science, Geography, Art and Design, Music and Physical Education.
In addition to Religious Education, which permeates everything we do, Health Education, Citizenship, Education for sustainability and the personal, social, spiritual and physical development of each child will be addressed throughout the curriculum and the general ethos of the school.
The school also works hard to promote Excellence and Enjoyment in learning. We use visits, visitors and artefacts in addition to ICT to try to ensure learning is stimulating and enjoyable.
Our Curriculum Intent Statement
OLSP Curriculum Intent Statement
EYFS
Early Years Foundation Stage
Every child deserves the best possible start in life and support to their full potential. A child’s experience in the early years has a major impact on their future life chances. A secure safe and happy childhood is important in its’ own right, and it provides the foundation for children to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up.
We believe that all parents have an important role to play in the education of their child. We therefore recognise the role that parents have played, and their future role, in educating the children.
The EYFS is made up of six areas of learning:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Communication, Language and Literacy
- Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
- Knowledge and Understanding of the World
- Physical Development
- Creative Development
None of these areas can be delivered in isolation from the others. They are equally important and depend on each other. All areas are delivered through a balance of adult led and child initiated activities.
Play is at the core of the Foundation Stage at Our Lady and Saint Peter RC Primary School. Children’s play reflects their wide ranging and varied interests and preoccupations. In their play children learn at their highest level and play with peers is important for children’s development.
Children need to experience play physically and emotionally and in their play use the experiences they have and extend them to build up ideas, concepts and skills.
While playing children can express fears and re-live anxious experiences. They can try things out, solve problems and be creative and can take risks and use trial and error to find things out.
By watching and interacting with children’s play, we make observations and assessments of each child’s achievements, interests and learning styles;
We then use these observations and assessments to identify learning priorities and plan relevant and motivating learning experiences for each child.
Year 1
In Year 1 we love to challenge ourselves independently and we are always trying to stretch our fantastic, elastic brains. We are resilient learners which means that we never give up, even when we find something tricky.
This term, we will be learning about the history of “travel and transport”. We will be:
- Researching how transport has changed over the years.
- Identifying modern forms of transport.
- Investigating what modes of transport people used before cars, trains and planes were invented.
- Grouping recent and early modes of transport.
To this end, we are planning a fabulous day trip to the North York Moors Railway. We will be taking a ride on a real steam train after which, we will continue on to Pickering Castle in order to kick start our study of “buildings”.
Links to useful websites:
English Heritage | Pickering Castle
Through our topical studies, we will also be developing our English, mathematical, scientific, physical and creative skills.
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Year 2
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Year 3
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Year 4
In Class 4 this term we will be doing lots of work across the curriculum linking to our topic of Stone Age and linking to our literacy text 'Stig of the Dump'. This will involve covering different advances of the Stone Age in History, researching different settlements in Geography and designing caves and shelters in Design and Technology.
In Maths we will be deepening the children's reasoning and problem solving within the key concepts of Place Value and the 4 operations. In ICT for the first part of this term we will be using the iPads and simple software to create photo stories.
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Year 5
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Welcome to Year 5
During the Autumn Term we will be learning all about World War 1. We started the topic looking at the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and how this led to the start of the war. The children have worked in groups to act the assassination out and will then create a video which will be sent home. Art will also be linked into the war. We will be writing of genres such as newspapers, diaries and letters. We will also start to read the whole class text, Stay Where You Are and Leave by John Boyne.
This term the children have learnt all about the diocese and the role of the bishop. They also thought about how they can continue the mission of Jesus in their lives. The next two RE topics are Memorial Sacrifice and Sacrifice. |
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The Maths units this term are:
Multiplication and Division, Fractions, Decimals and Percentages. The whole school follows the White Rose Scheme of work for maths.
The children are encouraged to read their school reading book at home up to 5 times during the week (the reading record must be signed by an adult) and the children then receive a merit on their bookmark and move up on the Reading Ladder. The children can earn prizes for a completed bookmark and for the reading record.
In Year 5 the class also have a class effort chart where they can earn rewards for being on green by the end of the week or for 2 places before green to earn a special playtime or reward time.
At the end of each half term the children can also earn up to two 45 minute reward times (when they can bring in toys or play on the laptops) for completing the following activities: Prodigy Maths or Read Theory. (These are optional for homework but if they would like reward time they are encouraged to complete the activities as much as they can at home or in homework club).
The children also receive spellings to learn, practice and write in sentences each Friday and they need to return them by the following Friday.
Homework Club is on a Tuesday lunchtime for those children who find it difficult to complete homework/reading at home.
The children are encouraged to complete research/writing at home about the topics we are learning about.
PE is taught by Mr Cox on a Thursday and the children are also taking part in Rugby with Mr Fulton on a Friday afternoon.
In the Spring Term the topic will be World War One and in the Summer Term South America and The Mayans.
If you require any additional information do not hesitate to contact Mrs Clarke.
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Year 6
Year 6 is a challenging, exciting, memorable and poignant year full of new opportunities, experiences and responsibilities.
| At the beginning of the year, a Head Boy, Head Girl and Class Prefects are appointed along with Team and Sports Captains and Vice-Captains for each of our four houses. There are also opportunities to be librarians, which involves organising the library and helping both KS1/KS2 children choose books. The children have also chosen to run competions for both Key Stages. Applications to undertake training and become Play Leaders are welcomed which leads to the planning and implementing of sporting lunchtime clubs for younger children. There is the opportunity to support after-school extra-curricular clubs. We also take on extra responsibilities around the school through a variety of monitor jobs. |
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Inside and outside the classroom, we are continuously developing our knowledge of the English language through the study of enjoyable books and expressing our thoughts and ideas through writing. In Maths, we are continuing to build on what we have achieved throughout KS2 as well as developing new understanding of increasing complex problems and reasoning.
This year, our foundation subjects are linked to WW2, Ancient Greece and Crime and Punishment. As part of our WW2 topic we are being invited to perform at Alderson House (British Legion) to the retired servicemen. We have also been invited back to sing Christmas Carols to the veterans in December.
At the end of the year, we have the opportunity to go on a 5 day residential trip to the East Barnby Outdoor Education Centre in the North Yorkshire Moors.
What a way to end our time at primary school!
Suitable websites linked to Year 6:
Homework is handed out on a Friday. This is usually spellings and either a piece of English or Maths related to the previous weeks learning. The children are also expected to read at least 3 times a week to an adult and complete 5 minutes on Times Table Rockstars.
PE is on a Thursday.