At ‘The Federation of Thomas Wall Nursery and Robin Hood Infants' we follow a creative curriculum in both the Early Years Foundation Stage and KS1. Children enjoy learning through an exciting and engaging curriculum that is enriched through school trips, extra-curricular activities, themed weeks and special days.
How to find our more about the curriculum we are following
The information below is intended to give you an overview of the curriculum. To find out more, there are workshops on offer throughout the year and curriculum maps are given out each half term.
The Early Years Foundation Stage
Children in our Nursery and Reception classes follow the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum. The EYFS curriculum consists of 7 areas of learning.
A love for learning is developed through an exciting play based curriculum that children access through both independent play and focus activities with adults. Children are encouraged to make connections in their learning through a creative topic based approach led by the children’s interests. Children are able to engage with their learning through an imaginatively resourced free -flow learning environment that enables exploratory and child-initiated play both indoors and outdoors.
The three prime areas are:
Personal Social and Emotional Development
Physical Development
Communication and Language
The four specific areas are:
Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the World
Expressive Arts and Design
Key Stage 1
We believe it is important that children develop as lively, independent and inquisitive thinkers. Children learn through a topic based creative curriculum that encourages independent learning, critical thinking skills and a healthy lifestyle.
Children are taught a rich, broad and balanced curriculum largely through the Cornerstones curriculum program that follows the Key Stage 1 National Curriculum in years 1 and 2. Each class follows a structured timetable that ensures the core subjects of Maths and English are taught on a daily basis and Science is taught weekly. The remaining foundation subjects: Art and Design; Computing; Geography; History; PSHE; RE; Physical Education and Music are covered throughout the week.
Teachers consistently observe and assess children’s learning to ensure all children make progress across the curriculum.
We develop children’s skills, knowledge and understanding through four stages of learning that are integral to all the topics taught using the Cornerstones Curriculum philosophy of ‘Embed, Engage, Excite, Express’.
Engage
At the ‘Engage’ stage, children:
Develop
At the ‘Develop’ stage, children:
Innovate
At the ‘Innovate’ stage, children:
Express
At the ‘Express’ stage, children:
Year One Cornerstones Topic Map |
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Autumn 1 |
Superheroes |
Autumn 2 |
Bright Lights, Big City |
Spring 1 |
Rio de Vida |
Spring 2 |
Dinosaur Planets |
Summer 1 |
Moon Zoom |
Summer 2 |
Enchanted Woodland |
Year Two Cornerstones Topic Map |
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Autumn 1 |
Street Detectives |
Autumn 2 |
Muck, Mess and Mixtures |
Spring 1 |
Towers, Tunnels and Turrets |
Spring 2 |
Scented Garden |
Summer 1 |
Wriggle and Crawl |
Summer 2 |
Land Ahoy |
English |
Reading:
Writing:
Spoken language:
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Mathematics |
Number:
Measurement:
Geometry:
Statistics:
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Science |
Working scientifically:
Year One:
Year Two:
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Art and Design |
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Design and Technology |
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Computing |
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Geography |
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History |
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Music |
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Physical Education |
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RE |
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