KEYSTAGE ONE CURRICULUM CYCLE
Children in Keystage One at Hertford Infant and Nursery School follow a carefully devised two year cycle of cross curricular topic work. This curriculum cycle ensures your child covers all the aspects of learning required by the National Curriculum in a fun and meaningful way during their two years in KS1. At the beginning of each term you will be given a topic 'learning journey' which outlines in more detail the precise way the teachers teach each curriculum area through each individual topic. This will also be available here on the website and on the Information Boards (outside each Classroom). Please see the links below the curriculum grid.
The Curriculum areas covered are:- Literacy (reading, writing, speaking and listening), Numeracy (number, shape, measure, data handling), Science, ICT, History, Geography, RE, Art, Design Technology, Personal Social Health Education, PE (Gymnastics, Games, Dance), Music
For more details or the current topic and sometimes examples of completed work click the picture below
Puffins Sparrows and Penguins
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AUTUMN YEAR 1 -MYSELF
During this topic the children will be learning more about their bodies, how they work and how they grow and change from birth omwards. They compare aspects of their childhoods with those of children of the past. They produce self portraits and make a moving puppet of themselves. Role play area : A baby clinic A hospital |
SPRING YEAR 1 AROUND AND ABOUT OUR SCHOOL
This topic looks at the environment a little closer to home - our own school and local neighbourhood of Hollingdean. The children go on walks around the local area, carry out traffic surveys, look at local land use, discuss features of the area that they like and dislike and think of ways they would like to improve it.
Role play area : The builders and repair yard |
SUMMER YEAR 1 - THE SEASIDE This interesting topic starts with a mini topic on pirates. .... We look back in time to find out how Brighton has changed over the years comparing now and then. A part of this topic the children may be taken out on a trip to visit some of the important sites of interest that they have been learning about.
Role play area : A treasure Island with pirate ship, A beach cafe An old fashioned beach |
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AUTUMN YEAR 2- CELEBRATIONS A lovely topic that looks at a variety of different religious festivals celebrated at Autumn and Winter time including the Hindu Festival of Lights called Divali, the Jewish festival of lights called Hanukkah and the Christian festival of Christmas. We also look at Birthdays, Harvest celebrations, Bonfire Night and other personal celebrations.
Role play area : A birthday party A travel agents |
SPRING YEAR 2- LONDON This is always a very popular topic with the children. They look at London in a geographical way - locating it on the map and looking at important buildings, land use and transport systems etc. They also explore the history around the time of the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the role of Samuel Pepys and his diaries. We have a visit from the excellent Openbox Theatre who run a days workshop for the children to experience what it was like living in those times. They design and build models of a houses from 1666 and then use them to navigate a robot around the streets of London.
Role play area : A fire station The Tower of London Pudding Lane Bakery/Pepys House |
SUMMER YEAR 2- SPORTS This topic usually centres around one of the big sporting events that falls during this term eg Football World Cup or The Olympics. We take the children for a fun swimming session at Surrenden Pool, they have some tennis coaching and then they visit the Withdean Stadium and have a go at some of the different activities available there. They research sporting personalities via the internet. They have their own sporting challenges and investigate the use of different materials used to make sports equipment. They find out about forces and the effect they have in sporting activities.
Role play area : A Locker room, A sports shop, A record breakers shop, Olympic/World Cup TV Studio
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