The four specific areas detail the important skills a child will need to develop. They are:

In Key Stage 1 the focus is on two fundamental areas in reading; decoding (the skill of reading words and comprehension (understanding what is happening in the text).

In Key Stage 2 the focus is on the development of children’s spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPaG). Children also continue to develop their comprehension skills in reading and use these skills to explore a wide variety of texts both independently and as part of their literacy studies.

Aims of the Curriculum

• Enable all children to reach high standards of attainment.
• Set challenging expectations of educational standards and achievement, acknowledging and challenging disadvantage and discrimination in all forms.
• Increase children’s motivation, enthusiasm and engagement in their learning by making learning exciting and meaningful through putting it into a context.
• Value individuals and communities.
• Help children to become more independent and take greater ownership of their learning.
• Develop their confidence and motivation to learn through the use of a range of teaching and learning styles.
• Acknowledge specific individual needs and meet them as far as possible within available resources.
• Provide wide and varied educational experiences.
• Enable pupils to receive an education that will serve them well beyond their primary school experience.
• Provide opportunities to apply knowledge and learning in practical ways and to solve problems in a variety of situations.

Key Skills

Barwic Parade Community Primary School believes that children make progress through developing Key Skills. These include:

• working with others
• review and self-evaluation
• problem-solving
• independent thinking
• computer skills

Implementation

At Barwic Parade Community Primary School in order to engage, inspire and motivate we actively seek out opportunities to make the learning more meaningful for the pupils.  This is achieved in a number of ways, including:

• making links across subjects through the use of topic work, science and cross-curricular writing.
• identifying areas of interest to capture pupils’ curiosity
• provide first hand experiences for learners
• planning themed days/weeks to encourage creativity and innovation
• incorporating local and national initiatives
• working with other schools and the local community