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Process for teaching behaviour explicitly.
1. Identify the routines/behaviours that you want to see.
2. Communicate in detail your expectations.
3. Practice the routines until everybody can do them.
4. Reinforce, maintain and monitor the routines constantly.
It is essential that all staff know the details of this curriculum, teach it explicitly to
pupils and continuously maintain the high standards we set. By doing so
we support each other to create a culture where pupils feel safe and can learn in
an optimised environment and where teachers are free to teach unimpeded.
English
Language development is a vital part of a child’s education. We therefore place
great importance on the development of language skills, with English as one of the
core curriculum subjects. We aim to help children become confident and
imaginative in using English for a variety of purposes. Teachers focus on all
aspects of English in the National Curriculum – reading, writing, spelling, grammar,
presentation.
Language development underpins the entire curriculum. English is specifically
taught through daily English lessons but is also taught and embedded through
other areas of the curriculum.
Children are encouraged to read both in and out of school and books are taken
home to foster a reading partnership between home and school. Writing skills are
developed through purposeful writing for different audience. We are extremely
fortunate to have a well-resourced modern library which is available to all children
in school.
Mathematics
Mathematical skills and knowledge are an extremely important part of life. We aim
to make Mathematics as enjoyable and as interesting a subject as possible.
We currently follow the National Curriculum which focuses on children being able
to apply their skills through Number, Shape, Space and Measure and Data
Handling in daily mathematics lessons. During these lessons’ children have the
opportunity to practice their mental strategies as well as working in small groups,
individually or as a class on activities and exercises to develop their mathematical
thinking. There is a real emphasis on children knowing and using times tables to
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