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SCHOOL CURRICULUM

Children start in our Foundation Stage where learning is based upon the national Foundation
Stage Curriculum which is designed to combine social and play learning with more focussed,
teacher-lead learning. Each child’s progress is observed and measured against the Early
Learning Goals and recorded on the Foundation Stage Profile.

By Year One the curriculum moves from a Foundation Stage curriculum to the National
Curriculum. English and Mathematics lessons are taught daily along with reading activities
(group reading or individual reading), phonics and handwriting sessions. These sessions are
taught mainly in the mornings when children are freshest and most ready to learn.

Science, Physical Education, Religious Education and French, are taught each week as individual
subjects. Our Religious Education Programme follows the Dudley Agreed Syllabus.

Computing, Geography, History, Art, Design and Technology and Music are taught together as
a creative curriculum in order to make learning creative and fun.

Thorns Primary School Curriculum Objectives
Teaching
• Teaching is well judged and inspirational
• Teaching is outstanding,
• A rich and relevant curriculum
• Enables outstanding learning and achievement.

The curriculum experience
• Curriculum provides highly positive and rich experiences.
• Contributes well to behaviour, achievement and Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural
Development.

Learn exceptionally well across the curriculum.
• Lessons enable pupils to learn exceptionally well across the curriculum.
• Pupils achieve rapid and sustained progress
• Pupils acquire knowledge and understanding quickly in subjects across the curriculum.
• Pupils develop and apply a wide range of skills.
• Pupils are well prepared for their next stage of education

Impact on English and Mathematics
• Reading, writing and maths is highly effective and cohesively delivered across the
curriculum.
• Pupils achieve high levels of literacy.
• Pupils read widely and often across all subjects.

Impact on attitudes and behaviour
• Attitudes are exemplary.
• High levels of engagement and commitment across the school.
• Exceptionally positive climate
• Pupils are positive about behaviour and safety.
• All groups feel safe- know unsafe situations and how to keep safe (including e-safety).

Engaging parents
• Highly successful strategies for engaging parents.

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