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• develop and practice their new skills

• compose, make, do, build, investigate, explore, write for different purposes and read across
the curriculum

• research their own questions and those set by others

• follow new pathways of enquiry based on their interests
• complete homework activities that support their learning.

Innovate
At the ‘Innovate’ stage, children:

• apply skills, knowledge and understanding in real-life contexts
• solve real or imagined problems using everything they’ve learnt

• get inspired by imaginative and creative opportunities

• revisit anything not fully grasped at the ‘Develop’ stage.
Express

At the ‘Express’ stage, children:
• become the performers, experts and informers

• share their achievements with parents, classmates and the community
• evaluate finished products and processes

• link what they have learnt to where they started

• celebrate their achievements!
Thorns Primary School Curriculum Organisation

Core Subjects Integrated Subjects Discrete subjects
Subjects English (Read Write Inc. History Religious Education
and Literacy and Language) Geography Physical Education
Design and Modern Foreign
Phonics (Read Write Inc.) Technology Language
Mathematics (Whitehub) Art and Design
Music
Science Computing
(including content
for Science, MFL, PE
and RE)
Delivered through
Imaginative Learning
Projects (ILPs)
Skills Assessment criteria and Skills progression Skills progression
progression skills progression taken end taken from school taken from individual
and of year expectations Cornerstones subject schemes.
assessment Formal assessment based Essential skills
on Rising Stars, Whitehub
and Language and Literacy
progress tests.

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