To find out all about our curriculum, including finding out what your children will be learning in each subject for each year group – please follow this link to our information website. 

 

How do we let you know what your child will be learning in school?

  • The curriculum website (linked above this), has everything you will need to find out what your child will be learning while they are with us. You will find ‘road maps’ for each subject, showing a simple heading of the topic they will be learning in each half term, but also a more detailed breakdown of the small steps of knowledge that the children will learn.
  • Open afternoons where you can come in to look through your children’s books (3 per year).
  • Parent meetings to discuss your children’s learning (2 per year).
  • Half termly newsletters giving a snapshot of what is being learnt across the school.
  • Simply through conversations with us – if you want to know more about a curriculum area or piece of learning, come and ask us and talk to us!

How do we let you know how well your child is doing in school?

  • Children are being constantly assessed by their teachers and teaching assistants – this might be as simple as ‘who can answer this question about….’ or through marking of books, discussions with children or assessment tasks. This ongoing assessment, using our curriculum steps to assess against, is the most common form of assessment.
  • We also do a variety of more ‘summative’ assessments (tests), phonics tests, Year 6 SATs and the Year 4 multiplication check for example. These scores are sent home to parents in data reports.
  • We have 2 parent meetings (October/November and February/March time) where the teachers will feedback to you about how your children are doing in school.
  • We send home a progress report card half way through the year showing how your child is doing in all of the subjects in the curriculum.
  • We send a written end of year report card home showing how your child has progressed across the whole year.
  • Simply through conversations with us – if you want to know more about how your child is doing in school, come and ask us and talk to us!