Curriculum

In Reception, children work towards ‘Early Learning Goals’. The majority of pupils will achieve these goals by the end of Reception, some children will make further progress and some may need to work towards some of these goals at the end of reception. The early learning goals are divided into seven areas of learning and development.

At the end of the year Reception children are assessed as to whether they have met each of these 17 goals.

Emerging means they have not yet met this goal.

Expected means they have met the goal and are working at the expected level.

Exceeding means they are working above the expected level for a Reception child.

Reception Early Learning Goals - Sept 2021.pdf

Year 1 and 2 children follow objectives from the National Curriculum. The documents attached below details these objectives. The objectives within some areas of learning will be covered across year 1 and then year 2 aswell.

curriculum overview - year 1

curriculum overview - year 2

In June year 1 children take the Phonics Screening Check. This involves them attempting to read 40 real and nonsense 'alien' words. If a child does not meet the pass mark for this in year 1, they are able to retake it in year 2.

I have attached a past Phonics Screening Check so you can see what we mean by 'alien' words.

A_Parent's_Guide_to_the_Year_1_Phonics_Screening_Check.pdf

2019 Phonics Screening Paper

Our year 2 children are also required to complete SATs tests in May 2022. For more information, please read the parent guide below. I have also included copies of past papers. These may be useful for you to see but we ask that you don't use them as mock papers for your children just yet.

Year 2 SATS - parents' guide

2019_ks1_English_reading_Paper1_reading_prompt_and_answer_booklet

2019_ks1_English_reading_Paper2_reading_booklet

2019_ks1_English_reading_Paper2_reading_answer_booklet

2019_ks1_mathematics_Paper1_arithmetic

2019_ks1_mathematics_Paper2_reasoning