Curriculum Plans and Support, 2020-21

This is one of three pages on our curriculum.

Curriculum Plans and Support – This page! Long and mid-term plans, letters and guides for parents, national tests, timetables and homework!
Curriculum Rationale – How the National Curriculum, our context, our priorities and our values work together.
Curriculum Design – The scope and sequence of our teaching, with age-related expectations for learning.

Learning to read

At North Nibley we teach reading, initially through a system of ‘phonics’. ‘Phonics is the word used to describe the sounds that letters make. We include a lot more information on the following page – Our page on phonics.

How is learning organised?

Children typically spend 7 years at North Nibley C of E Primary. We have four classrooms and each has a full-time class teacher. In order to organise the learning to which each child is entitled, we have a rolling programme of topics, through which the key skills and understanding are taught. Each term the class teacher writes to parents and carers to give an overview of the learning that will be covered.

	Reception	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Current Teacher's letter Direct to Parents via Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo
Current Topic Overview (See below)	Who was Isambard Kingdom Brunel? --- Everyday Materials	Who was Isambard Kingdom Brunel? --- Everyday Materials	Who was Isambard Kingdom Brunel? --- Everyday Materials	Invasion!	Invasion!	From the Stone Age to the Iron Age --- Inheritance and Evolution	From the Stone Age to the Iron Age --- Inheritance and Evolution
Parent Guides	EYFS Policy	Parent Guide - Year 1	Parent Guide - Year 2	Parent Guide - Year 3	Parent Guide - Year 4	Parent Guide - Year 5	Parent Guide - Year 6
Typical timetable	Typical Class 1 timetable	Typical Class 1 timetable Typical Class 2 timetable	Typical Class 2 timetable	Typical Class 3 timetable	Typical Class 3 timetable	Typical Class 4 timetable	Typical Class 4 timetable
Homework Guidelines	Daily Reading (or being read to, DAILY & Phonics (sounds)	As Reception, plus one 20 minute piece per week	As Year 1 (Phonics replaced by Spellings)	Reading, Spellings, Times tables and one 20 minute piece per week	Reading, Spellings, Times tables and one 20 minute piece per week	Reading, Spellings, Times tables and three 20 minute pieces per week	Reading, Spellings, Times tables and three 20 minute pieces per week
Statutory Assessments	The Early Years Foundation Stage Profile is completed in June	Phonics Check in May.	Year 2 (KS1) SATS Our Guide (Phonics Check 'revisits')	No statutory tests	Multiplication Tables Check - introduction in 2021	No statutory tests	Year 6 (KS2) SATS Our Guide
How we implement the National Curriculum
	Reception	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Long Term Plan	EYFS Broad Themes --- Long Term Plan (Classes 1 & 2)	Long Term Plan (Classes 1 & 2)	Long Term Plan (Classes 1 & 2)	Long Term Plan (Class 3)	Long Term Plan (Class 3)	Long Term Plan (Class 4)	Long Term Plan (Class 4)
Intended outcomes	Early Learning Goals	Age-related Expectations	Age-related Expectations	Age-related Expectations	Age-related Expectations	Age-related Expectations	Age-related Expectations
We teach our topics on a two-year cycle.
	Reception	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Cycle A - Autumn	Fire of London --- Animals and Humans	Fire of London --- Animals and Humans	Fire of London --- Animals and Humans	Local Studies	Local Studies	The Ancient Greeks --- Brazil	The Ancient Greeks --- Brazil
Cycle A - Spring	Christopher Columbus --- Healthy Animals	Christopher Columbus --- Healthy Animals	Christopher Columbus --- Healthy Animals	Spain Can you hear a spark?	Spain Can you hear a spark?	2nd World War	2nd World War
Cycle A - Summer	What Do We Find Where The Land Meets The Sea?	What Do We Find Where The Land Meets The Sea?	What Do We Find Where The Land Meets The Sea?	What's The Point of Pyramids?	What's The Point of Pyramids?	Water, Water Everywhere	Water, Water Everywhere
Cycle B - Autumn	Who was Isambard Kingdom Brunel? --- Everyday Materials	Who was Isambard Kingdom Brunel? --- Everyday Materials	Who was Isambard Kingdom Brunel? --- Everyday Materials	Invasion!	Invasion!	From the Stone Age to the Iron Age --- Inheritance and Evolution	From the Stone Age to the Iron Age --- Inheritance and Evolution
Cycle B - Spring	Wonderul weather	Wonderul weather	Wonderul weather	Healthy me	Healthy me	Infinity & beyond	Infinity & beyond
Cycle B - Summer	(Covid-19, school closures)	(Covid-19, school closures)	(Covid-19, school closures)	(Covid-19, school closures)	(Covid-19, school closures)	(Covid-19, school closures)	(Covid-19, school closures)