Teaching and Learning
Our curriculum is creative. We have a joined up approach to learning through topics. Look at the Year Group pages to view your child’s topic for this term and see how you can support them.
Learning to Read
Our core school reading scheme is the Oxford Reading Tree. To supplement their reading experiences we offer the children additional schemes and ‘real books’. Our books are banded as follows:
Band 1 – Pink, Band 2 – Red, Band 3 – Yellow
Band 4 – Blue, Band 5 – Green, Band 6 – Orange
Band 7 – Turquoise, Band 8 – Purple, Band 9 – Gold
Band 10 – White
Year Two SATs Assessments
Our children perform consistently above Kent and National attainment levels.
Ofsted Dashboard 2016
Ofsted Dashboard 2015
Link to Ofsted Website
Teaching Phonics (letter sounds)
We follow the ‘Letters and Sounds’ programme. Research shows that young children learn best through all their senses and this is exactly how we teach phonics. Teachers use and apply Cued Articulation and Jolly Phonics teaching strategies when teaching phonics. Phonics are taught daily in every Year Group.
National Year One Phonics Screening Check
Our children perform significantly above the Kent and National attainment levels. The percentage of children who passed the check in June 2015 was 86%. The small minority of children who did not achieve the expected level are engaged in intervention programmes to meet their individual needs.
Phonics presentation
How should children learn to pronounce their letter sounds? We have video clips here to view, but you will need an appropriate media player (Windows Media Player) to see them. Please also be patient as they may take time to download.
Letter sounds S A T P I N
Letter sounds C&K E H R M D
Letter sounds G F O U L B
Letter sounds J V W X Y Z Q
ICT Home/School Learning – Espresso
We use Espresso an Educational Learning resource that can be used in a variety of ways in the classroom and at home. As a parent of our school you will have been given a login and password for Espresso. The link to the website is below. If you do not have access to a computer or the internet at home then please let us know and we will work with you and your child to enable you to gain access to this valuable resource.
Espresso
Maths ICT Games
At school we use many websites for interactive games to support the children’s learning of Maths. You may wish to have a look at these:
ICT Games
Early ICT
Primary Numeracy 4-11
www.mathszone.co.uk
We also use www.educationcity.com but this is a website that you will need to subscribe to.
Reading
www.oxfordowl.co.uk has lots of helpful information
Snow!
We rarely ever close the school due to snow but if we do below the picture there is some fun learning activities you can do with your child at home.
