Curriculum Coverage

Language + Questioning = Communication

These three words sit at the heart of our curriculum.

Children need to have:

• a good grasp of language
• be able to question and reason

As a school we use Talk for Writing skills to help develop pupils retelling and language skills. The aims of this is that, if we can talk the story and act out the story, we can write the story. 

Autumn Term - Reading Stimulus

This term we are using ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' by J.K.Rowling illustrated by Jim Kay. Dragons! Daring! Danger!  Harry, now in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, finds himself competing in the legendary Triwizard Tournament and facing death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards.

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Spring Term- Reading Stimulus

This term we are using 'The Hobbit' by J.R.R.Tolkien. 

The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure.

Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services – as a burglar – on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo’s life is never to be the same again.

Summer Term Reading Stimulus

This term we are using ‘Boy in the Tower' by Polly Ho-Yen and 'Wonder' by Palacio R.J. 

'Boy in the Tower' is about Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching out beneath him.

His mum doesn't really like looking outside - but it's going outside that she hates. She prefers to sleep all day inside their tower, where it's safe.

Except it isn't any more. Strange plants have started to take over and tower blocks are falling down around them.
Now Ade and his mum are trapped and there's no way out . . .

'Wonder' is about Auggie who wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren't stared at wherever they go.

Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now, for the first time, he's being sent to a real school - and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted - but can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?

Bewdley Trip - WW2

Year 6 visited Bewdley Museum to gain further insight into life during World War 2. 

During our visit, we found out that Neville Chamberlain was DESPERATE to avoid war, especially after 'The Great War' (World War One). After Hitler broke the Munich Agreement, war was declared on 3rd September 1939. 

We explored many areas of World War 2, including evacuation, the blackout, gas masks (including the equipment used by babies and infants), air raid shelters (we walked through a real Anderson shelter), make do and mend, rationing and toys. 

Pupil comments:

"I found the air raid shelter interesting. I know lots about these, but it was different to see what they actually looked like inside."

"I found taking the role a Tile Bomb Buster was a challenge to get it into the bucket within 10 seconds. This made me feel as though I was a real WW2 warden."

"I enjoyed learning about the different toys and games in WW2. They were so different to today and made me appreciate what I have."

Work on the Phoenix - a balanced discussion