Curriculum
At Bretherton , our curriculum is ambitious and goes beyond the National Curriculum for children at Key Stages 1 and 2. The children in Reception follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.
If you would like to find out more about the National Curriculum, please see below files to download.
The subject areas are as follows, although we try to make links between subjects and teach in a creative cross-curricular way as much as we can. Please click on a subject to see our curriculum overview.
We have been reviewing our curriculum in light of the new Education Inspection Framework of OFSTED and have created a curriculum policy and intent document. To offer the highest quality we have purchased a bought in curriculum which we have tailored for our school and community.
Here at Bretherton Endowed, we provide a broad and balanced curriculum which has evolved over many years and more recently has looked to supplement content through purchased schemes we believe add value and knowledge to our children's learning. Our curriculum is bespoke to our pupils and setting.
Our curriculum is delivered through a desire to create lifelong learners. Developing independent, thinking learners is at the heart of all we do. Children who do not rely on extrinsic motivation to drive their learning rather have an intrinsic drive for excellence and mastery. Time is available for children to master curriculum areas and find their skills and talents. Time is given to reflect on learning, to review, revise and improve.
Our curriculum focuses on inspiring and providing space and opportunities for mastery- creating writers, mathematicians, artists, musicians, historians, geographers, engineers, scientists etc
Our curriculum celebrates and recognises the benefits of outdoor learning – using the school grounds and local educational visits to impact learning and celebrating the environment and community in which we live and learn.
At Bretherton Endowed Primary School all class teachers are responsible for providing a curriculum that is suitable for all pupils in the class, including those with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) with support from the SENCo. We have high expectations for all pupils and are committed to ensuring our curriculum complies with the Equality Act 2010 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014. Our inclusion statement emphasises the importance of providing an inclusive learning environment for all pupils including those with SEND. Additional information on this can be found in our Special Educational Needs Information Report and Equalities Policy.
We have designed long term plans that seek to plan and sequence subjects through their years at Bretherton and class teachers will plan and deliver sequenced lessons within each topic. The key learning is identified and used to assess pupils to ensure they are learning well and remembering more.
Our curriculum complies with our duties under the Equalities Act 2010 and the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Regulations 2014.
Parents are also provided with key learning documents for English, Maths and Science at Parent Evening Meetings. If you would like any further information on our curriculum content or schemes of work, please do not hesitate to call the school office for further information.
We continue to review our subjects on a 3 year cycle to ensure that we are continually improving our offer. Occasionally, we may change our plans in the identification of need, however the following has been our evaluation of subjects for the coming years.
3 year subject focus cycle amended after covid and review of curriculum in 2020 2021
We adapted our focus after Covid 19 in 2020 and the following became key subjects of focus in 2020 2021:
- SRE and PHSE
- Online learning and use of technology – some links to computing
- Maths arithmetic
- Reading
- MFL
Key focus last year and next is below. In addition , all subjects over the next 12 months will have an additional focus on how to measure progress; vocabulary; presentation; learning sticking and being applied
2021 2022
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High |
Medium |
Maintenance |
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Use of manipluatives |
Arithmetic |
History/Geog |
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Writing – audience and purpose and scaffolded and teaching seqences |
Reading fluency phonics |
Handwriting |
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Computing and online safety |
Science |
PHSE and SRE |
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D & T/Art linked to arts mark |
Music |
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PE |
MFL |
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RE |
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2022 2023
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High |
Medium |
Maintenance |
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Reasoning |
Vocabulary |
MFL |
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Comprehension in reading |
Handwriting |
Writing |
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Science- leading to science mark |
PHSE and SRE leading to equality and diversity mark |
Computing |
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RE |
D & T/Art linked to arts mark |
Music |
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History/Geog |
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PE |
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Writing continued from Peer review |
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2023 2024
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High |
Medium |
Maintenance |
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Arithmetic |
Manipulatives |
Science |
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Phonics and Grammar |
Writing |
Reading fluency |
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PHSE and SRE |
Computing |
D & T/Art |
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Music |
RE |
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MFL |
PE |
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History/Geog |
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The national curriculum is organised into blocks of years called ‘key stages’ (KS). At the end of each key stage, the teacher will formally assess your child’s performance.
| Age | Year | Key stage | Assessment | |
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| 4 to 5 | Reception | Early years | Teacher assessments (Reception Baseline) | |
| 5 to 6 | Year 1 | KS1 | Phonics screening check | |
| 6 to 7 | Year 2 | KS1 | National tests and teacher assessments in English, maths and science | |
| 7 to 8 | Year 3 | KS2 | internal assessments and moderation | |
| 8 to 9 | Year 4 | KS2 | internal assessments and moderation and Multiplication check 2020 onwards | |
| 9 to 10 | Year 5 | KS2 | internal assessment and moderation | |
| 10 to 11 | Year 6 | KS2 | National tests and teacher assessments in English and maths, and teacher assessments in science |