Kings Langley Primary School

Curriculum

This section tells you about the curriculum in our school. We have a broad, balanced topic based curriculum. The different themes and topics are carefully planned for children to develop their skills and learn more about the world they live in. Developing skills in Literacy and maths are at the heart of our work, but equally important, are skills, attitudes and knowledge which make up a child's whole learning experience. To become confident, enquiring and excited about the world, children need to exercise and develop their skills through frequent practice. Ideas and skills are therefore revisited regularly, in different ways to consolidate children's knowledge and understanding, with topics being taught in greater depth according to the age of the child.

TEACHING THROUGH TOPICS

We deliver the curriculum through a mixture of subject teaching and topic based teaching. The core subjects, Literacy, maths, science, I.C.T. and R.E. are taught in daily or weekly sessions where skills are taught and reinforced. Opportunities are then given to develop these further through cross curricular topics. These topics are carefully planned to ensure children learn the required skills to make progress. During most of the half term sessions a new topic/focus will begin. Although with younger children the topics may be more frequent. During the year each year group may spend a longer period of time [perhaps a term] on one major focus.

We offer a number of trips to enrich the curriculum. Year 4 and Year 6 have the opportunity to go on residential trips and all year groups