Curriculum
We are pleased to provide you with information as to what the children will be learning during the academic year in each year group. Please take a look at our Curriculum Overview below for further information.
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Please navigate through the different sections below, to access useful information about the curriculum at Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery.
What is a Curriculum?
A Curriculum is a standards-based sequence of planned experiences where students practice and achieve proficiency in content and applied learning skills. The Curriculum is the central guide for all educators as to what is essential for teaching and learning, so that every student has access to rigorous academic experiences.
What will children be taught in KS1?
KS1 marks a shift from EYFS to more subject-specific learning. KS1 covers all compulsory national curriculum subjects. These are English, maths, science, history, geography, computing, languages, PE, art and design, music and design and technology.
The DfE state that within the national framework KS1:
Provides an outline of core knowledge around which teachers can develop exciting and stimulating lessons to promote the development of pupils' knowledge, understanding and skills as part of the wider school curriculum.
KS1 English Curriculum
The national curriculum establishes English and literacy as a core KS1 subject. An understanding of the English language is central to developing an understanding in all national curriculum subjects. Here, reading, writing and spoken language are divided into different areas of study, these are:
- Writing composition
- Spelling
- Vocabulary, grammar, punctuation
- Reading
- Phonics
- Story resources
- Spoken language and listening
KS1 Maths Curriculum
At KS1, the national curriculum states children should begin to understand mathematical language, understand the fundamentals and begin to solve problems by applying this knowledge. The focus at KS1 is for children to be able to recognise, describe, draw, compare and sort numbers. The areas of maths studied at KS1 are:
- Number and place value
- Addition and subtraction
- Multiplication and division
- Fractions
- Measurement
- Properties of shapes
KS1 Science Curriculum
The focus of science in the KS1 national framework is to allow children to observe scientific phenomena. Engaging their curiosity and encouraging them to ask more questions about the world around them. At KS1 children are expected to develop a basic understanding of working scientifically, meaning they will begin to use scientific methods and skills. The areas of science covered in KS1 are:
- Seasonal changes
- Animals including humans
- Everyday materials
- Living things and their habitats
- Plants
These areas of scientific study should form a solid basis of scientific understanding to be developed throughout a child's primary and secondary education. Observation is central to science at KS1, children should be able to perform simple tests and communicate their observations to their teacher and peers.
KS1 History Curriculum
At KS1, children should begin to develop an awareness of the past, becoming aware of different time periods. The national curriculum states children at KS1 should begin to identify similarities and differences between time periods and within a chronological framework. There is freedom within the national curriculum to teach local history and different topics as long as they support the teaching of changes in living memory, significant national events and the lives of significant individuals. Some historical topics taught at KS1 are:
- The Great Fire of London
- Kings and Queens
- WW1
KS1 Geography Curriculum
KS1 geography focuses on developing a child's understanding of the world, the United Kingdom and their locality. The national curriculum states that at KS1, children should begin to understanding subject-specific vocabulary and begin to use geographical skills. Geography topics taught at KS1 are:
- Locational knowledge
- Place knowledge
- Human and physical geography
- Geographical skills and fieldwork
Locational knowledge covers towns and cities, place knowledge covers different ecosystems around the world and human and physical geography covers climate, transport, the water cycle, rocks, rivers, weather and seasons and volcanoes and mountains.