Rawcliffe Bridge Primary School, East Riding

The curriculum is everything that a child learns in school. At Rawcliffe Bridge Primary School we give the children a broad and balanced education giving them the opportunities to develop skills for life. We follow the requirements of the National Curriculum and have developed our own Creative Curriculum based on whole school themes.

Our core subjects are:

English, Maths, Science, ICT

Our foundation Subjects are:

Art, Music, Geography, PE, Design Technology, History, Religious Education

In order to achieve a broad and balanced curriculum, we also feel it necessary to include other subjects such as

Personal Health, Social Education, Citizenship and Environmental Issues. The children in Key stage two also learn French and German on a two-year cycle and German is being introduced to the infants in September 2008.

The PE curriculum is made up of work in gymnastics, dance, striking and fielding games, net and wall games. We also place a strong emphasis on teaching games for the children to play during break-time and independently.

Years 1 and 2 follow the curriculum for Key Stage 1. Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 follow the curriculum for Key Stage 2. Reception children are working towards the Early Learning Goals as outlined in the Early Years Foundation Strategy. In January 2009 when the Nursery children start they will also be working towards their Early Learning goals.

The work is planned on a four-year cycle as we have mixed age classes. We plan work on a theme and include a very creative context to the curriculum as we feel this motivates children.
In 2008-09 acadmic year the school is working on cycle B.
Delivery of the Curriculum

A range of teaching approaches is used to deliver the curriculum, hence children may work as a class, in groups or individually. Children are taught by their own class teacher, but may also be taken by other teachers, higher level teaching assistants and teaching assistants, who follow work planned by the class teacher.

We also have peripatetic teachers who come in to school to teach violin, flute, clarinet and guitar.

We aim to constantly challenge the children and help them to move forward at a steady pace. We plan to provide each child with tasks at an appropriate level, based whenever possible on first hand experience and geared to their needs. Each child’s progress is constantly monitored and recorded against school and national targets. We have policies and schemes of work concerning all of the areas of the curriculum, which we teach. Yearly plans of the curriculum are sent to parents each September.

RAWCLIFFE BRIDGE NEW 4 YR CYCLE CREATIVE CURRICULUM
TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3
	F	UNIT	MYSELF CELEBRATIONS	HOMES MINIBEASTS	TOYS TRANSPORT
CYCLE A	KS 1/F	SCI HIST GEOG ART DT	HUMANS LIGHT	MATERIALS HABITATS	SOUND FORCES
			WORLD WAR 11 WARTIME RB	-------------------------------	OYLMPICS
			LOCALITY/GEOG AWARENESS	KENYA	OLYMPICS
			STORY BASED ART DIGITAL COLLAGE (linked to Ed Visit) TEXTILES (Xmas)	CLAY POTS GROUP PAINTING	PRINT PAINT
			FOOD	TEXTILES	CONSTRUCTION
	KS 2	SCI HIST GEOG ART DT	LIFE PROCESSES & HUMANS	LIGHT, SOUND EARTH & BEYOND	MICRO-ORGANISMS ELECTRICITY
			WORLD WAR 11 WARTIME RB	-----------------------------	ANCIENT GREECE
			MAP WORK LINKED TO HISTORY	KENYA ( INCL FAIR TRADE & POVERTY)	OLYMPICS
			BODIES & HANDS	CLAY MASKS , PRINTING	THEARTRE MASKS
			SHELTERS	TEXTILES (BATIK)	BREAD
CYCLE B		FS	MYSELF CELEBRATIONS	HOMES TRANSPORT	TOYS MINIBEASTS DINOSAURS
	KS 1/F	SCI HIST GEOG ART DT	HUMANS ELECTRICITY	MATERIALS	PLANTS HABITATS
			TUDORS	Aztecs
			LOCALITY/GEOG AWARENESS	Mexico Water conservation	Filey a contrasting locality
			COLLAGE PAINT	SCULPTURE - Henry Moore and Andrew Gormley Yorkshire Sculpture park Art from recylcled materials Aztec art	NATURAL STIMULI Flowers and trees, sand sculpture Group work of mod roc
			WINDING UP- pulley system to lift King Henry off his horse	VEHICLES- using wheels and axles	FABRIC PUPPETS
	KS 2	SCI HIST GEOG ART DT	MATERIALS	PLANTS & HABITATS	FORCES
			TUDORS- ships and seafarers	Aztecs
			MAP SKILLS- how the world changed during Tudor exploration	Mexico-Tocuaro Water conservation	Yorkshire coast from Whitby to Spurn Point
			PORTRAITS - Hans Holbein SURREALISM	Aztec art	Seascapes by Turner
			Cooking	pHOTO FRAME WITH AZTEC DECORATION	PNUEMATICS and HYDRAULICS
RAWCLIFFE BRIDGE NEW 4 YR CYCLE CREATIVE CURRICULUM page 2
		F	MYSELF CELEBRATIONS	HOMES TRANSPORT	TOYS MINIBEASTS DINOSAURS
CYCLE C	KS 1/F	SCI	HUMANS LIGHT	Materials Sound	Forces Habitats
		HIST	VICTORIANS		Queen Elizabeth II and the Coronation Development of Children's TV and radio programmes.
		GEOG		China barnaby Bear finds out about recyling, reducing and re-using	Local study of Rawcliffe Bridge and how it is different now from 1950.
		ART	Portrait of Queen Victoria Self portraits	Art from recylced materials	tFabric priting to make flags for their sandcastles. Clay models of minibeasts
		DT	SLIDERS	Photo frame- with an Aztec pattern	Making a sandwich for Teddy Bear's Picnic
	KS 2	SCI	LIFE PROCESSES & HUMANS	LIGHT, SOUND EARTH & BEYOND	MICRO-ORGANISMS ELECTRICITY
		HIST	VICTORIANS		Britain from 1950
		GEOG		China- Pollution and Global warming	COASTAL TOWN; CONTRASTING LOCALITY
		ART	William Morris and use of pattern	Still Life- Willow pattern Chinoiserie Art from recylcled materials	Pop art by Andy Warhol
		DT	JACK IN THE BOXES	ALARMS	HEALTHY PICNIC
		F	MYSELF CELEBRATIONS	HOMES TRANSPORT	TOYS MINIBEASTS DINOSAURS
CYCLE D	KS 1/F	SCI	HUMANS ELECTRICITY	MATERIALS	PLANTS HABITATS
		HIST	ROMANS	_________________	History of Space travel Waterways Museum Monet's water lillies
		GEOG	How is York different to Rawcliffe Bridge?	INDIA RIVERS (Ganges) WATERWAYS MUSEUM
		ART	Roman art work Clay pots and tiles using pattern	Sewing patchwork squares to decorate an elephant. Digital picture of Elmer
		DT	WINDING UP	BOATS	POP-UP PUPPETS
	KS 2	SCI	MATERIALS	PLANTS & HABITATS	FORCES EARTH in SPACE
		HIST	ROMANS	___________________	HISTORY OFSPACE EXPLORATION
		GEOG	MAP WORK LINKED TO HISTORY	INDIA RIVERS (Ganges) WATERWAYS MUSEUM	_____________
		ART	Roman Art	Indian art and their us eof colour fabric work use of batik	Constable's Flatford Mill
		DT	WOUND WEAPONS using pulleys and levers	Boats with wind up motors	Moon buggy using wheels and axles

We also have peripatetic teachers who come in to school to teach violin, flute, clarinet and guitar.

HUMANS LIGHT

CREATIVE CURRICULUM page 2

HUMANS LIGHT