Curriculum

This is one of three pages on our curriculum.

Curriculum Support – This page! Our current topic plans, letters and guides for parents, advice on national tests and homework!
Curriculum Rationale – How the Early Years Foundation Stage, the National Curriculum, our context, our priorities and our values work together.
Curriculum Design – Our Long Term Plan, statements of intent, sequencing and year-end expectations for learning in each subject.

Learning to read

At North Nibley we teach reading, initially through a system of ‘phonics’. ‘Phonics is the word used to describe the sounds that letters make. We include a lot more information on the following page – Our page on phonics.

How is learning organised?

Children typically spend 7 years at North Nibley C of E Primary. We have four classrooms and each has a full-time class teacher. In order to organise the learning to which each child is entitled, we have a rolling programme of topics, through which the key skills and understanding are taught. Each term the class teacher writes to parents and carers to give an overview of the learning that will be covered.

	Reception	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Current Knowledge Organiser (click find out more)		Autumn 2024 Bumblebee Class		Autumn 2024 Chipmunk Class		Autumn 2024 Dolphin Class
Parent Guides	EYFS Policy	Parent Guide - Year 1	Parent Guide - Year 2	Parent Guide - Year 3	Parent Guide - Year 4	Parent Guide - Year 5	Parent Guide - Year 6
Current Teacher's letter direct to parents via Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo	See updates on Class Dojo
Homework Guidelines	Daily Reading (or being read to, DAILY & Phonics (sounds) Books could be read up to 4 times each!	As Reception, plus one 20 minute piece per week. Books could be read up to 4 times each!	As Year 1 (When appropriate, Phonics replaced by Spellings) Books could be read up to 4 times each!	Reading, Spellings, Times tables and one 20 minute piece per week	Reading, Spellings, Times tables and one 20 minute piece per week	Reading, Spellings, Times tables and one 20 minute pieces per week	Reading, Spellings, Times tables and one 20 minute pieces per week
Statutory Assessments	Reception Baseline Assessment (September) The Early Years Foundation Stage Profile is completed in June.	The Statutory 'Phonics Check' takes place in May.Year One Phonics Check	Year 2 (KS1) SATS (non-statutory) Our Guide (Phonics Check 'revisits')	No statutory tests.	Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check	No statutory tests.	Year 6 (KS2) SATS Our Guide
How we implement the National Curriculum across a two-year teaching cycle.
	Reception	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Long Term Plan - Topic Overview	Our Long Term Plan and the curriculum in detail.	Our Long Term Plan and the curriculum in detail.	Our Long Term Plan and the curriculum in detail.	Our Long Term Plan and the curriculum in detail.	Our Long Term Plan and the curriculum in detail.	Our Long Term Plan and the curriculum in detail.	Our Long Term Plan and the curriculum in detail.