Spring Curriculum

Spring Curriculum 2025

Our Curriculum follows a two year cycle with interim changes given children's pathway through school. Our Spring Term always starts with our Prevent Day - a day to focus on creating a fairer, equitable and stronger world. Building children's empathy through the vehicle of our Christian Values, our Mission Statement and our School Bible Verse alongside fiction and poetry we develop children's understanding of their place in the world in which they live and their responsibilities too!

We then launch into our wider curriculum focus with a bias of Science, Design and Technology.

Children in nursery and reception children get hands-on for the 'Let's Build' topic - taking inspiration from our people, culture and communities they will explore local buildings and significant landmarks to make their own creations while learning about the materials they are using.

Key Stage One develop this previous learning by exploring types and properties of materials in their topic 'All change' leading to selecting and using materials for their own creations where children are asked to design and make a shelter to protect from the rain and wind. Taking inspiration from the achievements of John Dunlop, Charles Macintosh and John McAdam too!

Key Stage Two move into the physics aspects of science - exploring light, shadows, reflection and developing an understanding of energy, electricity and circuits in Upper Key Stage 2. They will use the knowledge from their learning to design shadow puppet theatres, free-standing light up structures or electronic games!

As the term progresses, we move on to our geographical biased unit 'One World'

Our EYFS children develop their familiarity with our locality, its weather patterns, climate and its features and then compare this to life in Australia meeting lots of wombats and kangaroos on their journey.

Year 3 and 4 have a study of rainforests and habitats, for year 4 and 5 it's volcanoes and earthquakes and Year 5 and 6 have a mountain or river study.

This sits alongside learning in science@-

EYFS - Changing Seasons

Key Stage 1 - Seasonal Changes

Year 3 and 4 - Habitats and classification

Year 5 and 6 - Earth and Space