We believe that language, both written and spoken, is of crucial importance for the mental, social, psychological and spiritual development of the child. The school follows the Government guidelines of the National Literacy Strategy.
We aim to help our children:
- To engage in meaningful talk and discussion;
- To be able to express themselves clearly;
- To talk, read and write with confidence and pleasure;
- To become familiar with stories and poetry;
- To know the pleasure of reading books;
- To develop a handwriting style that is legible;
- To use a word processor;
- To become confident writers.
We encourage children’s confidence and enjoyment of mathematics whilst acquiring the skills of measuring, observing, weighing, calculating, estimating, computing and recording in different ways. Problem solving and investigating is seen as a method of drawing all these skills together.
All children follow the guidance of the National Numeracy Strategy. This provides a structured approach to the development of mathematical skills.
We aim to develop the children’s knowledge and understanding of important scientific skills, processes and ideas and to relate these to everyday experiences. Emphasis is placed upon investigative work and exploration of topics derived from the programmes of study at Key Stage 1 and 2 of the National Curriculum.
Every class has timetabled weekly access to the ICT suite in KS2 where specific ICT skills are taught. In addition, every class has an Interactive Whiteboard, its own computer with internet access and children are taught to communicate by presenting their work in writing, drawings, graphs and tables. ICT is used to enhance all areas of the curriculum. Pupils use a wide variety of resources to research information, including CD ROMs and the internet.
