We use Rocket Phonics to teach phonics in Early years and Key Stage 1.
To teach reading in Key Stage 1 we use books that are phonetically plausible. In Key Stage 2 we use high quality books selected by the children and generally read the whole text and base our teaching around that text.
This is a list of the projects we do in each class each term. Project Title and Theme | ||||
Year | Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
Nursery | All about me/Space explorers All about me/Light and Colour | Toys
Traditional Stories/Let’s Grow | People who help us
Down on the Farm | |
Reception | Marvellous me Terrific Tales | Dangerous dinosaurs Out and about | Fabulous food Fantasy and Adventure | |
1 | Animals | Out and about | Castles | |
2 | Home and away (a study of Langley and an Indian village) | The Great Fire of London | Wild Things | |
3 | The Stone Age | Rocks, soils and fossils States of Matter | Ancient Egypt | |
4 | The Romans and Vikings | Lights, Camera, Action | The West Midlands | |
5 | Go Greece Lightning (Ancient Greece | The Mayans The Rainforest | Out of this world (Space) | |
6 | World War Two | Anthony Horowitz- author study | Enterprise Project | |