Westcroft Key Stages 1-2 PRIMARY CURRICULUM

CONTENTS

Communication, Language & Literacy ........................................................................................... 2

Numeracy ...................................................................................................................................... 3

Themed Work‐Science .................................................................................................................. 4

KS 1&2 Computing ......................................................................................................................... 5

Physical Education and School Sport ............................................................................................. 6

Key Stages 1 and 2 ..................................................................................................................... 6

Enrichment Activities ................................................................................................................ 6

Out of Hours Activities .............................................................................................................. 6

Extended Day ............................................................................................................................ 6

Music ............................................................................................................................................. 7

Environmental/Outdoor Learning ................................................................................................ 7

Religious Education ....................................................................................................................... 7

Interventions ................................................................................................................................. 7

Sensory play .................................................................................................................................. 8

Social Communication (SULP) Key Stage 1 and 2 ........................................................................... 9

Aims........................................................................................................................................... 9

Educational Visits ........................................................................................................................ 11

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE & LITERACY

The pupils will participate in a wide range of activities to support the development of their fine

motor skills such as using playdough, threading and sensory play. They will practice making

marks using a range of mediums and practice pencil control and letter formation. More able

pupils will be supported and encouraged with sentence building and independent writing.

They will participate in pre reading activities such as matching and sequencing games. Some

pupils will learn how to read high frequency words and also spell unfamiliar words.

They will share stories, rhymes and poems, and be encouraged to join in with repeated phrases

and discussion. Comprehension skills will be developed and pupils will each have a reading bag

and reading record to take home each day to encourage reading at home.

Pupils will follow the Early Years Curriculum or the Primary National Curriculum according to

their ability.

NUMERACY

The pupils will practice their counting and numeracy skills. They will join in with number

rhymes, songs and games. The pupils will be encouraged to order, read and compare numbers.

Pupils will practice their number formation. They will experience the language associated with

mathematics. Some pupils will perform simple calculations and develop mental maths skills.

Pupils will experience a range of practical maths activities. They will learn to recognise and

name 2D and 3D shapes and some will be able to describe the properties of those shapes.

Pupils will also learn about money and other valuable life skills in maths such as beginning to

tell the time.

They will follow the Early Years Curriculum or the Primary National Curriculum according to

their ability.

THEMED WORK‐SCIENCE

Pupils will be working on a range of themes throughout the year. The themes are generally

changed every half term in class 1 and 2 and termly in classes 3, 4, and 5.

Pupils will use their senses to investigate objects and materials, find out about past and

present events in their own lives and those of their families and other people they know.

They will find out about and identify some features of living things, objects and events they

observe and they will look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.

KS 1&2 COMPUTING

Pupils will learn to develop their basic mouse and keyboard skills as soon as they enter the

school into the Primary department. They have a weekly lesson in the computer suite as well

as access to other devices such as iPads, laptops, floor robots and cameras within their own

tutor room. They will use a range of applications and programs including simple word

processing, painting, desktop publishing and they will also start to develop simple

programming skills. Pupils will be taught how to use the Internet to access information, find

images and play interactive educational games. Basic e‐safety is taught from an early age.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SCHOOL SPORT

KEY STAGES 1 AND 2

All children in KS1 and 2 receive a 90 minutes PE lesson and 90 minutes swimming lesson in the school pool.

In KS1 PE children develop fundamental skills through a wide range of activities including basic movement,

gymnastics, dance and Multi Skills.

In KS2 PE children further develop their physical literacy skills through gymnastics, trampolining, dance,

outdoor and adventurous activities, multi skills, athletics and games skills.

All children have access to competitive sport through the School Games programme and West Midlands

Special Schools Sports Association. Events include Multi Skills, Mini Modern Pentathlon and Fun Swim Gala.

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES

All children from Key Stages 2‐5 are involved in activities which enrich the curriculum and provide them with a

wide range of opportunities to develop physical and social skills as well as trying something new. In KS2, these

activities include judo, mixed martial arts,, sailing, canoeing and kayaking.

OUT OF HOURS ACTIVITIES

A wide range of lunchtime and after school activities are on offer for all children. In KS1 and 2 these include

street dance, football, trampolining, cheer leading and change 4 life clubs. After school activities include

swimming, trampolining and judo.

EXTENDED DAY

All children and students stay over for an extra hour on Wednesdays which enables them to access a range of

after school activities that transport issues may deny them of normally.

In KS1 and 2 children take part in a range of activities including Zumba (Zumbini), Junior Circuit training,

structured play, tennis, cricket and indoor climbing (Wolf Mountain).

A number of these activities take place off site and some are led by external coaches/instructors.

MUSIC

This year, pupils will learn to use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and

speaking chants and rhymes. They will have the opportunities to play untuned instruments

musically. Pupils will learn to recognise changes in tempo, pitch and rhythm and they will use

their bodies to accompany a range of songs. Pupils will also develop their concentration and

listening skills through listening to a range of live and recorded music. They will have the

opportunities to experiment with, create, select and combine sounds.

ENVIRONMENTAL/OUTDOOR LEARNING

Pupils will be encouraged and inspired to engage in cross curricular outdoor play activities

and learning in and around the school environments. This will include being involved in the

care and well‐being of our chickens, digging, weeding, planting and selling plants/flowers in

our school garden.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Pupils will learn about and participate in religious celebrations throughout the year. They will

learn some basic religious words, such as Muslim, Christian, temple and prayer. Pupils will

learn about their own uniqueness and value and will explore religious stories. They will also

take part in a traditional nativity production.

INTERVENTIONS

Some pupils receive speech and language and social communication support from the speech

and language support team. Others receive intensive literacy and/or maths intervention in

small groups or individually. All classes receive a weekly SULP lesson focusing on social

communication and participation. Pupils have intervention from the VI team, Hearing team,

Occupational health, physiotherapist, INSPIRE and the Educational Psychologist.

SENSORY PLAY

The pupils have many opportunities to participate in sensory related play. Sensory play allows

the pupils to engage all of their senses.

Some of the opportunities include:

Sand and water play.

Messy play (paint, shaving foam, jelly etc)

Rice, lentils and pasta.

Natural objects such as leaves.

Exercise balls and textured mats.

In addition to the play provided within class we also have a Sensory room on site that can be

accessed by all classes. The room includes many interactive features such as interactive

flooring, light curtains and bubble tubes.

SOCIAL COMMUNICATION (SULP) KEY STAGE 1 AND 2

AIMS

Enables children to communicate more effectively

To build up confidence and self esteem

To understand happy, sad and angry

To be more caring, sharing and happy being around others

To improve attention and listening skills

To make choices and become independent

To nurture their ideas

Social Communication Programme is based on S.U.L.P – Social Use of Language

Programme.

All classes have a SULP lesson every week.

The main body of Social Communication is to improve communication skills of children.

It encourages communication with each other and with adults. This improves skills such

as:

Learning and retaining their peers names Playing within a group

Communicating when they are sad, happy.

Being able to cope around others when they are angry Communicating problems

(illness, when they are hurt etc.)

We work at a very practical level that is exciting, challenging and visual. Some children

have very poor retention so the teaching is to be repetitive so that the children can take

the skills they have been taught right through to adulthood.

EXAMPLE SENSORY STORY

I LIKE THE RAIN

By Claude Belanger

• PowerPoint presentation (with sound)

• Umbrellas for spinning around

• Water Spray for rain

• Magic snow(in a box) sprinkle over pupils

• Scarf and gloves for dressing up

• Paper leaves

• Fan to blow paper leaves

• Sun hats for dressing up

• Sun glasses for dressing up

• Shells to feel, smell, look and listen

• Sand (in a box) build sand castle

• Polystyrene curls for hail

• Musical instruments to listen to different weather

• Football (outside play for 5 mins)

EDUCATIONAL VISITS

There are a number of educational visits each year in the primary phase; these may include

Residentials

Museums

Cannock Chase

Sailing

Farm Visits

Local Zoo

And many more all are related to the thematic topic or PHSE curriculum

Enrichment /extended day – during the year pupils have opportunity to take part in a range

of activities these may include the following:

Tennis, Trampolining, swimming, walking, bike riding, Zumbini, Martial arts, and rock

climbing