Your child’s education at St Edward’s Catholic Primary School spans seven years and is divided into three phases: Foundation Stage (Reception Class), Key Stage One (Years 1 and 2) and Key Stage Two (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6).
The school’s curriculum encompasses the sum total of learning opportunities that your child will experience whilst at school. It is planned with clear progression and cohesion to make learning experiences relevant and meaningful. The framework of the National Curriculum is the basis on which learning is organised; National Curriculum subjects are sometimes taught separately, at other times we adopt a more thematic approach.
We consistently aim to build on your child’s previous learning experiences and engage them in a level of work that is appropriate to their needs.
We use a range of schemes to support our classroom practice across all areas of the curriculum.
Phonics
For Phonics, we follow Essential Letters and Sounds. This is a Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) programme, validated by the Department for Education. By distilling Letters and Sounds to its purest form, – its essence – we ensure every phonics lesson is taught to the highest standard.