EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE

The Early Years Foundation Stage is a framework for children up to the age of five, setting out six key areas of learning around which activities should be based.

Prime areas:

• Personal, social and emotional development
• Communication and language
• Physical development

Specific areas:

• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Knowledge of the world
• Expressive arts and design

At St. John’s we ensure that all children are able to develop and use a range of skills in exciting ways both inside and outside. Each child has a key worker who will work closely with parents and carers to share successes and work on “next steps”.

KEY STAGE 1 & 2

The National Curriculum forms the content of what is taught in Years 1-6 and is divided into core and foundation subjects. These include:

• English
• Maths
• Science
• Religious Education
• Physical Education
• History
• Geography
• Computing
• Music
• Languages
• Art and Design & Technology

Phonics

In KS1, phonics is taught using the Letters and Sounds programme.

Reading

Our current reading scheme is based on Collins Big Cat Phonics Books