Our teaching is planned from schemes of work which are based on Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage and the National Curriculum (for children in Year 1 and beyond). Schemes of work allow children to build on skills, knowledge and understanding acquired in previous years. Children will meet English (known as literacy) and mathematics (known as numeracy) in subject-based lessons, but they will also meet those areas in other studies. Class timetables will include a daily Numeracy Hour and Literacy Hour, based upon the guidelines of the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies. Children will also meet all of the National Curriculum subjects, either as specific subjects or merged to cover a cross-curricular "theme".

English
Reading
We aim to encourage every child to develop a love of reading, stimulated through a wide range of reading materials. As soon as children enter school they are encouraged to choose books, to look at them and to take them home to share with parents. The school has a central reading scheme and a range of additional reading material. We thus hope that we will encourage children to be able to read for information, for understanding and for pleasure. Children will also work in the library to learn library and reference skills.

Writing
Children will be encouraged to be fluent and accurate in their use of written English. Children will be taught letter formation, based upon a style of writing which is used throughout the school. Children will also cover spelling, punctuation and grammar and will be given opportunities to develop as authors.

Speaking and Listening
Great emphasis is placed upon the child's ability to communicate. Children will be encouraged to express themselves accurately and clearly, and to develop confidence in expressing their views. It is vitally important that listening skills are also developed.

Mathematics
Our children will meet a broad range of experiences in the mathematics curriculum. Our scheme of work will cover skills, knowledge and understanding in number, algebra, shape and space and data handling. Woven into all these areas will be the development of the child's use and application of mathematics. The ability to handle numbers and concepts mentally is an important skill which is encouraged in all lessons. Our pupils will be expected to make decisions, to reason, to communicate, to work independently and in groups, to make plans and models, to use computers and calculators.

Science
Children will meet a broad range of experiences to develop their scientific skills, covered largely through first-hand experiences. We encourage the children to explore, to investigate, to solve problems, to observe, to predict, to test and to record. We hope to raise children's awareness of their own environment and to develop responsible attitudes towards it.

Information and Control Technology
Information technology will also enable children to communicate, to handle information, to measure and control events and to simulate situations. Thus children will be given an opportunity to meet word-processing, database handling, control programs, creative programs, and other methods of communicating such as e-mail and the Internet. We have an ICT suite as well as computers and interactive whiteboards in all classrooms.

Design Technology
Through design technology we hope to develop in children the ability to plan, design, make and evaluate. Our approach to technology is cross-curricular. Children will meet opportunities to design and make with a variety of systems and materials.

History
Children will be introduced to history with the aim that they will develop their knowledge and understanding of history, be encouraged to interpret events in history and to be able to use historical sources. These experiences will be presented in a carefully planned scheme of work. Cross-curricular links will be made in order to bring history to life for our children. As part of their studies children will make visits to provide first-hand experience.

Geography
Children will be introduced to geography with the aim that they will develop their geographical skills, their knowledge and understanding of places and their awareness of physical, human and environmental geography. These experiences will be presented in a carefully planned scheme of work, which will include a selection of places for study. Once again, cross-curricular links will be made and some visits will be included.

Physical Education
Children will be introduced to a broad range of activities which will include athletic activities, dance, games, gymnastic activities, outdoor and adventurous activities and swimming. At present, children have use of our school pool during the summer term, and Year 6 pupils swim at McSplash swimming pool. Children will have at least one whole session a week for PE and older children also have a games session on the field.

The school will provide opportunities for after-school sports sessions which will be open to all pupils, according to age groups. Competitive team games against other schools are arranged where pupils will be selected on ability, commitment and enthusiasm. The school has a good record of success in competitive sports activities against other local schools.

Religious Education
Arrangements for RE and collective worship comply with the guidelines of the Cambridgeshire Agreed Syllabus and the 1986 Education Reform Act. If they so wish, parents may withdraw their child from these events after discussion with the headteacher.

The teaching of RE will allow children to reflect upon the nature of religion, and the importance of beliefs and practices across a range of faiths.

Art
Art will be presented in a manner which allows children to experience a balanced programme of art and craft activities, giving them opportunities to evaluate their own work and the work of others.

Modern Foreign Languages
Children in the upper part of the school will be introduced to the language and culture of France through an approach that is largely oral.

Music
All children will be given access to performing and composing, and to listening and appraising music. Children will meet a broad range of forms and styles of music, and a variety of musical instruments. It is expected that there will be a high level of involvement from all children. Additional opportunities are provided for children to learn how to play specific instruments. There may be a charge for these opportunities.

Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education
The school has identified the need to support children as they develop from the infant to the adolescent. A range of topics is covered in each year aimed at developing self-esteem, an awareness of the needs and feelings of others, and an understanding of the life cycle. The Governors have approved that sex education will be covered within the context of understanding human development as part of the general health studies of throughout the school.