Our Curriculum Intent
At Barnacre Road Primary School, our vision is to provide for our children a broad and balanced curriculum which is ambitious for all learners. We aim to ensure that children leave our school equipped with the knowledge, skills, cultural capital and qualities to succeed in the next stage of their education and to make a positive contribution to their local community and society as a whole.
We believe that it is our duty to make learning fun, engaging, memorable, accessible and ambitious for all children, instilling in them a love of learning.
We take seriously our duty to teach children about the fundamental British Values of mutual respect and tolerance, democracy, the rule of law and individual liberty. These values are woven through our curriculum so that our learners leave us prepared for life in modern Britain.
The Key Stages of our school are the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), Key Stage One (KS1) and Key Stage Two (KS2).
Early Years Foundation Stage
The EYFS consists of our Owlets (age 2-3), Nursery (age 3-4) and Reception (age 4-5) classes, following the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework.
Key Stage One (KS1)
Key Stage 1 consists of Year 1 (age 5-6) and Year 2 (age 6-7).
Key Stage Two (KS2)
Key Stage 2 consists of Years 3 (age 7-8), Year 4 (age 8-9), Year 5 (age 9-10) and Year 6 (age 10-11).
In key stages one and two, our curriculum is based on the 2014 National Curriculum.
Should you have any questions about our curriculum, please contact your child's class teacher or Mrs Ormerod.
Reading Schemes
At Barnacre Road Primary School, we follow the Twinkl Phonics Programme. Our decodeable reading books are linked to this scheme. In year two onwards, children read books from a range of published schemes, including Big Cat.