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Curriculum

At Tarporley, our hope is that all our children flourish so they can live life in all its fullness. John 10:10

In order that all learners grow and reach their full potential, we want our curriculum to:

Demonstrate BRAVERY

   Take the leap of faith on our residential.

Be OUTWARD-FACING 

  Recognise and celebrate differences in our No Outsiders learning.

Create memorable OPPORTUNITIES  

   Seize the chance to explore the curriculum in new and practical ways. 

Develop KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS 

   Expand your knowledge with the optional homework tasks and share your learning with your class.

Nurture SPIRITUALITY

Use the Reflection Area to read the children's bibles and leave a prayer or thought to share.

…while always having high-quality BOOKS and reading at the heart of our teaching and learning!

Details of our full curriculum can be found below.  On our main class page, we also have our newsletter which gives more information for the current term. 

Below is an overview of our learning for the autumn term and what we will be focussing on:

English

We have a books-based approach to the teaching of writing and we choose books that will inspire, entertain and excite our children. We ask that you don’t read these books in advance as it’s lovely to discover them together. It’s also important that we can develop their prediction skills which is difficult if they already know the book!

Core text for autumn 1: Gorilla by Anthony Browne which we’ll use to inspire a fantasy story

Core text for autumn 2: Leon and the Place Between by Graham Baker-Smith which we’ll use to develop our diary-writing skills

In Guided Reading, we'll be exploring A World Full of Animal Stories: Folk Tales and Legends by Angela McAllister, and in autumn 2, we’ll read the fantasy story The Train to Impossible Places by P.G. Bell.

Maths

Number and Place Value

Recall of addition and subtraction key facts

Addition and Subtraction

Multiplication and Division

Religious Education – Hindu Dharma and Christianity

Answering the Big Questions How do Hindus view God and celebrate Diwali? and How do Hindus worship? will be the focus of our learning this term, before we explore Why is Jesus described as ‘light of the world’?  through concepts such as saviour, Emmanuel, messiah and the trinity.

Science – Living things, classification and their habitats

We'll learn to recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways, explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in our local and wider environment. We’ll also recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.

Science – Electricity

In this unit of work, we will be learning to identify common appliances that run on electricity and we’ll construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers.

Geography – Why are rainforests important to us?

In this unit, we’ll focus on identifying where rainforests are in the world, what the Amazon rainforest is like, who lives in the rainforest and how rainforests are changing.   

History – How did the achievements of the Ancient Maya impact their society and beyond?

Our learning will look at how the Maya settled in the rainforest, how important chocolate was to the Maya, what they believed, how the Maya reflected world beliefs in their inventions, what archaeological evidence can tell us and what caused their decline.

Art and Design – Gestural Drawing with Charcoal

Our artwork will focus on making loose, gestural drawings with charcoal, and exploring drama and performance.

Design and Technology

Our D&T learning will link with our Science this term and will focus on electrical circuits where we’ll design and make lights for a circus tent.

Computing

Pupils will learn how to keep themselves safe while using the internet as well as learning about branching databases.

How you can support at home…

• While we request that you avoid the core English texts (so we don’t get any spoilers!), any reading or further research you can support your child with, which we call pre-learning, will be of huge benefit. We’d almost always favour the local library over online research, but any additional learning would be great.
• Supporting your child with their quick recall of multiplication and related division facts will make so many areas of maths easier and will stand them in good stead for next year too. Pupils have to know all facts to 12x12 by the end of Year 4. The national Multiplication Check will take place in school in June.
• To link with our learning on the Anglo-Saxons, you may fancy a day trip to Stoke to the The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery to see the Staffordshire Hoard. This is the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork ever found, comprising over 4,000 items dating back to the 7^th
• We’ll be learning about two world-class sculptors, Joan Miro and Barbara Hepworth, so visiting an art gallery would really inspire our pupils. Both Liverpool and Manchester are home to some wonderful galleries which would be worth a visit.

Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Saviour. Psalm 25:5

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