King Richard III Infant and Nursery School

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Curriculum

Our curriculum has been carefully designed by our dedicated team of subject leaders. In every subject and year group, we have clearly defined the essential knowledge and skills that children need to learn, outlined in our Progression Maps. This ensures that learning is both coherent and structured so it builds progressively over time. Each subject is broken down into thoughtfully sequenced units of work, planned by subject leaders to ensure that learning builds lesson by lesson, unit by unit, and year by year (outlined in our Long Term Plans). Our talented teachers then bring these plans to life, delivering engaging, creative lessons that inspire curiosity and help children retain their learning long after they leave us.

This page is growing and being updated all the time, to reflect the richness and breadth of the learning at KRIII.

If you'd like further information, please speak to your child's teacher or get in touch with us at school and we'll be very happy to help.

If your child doesn't come to King Richards yet and you'd like more information about the curriculum, please get in touch to arrange a phone conversation or a school visit.

Find out about the learning planned across the school here

Learning

In our fully inclusive school, we want a flexible curriculum for all of our children to support them in becoming independent learners with a real love for the enjoyment of learning.
We want them to be creative and innovative with good communication skills – to be great listeners and confident speakers who can draw on a widening vocabulary as they move through our school.
We want our children to have lots of opportunities to build friendships throughout and to learn to work well in different groups – pairs, threes, teams etc – by the time they reach the end of KS1.
We want our children to be free thinkers and questioners, ready to evaluate and develop new ideas for themselves – all of this will help our children to be ‘future proof’ as they move on to new settings and opportunities.
From their first days in our school, we want to give the children the opportunity to learn about taking risks in their learning adventures and to do this through outdoor learning whenever they can. We want them to understand that it’s ok to make mistakes, as these help us all to learn even more.
To support all of this, we want the KRIII curriculum to draw on a wider range of topics that include lots of life experiences, trips and ‘wow events’, linking closely to the rich and vibrant community that surrounds our school.

KRIII Infant and Nursery School staff

How do we want the school vision to be implemented in our year groups?
Reception We encourage children to be enthusiastic, confident, independent learners through building positive relationships and lifelong skills.
Year 1 We support a smooth transition to Key Stage 1, building children's independence, enquiry and the ability to link ideas.
Year 2 We are resilient and creative learners. We want to make a difference!

How do we want the school vision to be implemented in our year groups?

Nursery

We want our children to be independent, creative learners who develop good communication skills and strong relationships.

Reception

We encourage children to be enthusiastic, confident, independent learners through building positive relationships and lifelong skills.

Year 1

We support a smooth transition to Key Stage 1, building children's independence, enquiry and the ability to link ideas.

Year 2

We are resilient and creative learners. We want to make a difference!

EYFS learning

In our Foundation Stage classes we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework and you can find more information about that by clicking HERE and below.

Early Years documents

How we comply with our duties in the Equality Act 2010 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 to make the curriculum accessible to pupils with SEND.

We are committed to having a balanced, diverse and fair curriculum. We believe that our pupils should be exposed to ideas and concepts that may challenge their understanding, to help ensure that pupils learn to become more accepting and inclusive of others. Challenging and controversial concepts will be delivered in a way that prevents discrimination and promotes inclusive attitudes.

We aim to give all pupils access to an age-appropriate curriculum, wherever possible. We make adaptations to the way we deliver this curriculum to help our children to understand key concepts.