Details of the National Curriculum for KS1 and KS2 including assessment details can be found on this DfE link here

 

Please click here to view the wider curriculum overview.

 

 

 

 

Please keep checking your child's homework book for guidelines to help support your child to consolidate learning at home.

Read more about DoodleMaths on their blog 

 

 

 

 

Watch this space for maths resources as and when they become relevant

By the time children leave Clutton in Year 6, they need to be able to write clearly, accurately and coherently, adapting their language and style for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences.

The starting point of a child's writing journey is through Letters and Sounds.  At Clutton we start cursive handwriting from EYFS. 

See Phonics section below for more information on Letters and Sounds and Teacher modelling videos

We carefully plan opportunities for children to demonstrate their writing skills and knowledge across the wider curriculum.  An example being, a non-chronological report about deforestation and the rainforest (KS2).

 

            

 

 

Phonics and Reading Schemes:

As soon as children start primary school, they will have at least 20 minutes daily dedicated phonics teaching, learning letters and sounds to build words and the necessary skills to decode for meaning.

This is taught through step by step scheme, called Little Wandle which is based on Letter and Sounds, which works alongside learning to write.Children enjoy sharing traditional tales, nursery rhymes and songs to help develop communication and language skills.  

Phonics reading books are regularly changed and sent home, helping parents support learning that has taken place in the school day, and helping children develop fluency and confidence.   

Children also have a sharing book, which we encourage parents to read with their child.

 

How we Teach Phonics:

In Term 1, parents are invited to a workshop to help understand how phonics are taught

See Cherry Class webpage for more videos and guidance on sound formation in school and how they can support their child in the first stages of reading.  Parents are also invited to stay for regular stay and read sessions in class.

 

 

SMSC is ‘at the heart’ of school development. It requires schools to think about the kind of people we aspire to be, the kind of world we aspire to create, and the kind of education we aspire to provide.

Here at Clutton we aim to support children to develop in many diverse aspects of life, offering wider opportunities to explore and reflect on themselves, the world around them and their place in the world.  

 

You can also see how our School Pupil Council has a role to play

At Clutton school we believe the facts about human reproduction before they leave primary school. Sex education ‘should ensure
that both boys and girls are prepared for the changes that adolescence brings (puberty) and – drawing on knowledge of the
human life cycle set out in the national curriculum for science - how a baby is conceived and born’.
At Clutton school, puberty is taught as a statutory requirement of Health Education and covered by our Jigsaw PSHE Programme in the ‘Changing Me’.

“Parents have the right to request that their child be withdrawn from some or all of sex education delivered as part of statutory Relationships and Sex Education” DfE Guidance p.17

We conclude from the DFE Guidance that sex education refers to Human Reproduction. In order to teach this in a scientific context, and knowing that National Curriculum Science requires children to know how mammals reproduce, we have opted to teach this within our Science curriculum, not within PSHE or Relationships and Sex Education as we believe this is most appropriate for our children.
Therefore, the parent right to withdraw their child is not applicable. We are of course happy to discuss the content of the curriculum and invite you to contact Lucy Cowgill, Head of School.

 “Today’s children and young people are growing up in an increasingly complex world and living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. In this environment, children and young people need to know how to be safe and healthy, and how to manage their academic, personal and social lives in a positive way.” DfE

 

For children in primary school, the statutory requirements in terms of curriculum content are under two headings: Relationships and Health

    

As part of our school’s Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) curriculum we use a scheme called Jigsaw. (see more details on the Jigsaw programme below).

Jigsaw’s Changing Me unit is taught over a period of six weeks in the Spring / Summer terms. Each class will be taught appropriate to their age and developmental stage, building on the previous year’s learning. At no point will a child be taught something that is inappropriate.

All lessons are taught using correct terminology, child-friendly language and diagrams.

We will continue to work with our School Nursing service to enhance the delivery of RSHE which will help us with specialist knowledge and a different way of engaging with the children.

 

For more details, please take a look at these documents:

Letter from Mrs Morris (March 2022)	DfE RSE Statutory Guidance for Schools

 

 

PSHE stands for Personal, Social, Health and Economic education 

It is an important part of your child's national curriculum learning. So what does it cover and how can you support your child at home?

Schools have an important part to play in helping kids become well-rounded individuals.

PSHE, aims to give children the knowledge, skills and understanding to lead confident, healthy and independent lives.

There are three core themes of primary school PSHE:

1. Health and Wellbeing
2. Relationships
3. Living in the Wider World: economic wellbeing and being a responsible citizen.

PSHE isn’t a statutory subject in primary schools. This means that there is no set programme of study or learning objectives that pupils have to fulfil.  Take a look at our approach to learning  the core themes of PSHE throughout your child's time through Clutton Primary School

Here are some of the tools we use to deliver an impactful PSHE curriculum in school:

 

Children Questionnaires

Following the return to school full reopening after lockdown, all children have completed a questionnaire about their lockdown experiences. This has helped teaching staff understand any adverse feelings a child may be feeling, and help celebrate any positive experiences from lockdown.

click on the image below to see the questionnaires:

KS1 Questionnaire	KS2 Questionnaire

 

   

Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) is a nationally benchmarked psychometric assessment specifically designed to spot attitudinal or emotional issues in children, and will be a useful tool to help your pupils settle back into school life and track how they reacclimatise over the months ahead.

Once a starting point (a baseline) has been established, teaching staff gauge the PSHE teaching scheme around the needs of the children. 

The PASS assessment is revisited throughout the year and teaching adjusted accordingly.

 

Together with the outcomes of the childrens' questionnaires and the PASS results, we use Jigsaw to deliver our PSHE curriculum around Relationships and Health Education, in a spiral, progressive and fully planned scheme of work.

 

Please click here to view the Jigsaw Skills and knowledge progression information

Following the PSHE core themes, this gives the children relevant learning experiences to help them navigate their world and to develop positive relationships with themselves and others.

Experiences are built into everyday learning, both in and outside the classroom.

 

At Home

Take a look at the free resources available on Jigsaw for activities to do at home.  

There are some free audio stories and calm me time sessions available.

If you have any questions about our PSHE and RSE curriculum, please contact the school office - who will pass any information to Mrs Morris or Mrs Cowgill.

 

 

Please see below our school's homework guidance:

Homework Guidance (updated Nov 2020)