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Our Curriculum

​We provide a curriculum that is matched to the children’s needs and provides extension and reinforcement tasks where appropriate. Individual children’s records are maintained and monitored which ensure that there is continuity and progression in their academic and social development.

The environment is organised to stimulate, encourage and celebrate children’s achievements and develop their skills of awareness and appreciation. Our close links with Shipley Church and the local community ensure a strong moral framework within a Christian setting.
We encourage the children to develop self-confidence, a sense of responsibility, initiative and respect for religious and moral views.

If you would like further details, please contact the school office on 01403 741298 or email
office@shipley.w-sussex.sch.uk   
​The National Curriculum is taught throughout the School from Reception to Key Stage 1 (age 7) and Key Stage 2 (age 11).
​Core Subjects are English, Mathematics, Science & Computing.
​In the remaining available time the teaching approach is mainly cross- curricular.
​In the Foundation Curriculum for the Reception the six elements which make up the education are clearly organised within the class and the outdoor classroom area.
​Foundation Subjects are Design Technology, History, Geography, RE, Art, Music & PE.
​All children receive structured lessons in synthetic phonics until they can read well.

Curriculum by Term

Sycamores (Y5 & 6) Spring 2019
Ash (Y3 & 4) Spring 2019
Oaks (Y1 & 2) Spring 2019
Willows (YR) Spring 2019
Sycamores (Y5 & 6) Autumn 2018
Ash (Y3 & 4) Autumn 2018
Oaks (Y1 & 2) Autumn 2018
Willows (YR) Autumn 2018



​​Reading & Phonics

ReadWriteinc is used throughout the school to develop whole class phonic awareness as a basis for reading and writing skills. This is supplemented by other phonics materials.
Phonics
We teach phonics and early reading skills using the letters and sounds approach. You may have heard this referred to as Synthetic Phonics. Synthetic phonics is the breaking down of words into their separate sound components known as phonemes. Phonemes can consist of more than one letter for example ch, oo, er, igh etc. In our teaching we discuss elements such as:
Digraphs: these are two letters making a single sound eg: ar, ee, ou etc.
Trigraphs are three letters making a single sound eg: igh.
A grapheme is a phoneme written down.
Segmenting is where you break each word into its separate phoneme, for example ‘chop’ has 3 phonemes, ch/o/p. Blending is simply putting those sounds back together to form a word. Some words in the English language cannot be broken down into separate phonemes. These words are known as tricky words and we teach the children to be able to read and know the whole word, for example, ‘said’ or ‘what’. There are 6 phases within Letters & Sounds and most children will complete Phase 6 by the end of Year 2, however this can continue into Year 3 if required. To help parents to support their children at home you may find the leaflet from Redcar Local Authority useful.

It is also vital that the correct pronunciation is used for each phoneme.
​This video will help you in supporting your child’s correct sound pronunciation.

Maths

Below you will find useful information, methods and examples of the way we teach maths here at Shipley.
The first booklet is all about Numicon, which is a tool we use for the 4 maths operations: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. This resource is first used in Reception but has a continued use throughout the school. The booklet explains this and has suggestions for its use at home.
The second booklet is our progression in calculation booklet. This sets out how we teach the 4 operations and how they progress through the years. There are examples of methods taught and explanations of methods that may have changed over recent years.
Numicon Booklet

Music and Sport

Numbers Booklet

Music has an important role in Shipley School as we strongly believe it encourages self-discipline, motivation and self-esteem, and gives children tremendous enjoyment.Every child takes part in regular singing, including the acts of worship in school and in the Church. We also take part in the annual Weald Music festival for Years 5 and 6. Performances by visiting musicians are a regular feature of school life.

​All children take part in a wide range of sporting activities as part of the taught curriculum.In addition they can take part in cross-country running, cricket, football, netball and country dancing and the school is represented at local inter-school events. We make the most of our substantial grounds in the lovely rural setting. 
"The quality of teaching is good, and pupils achieve well ."
                                                                 OFSTED 2014

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