Portsdown Primary School and Early Years Curriculum


Our Curriculum Intent

At Portsdown Primary School and Early Years, we follow the National Curriculum (for Years 1 -6) and the Early Years
Foundation Stage statutory framework (for Nursery and Year R). These act as an introduction to the essential knowledge and skills that the children of Portsdown need to be educated citizens. It introduces them to the best that has been thought and said, and helps engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement. Our curriculum is carefully sequenced so that all children can build on their knowledge, skills and develop their vocabulary throughout their time at Portsdown. 

Portsdown’s Teaching And Learning Guidance

 


As a school, we aim to widen and enrich their life experiences beyond their starting points by providing a range of trips, visits and experiences throughout their time at Portsdown. We believe that being able to read with confidence and developing a love of reading is vital to our children if they are to succeed in the future. This is why reading is at the heart of our curriculum.

 

To find out more about upcoming trips, visits and experiences (and ones we have completed) go to our Facebook pages (see the home Page for links) and look here:

Trips, visitors and experiences information

 


What does your child learn at school each day? Find information about our curriculum subjects here:

EYFS Intent Implementation And Impact

Year R Curriculum

Progression in EYFS: For more information about how we plan for the progression of learning from Nursery into Year R, please see the following progression documents at  https://portsdownprimary.co.uk/reception/ :

Writing

Reading At Portsdown

Maths

Science

Art And Design

Computing

Design And Technology

Geography

History

Music

PE

PSHE (And RSHE)

RE

Spanish

Phonics At Portsdown

Writing within the curriculum at Portsdown.

The next development in the school’s curriculum journey involves recording the children’s understanding of the curriculum. The children will be completing specific, morning focused topics called English Main Units (EMUs) and these are linked to a specific topic the children are covering. In addition, they will complete Curriculum Additional Writing (CAWs) where they will use the skills from previous writing opportunities to write about a topic.

For more information see the overview:

Curriculum Writes In Morning