Curriculum

Adopting an Exciting, Knowledge-Based Curriculum at Quinton Primary School

As of September 2019, we have adopted a more knowledge-based curriculum here at Quinton and we are all really excited about the topics we have chosen to teach and the learning opportunities these will provide to the children.

KS1 & KS2 Curriculum Overview 2019/2020

	Autumn 1 8 weeks	Autumn 2 7 weeks	Spring 1 6 weeks	Spring 2 6 weeks	Summer 1 5 weeks	Summer 2 8 weeks	2 weeks
Year 1	School Days	Toys	Poles Apart Hot & Cold Countries	People & Animals	Super-Heroes Traction Man	Get Out of My Swamp! Bog Baby
Year 2	Africa	London's Burning!	Pioneers	The Scented Garden	Wonder Women	Beachcombers
Year 3	Tomb Raiders! Ancient Egypt	Meet the Flinstones! Stone Age	Transport Aviation & Exploration History	Extreme Survival Adapting to Different Climates & Environments	A Journey Through Europe	European Focus: France
Year 4	Romans	Britain From the Air	Tudor Warwickshire	World Kitchen	Reign Over Us!	Mount Kilimanjaro
Year 5	Earth & Beyond	Invaders	Mexico & the Mayans	Walls & Barricades	Wild Waters	Rainforests
Year 6	Ancient Greece	Natural Disasters	World War Two	World War Two	Rule Britannia	Yes Minister!

What is a Knowledge-Based Curriculum?

1. Acquisition of knowledge is at the heart.

2. Knowledge is specified in meticulous detail.

3. Knowledge is acquired in long term memory.

4. Knowledge is carefully sequenced over time.

5. There is a focus on subject disciplines.

At the start of each topic (usually one per half term), children will be provided with a 'Knowledge Organiser' which is essentially a fact sheet of their topic. The idea behind this particular method is that, put simply, the more children know off-by-heart, the more they will be able to apply their knowledge.

Please see our Curriculum Evening materials and refer to individual classes' Knowledge Organisers (Autumn 1 found below) for more information about our topics. If you require any further information regarding the curriculum which we teach, please speak to your child's class teacher.

Information on Knowledge Based Curriculum.pdf

Discovery Education Espresso If you log in to Espresso, you can access all sorts of information, games and activities which will aid your child in their learning. If your child can't remember their log in, please ask the class teacher.

To see what your child will be learning this half term, click the relevant link below.

Curriculum Evening Letter for Parents.pdf

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To see what your child will be learning this half term, click the relevant link below.

For questions to ask your child when reading with them, see the links below.

For recommended reading lists for your child's year group, see the links below.

To view the spelling expectations for your child's year group, see the links below.

For more details for parents about the New National Curriculum, click below on the link which is relevant to your child's year group.