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 2020/ 2021

	Autumn 1 8 weeks	Autumn 2 7 weeks	Spring 1 6 weeks	Spring 2 6 weeks	Summer 1 5 weeks	Summer 2 7 weeks
Year 1	Dinosaurs	Childhood	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	Wonder Women	The Scented Garden	Beachcombers
Year 3	Meet the Flinstones! Stone Age	Tomb Raiders! Ancient Egypt	Transport Aviation & Exploration History	Extreme Survival Adapting to Different Climates & Environments	A Journey Through Europe	European Focus: France
Year 4	Britain From the Air	Romans	Reign Over Us!	Tudor Warwickshire	Mount Kilimanjaro	World Kitchen
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.

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.

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Knowledge Organisers

Subject Information

The Policy for each area clearly explains the INTENT, the IMPLEMENTATION and the IMPACT in that subject.

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