Our curriculum ensures learning is effective, exciting and above all, relevant to the needs of our children.
WHY?
As part of the Richard Huish Trust (RHT), we aim to deliver educational excellence and put children at the
centre of everything we do. We want to add value to children who are engaged and motivated. We are
driving a culture that cares for all individuals and ensure honesty and integrity are central to our work. We all
know the value a good teacher with strong relationships can have on a child’s journey and wider life and will
always drive to inspire children to aim high and achieve as well as help protect our environment.
At Lyngford Park Primary & Nursery, we allow staff to be creative and respond to the needs of their class; we also
strive for the consistent delivery of key aspects to promote a uniform and progressive journey.
What? (A range of what we provide, but not an exhaustive list)
• Early-bird Maths every morning in all classes.
• Phonics (RWI) is delivered in groups at least 4 times a week.
• Phonics (RWI) further interventions are delivered throughout the week.
• Feedback time is given at the start of many lessons.
• Classes have access to NumBots / TT Rock Stars – also set for homework.
• Accelerated Reader used to challenge children’s reading comprehension.
• Many lessons contain quizzes to assess recall and understanding.
• In KS1 and KS2, handwriting is formally taught at least 3 times a week.
• Children are read to every day and have the opportunity to read to themselves as well.
• Opportunities to write every day, including diary entries and writing competitions.
• All class reader texts are displayed and referred back to.
• Whole class guided reading is used by all classes at least 3 times a week.
• Language of the Half-Term across the school including Polish, French and Lithuanian.
• KS2 are taught French – as Pyrland teach French (where 90% of our children transition after Year 6).
• End of unit assessments are used within Curriculum Maestro in reading, maths and grammar.
• We use Curriculum Maestro for all foundation subjects to ensure progression and coverage.
How?
The list of key lesson delivery techniques is to provide the basic structure of a lesson and a day in any of our
classes – it is not a dictatorial list, but a collaboration of all teachers’ thoughts and children’s needs. These
provide the foundations for consistency and smooth transition throughout. Each lesson is planned to deliver the
best possible learning outcomes. Best practice techniques will be evident in each session:
• Modelling
• Questioning – both open and closed
• Children doing more talk and work than the adult!
• Peer and self-editing work to improve
• Respecting and valuing different opinions and thoughts.
• Scaffolding / Differentiation
• Live verbal feedback
• A degree of higher-level challenge
CORE SUBJECTS
LP Primary KS1 Phonics Curriculum
FOUNDATION SUBJECTS
Art Curriculum Computing Curriculum
DT Curriculum Geography Curriculum
History Curriculum Music Curriculum
RHT Music Development Plan 2025
RE Curriculum Science Curriculum
National Documents
Early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
National curriculum in England: primary curriculum – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
