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Our Curriculum

At Staynor Hall Community Primary Academy, our curriculum will give each and every child the opportunity to build a life-long love for learning. We offer an exciting thematic curriculum that utilises the local area whilst developing an understanding and appreciation of the wider world. Our aim is to provide the knowledge and skills that pupils need in order to take advantage of opportunities, responsibilities, and experiences later in life to prepare them to become citizens in an ever-changing society.


Our Curriculum Intent

Our aim is for all our children to be respectful, lifelong learners, who can make a meaningful contribution to their community by the time they leave us in Year 6, ready for their next steps in their life journey.  We want our children to go on to live a life of choice and opportunity. 

Every child will experience development and growth through exploration, creativity and discovery. Each individual learner is encouraged and supported to live our core values so they can develop determination, collaboration, honesty and their self-belief. 


Our Curriculum Implementation

  • At Staynor Hall, personal development and safeguarding is placed at the heart of our school curriculum
  • We have a tailored curriculum that is bespoke and contextualised to our children across all areas of our school. 
  • Knowledge is carefully and progressively planned out to ensure we have a spiralling curriculum that allows for opportunities to revisit and practise concepts 
  • We recognise and celebrate differences, making every child a unique individual. 
  • We use enquiry based learning that is purposeful, enriching and is based in real-life contexts
  • All learning is made accessible to all children 
  • The curriculum is enhanced through visitors, visits and extra curricular activities 
  • All subject leaders take ownership in developing their subject to enhance the learning for all learners 
  • Good practice is shared across the school and the academy through regular CPD opportunities 
  • We have clear behaviour expectations that are shared with the whole of our school community, including parents, so that they can be consistently and fairly implemented, ensuring that everyone can access learning in a calm, safe and purposeful environment 

The Impact of our Curriculum

  • Children at Staynor Hall access a broad and balanced curriculum that supports them in being a well-rounded citizen
  • Children are confident when sharing about the knowledge they have acquired 
  • Children’s personal development is exceptional, meaning they have a thorough understanding of how to deal with the changing world around them 
  • Children feel safe and know how to manage challenging situations. If they have any worries or challenges, they know they have adults in school who can help them 
  • Children are equipped with diverse knowledge and skills that allow them to thrive as responsible citizens 
  • All children are fully included in our school community 
  • Children confidently display our Staynor Hall values in the way they carry themselves both in school and in the local community 

 


Phonics and Reading at Staynor Hall

Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised – Systematic, Synthetic Phonics Programme

Our children are taught phonics and reading through the application of Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised. This is a systematic, synthetic phonics programme that was validated by the Department for Education in July 2021. All teachers and teaching assistants have completed training modules provided by Little Wandle to ensure a whole school understanding of the approach. As a result, the programme is followed with consistency across the school with our Reading Lead Mrs. Hunter, supporting staff across the school with the implementation of the programme. 

Daily Phonics Lessons

Phonics is the learning of individual sounds and then applying this to blending sounds to read words. Through daily lessons and repeated practice, a child’s phonic knowledge and skills become more automatic, leading them to become, over time, fluency and competent readers. 

Fully Decodable Books

Collins Big Cat for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised have devised fully decodable books matched to the Little Wandle programme progression. 

In conjunction with daily lessons, children must-read books that are consistent with their phonic knowledge. These books are carefully and precisely matched to the child’s secure phonic level to ensure a reading fluency level of 90%. This automaticity allows the child to then focus on what they are reading, reading to increase memory and understanding of what they have read. These books are read in school on a regular basis and are also shared at home with parents and carers. 

Support at Home

Each child is able to practise a decodable book at home. Suggestions are shared with parents and carers on how they can best and most effectively support their child’s reading at home. Alongside this, we encourage parents and carers to read to their child, even as they grow older, to encourage a love of books as well as developing vocabulary and discussion. 

Parents and carers are also encouraged to complete the Home Reading Diary with positive comments about their child’s reading at home. 

Additional Support

We know that some children may need extra support with their reading. These children are prioritised for sessions with reading volunteers or teaching assistants on a regular basis. 

Resources for Parents 

On the Little Wandle website, there are some excellent resources for parents and carers in the “For Parents” section. 

By following this link, you will be able to see the full progression grid from Reception to the end of Year 1. You will see which sounds and words your child will be learning at which point of their phonics and reading journey. 

Progression grid for phonics

In this link, you will find videos of how to correctly pronounce the sounds that each letter makes, the correct formation of each letter, and how to write capital letters. 

Little Wandle for parents

 


Curriculum Design 

 

Our Curriculum complies with the Equality Act 2010 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014.  For full details on how we are complying, please visit the SEND Information Report page on our website.

If you require further information with regard to our curriculum, please contact Mrs. Vicky Danbury at admin.shs@ebor.academy