Curriculum

Becoming an Artist at BFPA   Key skill: Working creatively Visual support: Sketchbooks, Sketching pencils, Artist prompt cards. Our aim is that children who leave our school in Year 6 will be able: To produce creative, quality artwork and record their ideas in a variety of ways. To  have their own ideas and to develop them to … Continue reading Art

Studying Computing at BFPA Key skill: Online Safety and Digital Literacy The computing curriculum at BFPA aims to instill a sense of enjoyment around using technology and to develop pupil’s appreciation of its capabilities and the opportunities technology offers to create, manage, organise and collaborate. We aim for children to develop confidence when encountering new technology … Continue reading Computing

Becoming a designer and a technologist at BFPA Key skills: Redrafting and creating prototypes  Visual support: Design, make and evaluate The BFPA Design and Technology curriculum aims to inspire our children to be innovative and creative thinkers who have an appreciation for the product design cycle through ideation, creation and evaluation. We develop our children’s confidence … Continue reading Design and Technology (D & T)

Nursery & Reception Our curriculum is full of learning, exploring and fun. We learn lots of things inside and outside the classroom. It is made up of the seven elements from the development matters document which can be found on the Government’s website in ‘Education’. We developed our curriculum content around the knowledge and skills … Continue reading Early Years

Becoming a Geographer at BFPA   Key skill: Locational Knowledge Visual support: Maps Our Geography curriculum aims to inspire our children to become curious and explorative thinkers with a diverse knowledge of the world; in other words, to think like a geographer. We want our children to develop confidence to question and observe places, measure and record … Continue reading Geography

Becoming a Historian at BFPA   Bedrock: Timeline Our aim is that children who leave our school in Year 6 will be able: To display a good chronological awareness of the past. They will know where certain civilizations and events fit within a timeline. To identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different time periods. To investigate the … Continue reading History

Intent At Braunstone Frith Primary Academy, we aim to instill a love of Maths with a grasp on all the aspects of the Maths curriculum so our children can apply this to everyday situations and truly become life-long learners. At Braunstone Frith we use a range of resources across the school to enhance and develop teaching … Continue reading Maths

Becoming a linguist at BFPA   Key skill: Ask and answer questions Visual support: Key questions on French flag Our aim is that children who leave our school in Year 6 will be able: To engage in a conversation about themselves. To identify similarities and differences between French and English vocabulary, linking to spelling, sounds and meaning. To explore … Continue reading Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)

Becoming a Musician at BFPA The BFPA Music curriculum is first and foremost designed to help children to feel that they are musical and to develop a life-long love of music. There is a focus on developing skills, knowledge and understanding that our children need in order to become confident performers, composers and listeners. Our … Continue reading Music

Intent, Implementation and Impact Intent At Braunstone Frith, we believe that all our children can become fluent readers and writers. This is why we teach reading through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised, progression, which is a systematic and synthetic phonics programme. We start teaching phonics in Nursery/Reception and follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised progression, which … Continue reading Phonics & Early Reading

Becoming a confident Sportsperson at BFPA   Key skill: Hand eye coordination, Teamwork, Ball skills Visual support: REAL PE cognitive skills Our aim is that children who leave our school in Year 6 will be able: To demonstrate precision, control and fluency when using equipment such as balls and bats. To combine and employ skills they … Continue reading Physical Education (P.E.)

Becoming a Responsible Citizen through PSHE at BFPA   Key skill: Relationships, Health and Sex Education Visual support: Jigsaw Our aim is that children who leave our school in Year 6 will be able: Demonstrate that they recognise their own worth and that of others and explain ways in which difference can be a source of conflict or a … Continue reading PSHE

Becoming a Fluent Reader The context of our school At Braunstone Frith Primary Academy, it is essential that our approach to teaching reading is accessible to all learners, regardless of background or ability. This is at the forefront of all planning, assessing and monitoring for SLT, reading leaders, teachers and learning assistants in school. Intent At Braunstone … Continue reading Reading

Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) We believe relationships, sex and health education is important for our pupils and our school because: It is giving children the knowledge that will enable them to make informed decisions about their wellbeing, health and relationships. It is about giving children the opportunity to put knowledge into practice as they … Continue reading Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)

How we learn about Religion and Worldviews at BFPA Key skill: to understand and have respect for different religions. Our aim is that children who leave our school in Year 6 will be able: To have a knowledge, understanding and respect for a range of world religions and individual beliefs (to understand our world). To have a … Continue reading Religion and Worldviews

Becoming a Scientist at BFPA   Key skill: Working Scientifically Visual support: Lab coat, badges and sentence stems Our aim is that children who leave our school in Year 6 will be able: explore and talk about scientific ideas asking their own questions and suggesting their own lines of enquiry recognise how scientific ideas can be used … Continue reading Science

Becoming a Writer at BFPA Intent At Braunstone Frith Primary Academy, we aim to help our children develop into articulate and confident communicators, who are well-equipped with the basic skills they need to become life-long learners; English learning is key in this. We aim to ensure all of our children develop a genuine love of … Continue reading Writing