Our Curriculum

Curriculum Brochure

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At Light Years School, our curriculum vision is shaped by shared values that all pupils have a right to experience education in a safe and caring environment. It considers pupils’ Education, Health and Care plans (EHCPs) and places their social, emotional and personal development alongside their academic potential with the same importance. We believe passionately that when children are placed in an environment that nurtures confidence, self-esteem and has high expectations of learning, they begin to flourish.

Light Years School follows the full National Curriculum (2014) and uses it as a framework to deliver high quality, multi-sensory and exciting lessons that impart the knowledge pupils need to realise their potential. Our curriculum is further adapted and extended to meet the special educational needs of our pupils and to foster an appreciation for human creativity and achievement. The curriculum is designed in an A & B Cycle to ensuring there is opportunity to close gaps in learning and revisit learning topics that may have been missed during educational journeys.

Whole school curriculum Map 2023 / 2024

Our Curriculum Map

At Light Years School, we ensure our curriculum is immersive by having overarching Curriculum Connection Drivers for each half-term (through a topic approach). Our curriculum is based on an ‘interconnected curriculum approach’ which relies on strategic mapping that builds a well-sequenced curriculum to develop understanding and strengthen schemata. Our curriculum is based on the theory that ‘without critical alignment all other curriculum areas will lack in purpose, vision and direction’ (Turner, 2023). Our aim is to ensure the children at Light Years understand that their learning is purposeful through having awe inspiring overarching drivers (topics) that capture imagination and inspire learning outcomes.

Yr Group	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Year 3-4 A	Light & Dark	Colour Collectors	Under the Canopy	Treasure Island	Work Like an Egyptian!	Crash Landing!
Year 3-4 B	Travel & Transport	Who Wants to be a Gladiator?	Let's Go Wild!	Groundbreaking Greeks!	Come Dine with Me	Water Worlds
Year 5-6 A	Space Race	Righteous Royalty	Our Extreme World	Chocolate	Terrific Toys	Wonder
Year 5-6 B	Take Flight	Conflict, Healing & Hope	Dear Greenpeace	Survival Mode	Volatile Vikings	Influence

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