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Curriculum Information

'Life in all its Fullness’ - Living, Loving, Learning Together'

(John 10:10)

It is our intention to enable each child to reach their full potential, both spiritually and intellectually, within a loving, safe and nurturing environment where they are central to all that we do.

We Aim to:

  • Provide a holistic, meaningful and engaging curriculum which inspires a love of learning.
  • Promote equality of opportunity and develop our children’s awareness of others and moral, cultural, social and spiritual issues.
  • Develop and strengthen the abilities of all individuals, to encourage a high self-esteem, and promote high standards of behaviour making them responsible and valuable members of society.
  • Include and involve all members of the school and the wider community of Newborough and the surrounding area in a common enterprise to benefit from the past, learn in our present and strive for our future. 

We aim to provide a broad and balanced curriculum which excites, engages and motivates our children. The core subject Science and foundation subjects are connected by themes and mapped into half termly topics.

Curriculum Organisation

Each year group will be taught new topics each half term. New topics will begin with a memorable experience to hook the children into their new learning. During this ‘engage’ stage, questions will be used to elicit the children’s prior knowledge, ideas and interests.

The next stage of the project is the ‘develop’ stage, where the children explore themes, subjects and concepts in greater depth in order to develop a deeper understanding. 

Finally, in the ‘express’ stage, the children reflect upon their learning, explain their learning in different ways and identify next steps.

Where appropriate, links will be made between the topics and our English curriculum. Meaningful writing experiences, linked to wider curriculum work, will be planned and focus texts for English lessons will be matched to topic themes. Some mathematical work will also be linked to the themes.

If you have further questions about our Curriculum, please email: office1@newborough.peterborough.sch.uk

Reception Topic Overview:

Autumn All About Me Ticket to Ride 
Spring Hardworking Helpers Come Outside
Summer Terrific Tales  Amazing Animals 

Year 1 Humanities Overview:

Autumn Our Local Area My Family History                                
Spring Animals and their Habitats Our Greatest Explorers
Summer People and their Communities Great Inventions - Transport

Year 2 Humanities Overview:

Autumn Seasons Fire, Fire
Spring Journeys - Food Holidays
Summer The Stone Age Neolithic Revolution         

Year 3 Humanities Overview:

Autumn

Ancient Egypt &

Rivers

Cradles of civilisation &

Mountains

Spring

Indus Valley Civilisation &

Settlements & Cities

Persia and Greece &

Agriculture

Summer

Ancient Greece &

Volcanoes

Alexander the Great &

Climate and biomes

Year 4 Humanities Overview:

Autumn

The Roman Republic &

Rhine and Mediterranean

Roman Empire &

Population

Spring

Roman Britain &

Coastal Processes and Landforms

Christianity in three empires (300-600CE) &

Tourism

Summer

Islamic civilisations 1 (Arabia and early Islam) &

Earthquakes

Islamic civilisation 2 (The rise of Islam) &

Deserts

Year 5 Humanities Overview:

Autumn

Roman Britain &

Coastal Processes and Landforms

Christianity in three empires (300-600CE) &

Tourism

Spring

Islamic civilisations 1 (Arabia and early Islam) &

Earthquakes

Islamic civilisation 2 (The rise of Islam) &

Deserts

Summer

Islamic Civilisations 3 &

Why is California so thirsty?

Angles and Saxons &

Oceans

Year 6 Humanities Overview:

Autumn South America - The Amazon The Impact of War
Spring

Protecting the Environment

The Ancient Greeks

Summer

The Maya Civilisation  

Our World in the Future

Curriculum Enrichment

Trips and visitors are arranged to promote the children’s learning through first hand experiences. These support the school’s curriculum and can be in the form of extended visits (residential) and day trips. The school will try and provide as much notice as possible to allow parents to budget for these costs.

After school / lunchtime clubs are organised on a termly basis. These clubs enable children to pursue their interests. 

A range of peripatetic music specialists provide tuition during the school day. Further information about the range of instruments taught at Newborough and the cost of this provision is available from the school office.