Curriculum

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At Fairfield Spencer Academy, our curriculum is designed to provide children with the knowledge, skills and experiences they need to become confident learners and responsible citizens. Learning is carefully sequenced to build knowledge over time, develop curiosity and help children make meaningful connections across subjects.

Our curriculum meets the requirements of the National Curriculum and is enriched through carefully planned experiences and opportunities that broaden children’s understanding of the world around them.

Early reading is taught through Read Write Inc. Phonics, while spelling in Key Stage 2 follows the Sounds and Syllables programme. Writing is taught through an evidence-informed writing sequence and is linked to each year group’s topic learning where appropriate. Reading is taught through James Durran’s approach, which develops reading fluency, comprehension and a love of reading.

Each year group studies three main topics across the year: one in the Autumn Term, one in the Spring Term and one in the Summer Term. These topics draw primarily on History, Geography, Art and Design, and Design and Technology, while making meaningful links to other areas of the curriculum where appropriate.

Our curriculum is united by three global themes that run through every year group: Community, Sustainability and Innovation. These themes help children make connections across their learning, develop an understanding of the wider world and consider the positive contribution they can make to society.

Autumn: Community
Exploring how communities function, thrive and differ, both now and in the past.

Spring: Sustainability
Developing understanding of environmental responsibility, including topics such as rainforests, climate and natural disasters.

Summer: Innovation
Celebrating creativity, invention, problem-solving and the impact of innovation on society.

Learning is further enhanced through educational visits, visitors, outdoor learning opportunities, enrichment days and wider personal development experiences, helping children apply their learning in meaningful and memorable contexts.

Alongside topic learning, we use high-quality schemes and resources to support curriculum delivery:

  • Maths No Problem for Mathematics
  • SCARF for PSHE
  • Charanga for Music
  • Teach Computing for Computing
  • Jigsaw, covering the Nottinghamshire Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education
  • REAL PE for Physical Education

We have close links with our feeder secondary school, and the sequence of learning and resources used for French have been developed in collaboration with one of their specialist teachers.

Science is taught as a discrete core subject through weekly lessons planned by teachers, ensuring children develop strong substantive knowledge and scientific enquiry skills.

Through our curriculum, we aim to inspire children to understand the world around them, value others, think critically and make a positive contribution to their communities and beyond.

At Fairfield Spencer Academy, we believe children learn best when new knowledge is connected to what they already know. Our curriculum is carefully planned so that key concepts are revisited and built upon over time, helping children develop strong long-term understanding. Through deliberate links within and across subjects, regular opportunities to recall prior learning and our whole-school themes of Community, Sustainability and Innovation, children develop increasingly rich knowledge, think critically about the world around them and make meaningful connections between their learning and their lives.

 

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Overview of Themes from Reception to Year 6

Our community is at the heart of our teaching and learning. Topics have been selected to embrace the wider community in which we live – celebrating our diverse family, links with local organisations and local places of worship – as well as expanding children’s knowledge of events and places they wouldn’t ordinarily visit or know about.

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Subject leaders play a large role in the successful delivery of our curriculum with regular monitoring, evaluation and review of the curriculum.  Our ‘curriculum ensures children leave Fairfield Spencer Academy with ambition, drive and enthusiasm equipping them with the tools to thrive in whatever path they choose to undertake.

Subjects are taught to a high standard – click below to find out more about individual subjects.

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Long term plans for Reception to Year 6

Our long term plans (Learning Journeys) indicate what is taught in each subject, in each year group, throughout the academic year.

 

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To find out more about our curriculum, please contact us.

Documents

English – Supporting Information

Mathematics – Supporting Information

Science – Supporting Information

Design and Technology – Supporting Information