Curriculum
At Blackwell Primary School we tailor our curriculum to meet the needs of our children. We ensure we provide a broad and rich curriculum which allows all children to develop their strengths.
Skills are developed sequentially alongside the knowledge requirements of the National Curriculum and Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. These are woven into our half termly learning challenges which are delivered in a meaningful and enjoyable way for our children.
These plans can be accessed through the long-term overview buttons. Each year the planning is adapted to include any current events and the interests of children and teachers.
If you require further information on our curriculum please get in touch via the Contact Us page.
Our accessibility plan can be found on the main policies page.
Curriculum Learning Journey
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Curriculum Knowledge Organisers
Curriculum Subjects
Teaching and Learning Policies and Information
How do we assess children in the Foundation Stage?
In Foundation Stage we assess children in a variety of ways and record evidence of what they have been doing in a range of ways. Children do some work on paper which is kept in their Busy book, Topic book or Literacy book other evidence like photos and comments are put straight into the child’s learning journey. We use electronic profiles on the EvidenceMe system.
We started to use 2 Simple in 2014 to build individual learning journeys with much more evidence of what children have been doing in school. Within this app, each child has a file where we add any photos we take of the children learning and make notes on what we observe. Once the data is collected, it is uploaded to the online management suite. All the 2 Build a Profile software uses industry standard encryption and security that you would typically find on online banking systems.
Using our added function of ‘2 Engage with Parents’ we can automatically email you photographs with electronic post it notes with next steps and which areas of the foundation stage profile are being assessed which you can then contribute to with comments and achievements at home that will present a true picture of what your child can do. These should also be accessible via modern mobile phones that you use to access your email accounts.
Parents/carers usually receive emailed observations at the end of each week.