Curricululm | Brookside Primary School

At Brookside, our whole curriculum (the 'what', 'when' and 'how' of learning) is shaped by our school vision, which aims to enable all children regardless of background, ability or additional needs to flourish and to be 'happy and successful in everything we do'.

As a school, we have been on an exciting journey to reclaim and rejuvenate the curriculum. We now place much greater emphasis on individual subjects within a full and varied curriculum.

We want your child to have the fantastic experience of being a historian or an artist or a musician or a scientist. It is by enjoying opportunities for deep learning within subjects that your child can reach their potential and begin to discover where their talents lie.

Our teachers are also passionate, highly skilled and well-trained subject leaders who are very experienced in their roles. They have ensured that all our National Curriculum subjects have a planned progression and sequence to them so that parents can see how we will build your child's knowledge, skills and vocabulary in each subject, year on year throughout their time at primary school.

We have thought carefully about our subject endpoints - where we want your child to be by the end of the year - and we assess against these. Teachers will be able to use this information to help them plan the next stage of your child's learning journey appropriately. It will also enable subject leaders to identify strengths and weaknesses so that we can plan our next steps in an ongoing process of school improvement.

Click on the subject tabs here on our Curriculum page to see how we have planned the development of each subject. To see in more detail what your child is learning in class this half-term, click on the Classrooms page. We welcome your feedback at any time by discussing your child's progress with their class teacher or with the headteacher.

Brookside Primary School Curriculum Coverage 2023-2024

At Brookside, children learn English and Mathematics every single day. These subjects are at the heart of our curriculum and open up so much learning elsewhere. The grid below shows you where other National Curriculum subjects are taught across our half-terms.

We have ensured full coverage of our statutory curriculum requirements by the end of each key stage.

* indicates a one-day standalone unit.

	AUTUMN A	AUTUMN B	SPRING A	SPRING B	SUMMER A	SUMMER B
Year 1	Where Am I?	Making History	Wonderful Weather	Toys Through Time	Posting and Places	Explorers
Year 1	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE Art*	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE DT*	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE
Year 2	School Days	Hot and Cold Places	Flying High	Our Wonderful World	Kings and Queens	Besides the Seaside, Beside the Sea
Year 2	Science Computing Art History Music RE PSHR(S)E PE DT*	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE PSHR(S)E PE Art*	Science Computing Art History Music RE PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing Art History Music RE PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE PSHR(S)E PE
Year 3	From Farm to Fork	Set in Stone	Penguins or Polar Bears?	Roman Britain	From Source to Sea	Who’s the Mummy?
Year 3	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE DT*	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE Art*	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE DT*
Year 4	The Romans	Batteries Included	Angry Earth	Under the Canopy	Raiders or Traders?	Somewhere to Settle
Year 4	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE DT*	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE Art*	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE DT*	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE
Year 5	Let’s go to the Alps	Step Back in Time	Why do Oceans Matter?	To The Stars	Desert or Not?	Marvellous Mayans
Year 5	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE Art*	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE
Year 6	Census: A Local Study	Keeping Safe	Britain at War	Energy Explorers	Unheard Histories	A Time to Shine
Year 6	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing Art History Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE	Science Computing DT Geography Music RE Spanish PSHR(S)E PE Art*

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