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OUR CURRICULUM
OUR CURRICULUM
As a primary school, St Aidan's follows the two national documents covering the primary age curriculum. They are the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, which is taught in Nursery and Reception, and the National primary curriculum which is taught in Years 1 - 6.
Our aim for the curriculum is to provide our children with the knowledge and skills that they will need to contribute to our society in a positive way and to be successful in life.
Reading
At St Aidan's we use the Essential Letters and Sounds Phonics Scheme alongside our Oxford Reading scheme.
You can watch these Julia Donaldson Top Tips for reading videos which share some good ideas about helping your child to read.
Phonics
We are in the process of fully embedding our Essential Letters & Sounds Systematic Synthetic Phonics programme. The most important thing to do at home is use the correct short sounds as demonstrated below:
Articulation of Phonemes
A useful video clip showing the correct 'pure' pronunciation of phonemes (units of sound).
Please read our summary of teaching Mathematics at St Aidan's document below and find out a little more about our approach.
You can also watch the Maths videos from Oxford Owl to find out how you can best support your child with developing mathematical concepts at home.
Religious Education
Our RE curriculum is delivered through Come and See which is the Diocesan programme developed with all schools.