Curriculum Areas

The Early Years children are given a broad and balanced curriculum incorporating the Desirable Outcomes.

The Education Reform Act provides for the establishment of a National Curriculum comprising of 3 core subjects, and Welsh (for schools in Wales), plus 7 foundation subjects.  We introduce the children to these areas in Nursery and Reception classes via the Foundation Phase, and fully implement them in years 1 and 2.  The school curriculum is organised to give each child a balanced and structured approach to both core and foundation subjects.  Detailed long term planning ensures the child has total coverage of the National Curriculum to Key Stage 1.

For each of these areas we follow attainment targets, programmes of study, guidelines, school policy documents and assessment procedures.  We aim to achieve this coverage through a combination of cross curricular approaches and structured schemes of work, all linked together in the school key stage framework.  At Bodnant the children are taught in class groups, year groups and individually.  The activity determines the method of teaching.

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