At Beulah Juniors, our Broad and Balanced curriculum follows the 'Kapow' schemes of learning, developed by subject specialists, first and foremost to be fun and engaging for pupils and also to ensure there is clear progression of knowledge and skills which run within year groups and throughout the school.
Each topic has a 'Knowledge Organiser' which is used both in school and at home to clarify key learning and specific vocabulary which pupils will need to master in order to be ready for the next steps in their learning journey. Lessons are based around engaging practical activities and tasks which enable pupils to reflect upon and review what they have understood.
Our assessment procedures, formative and summative, have been devised to run alongside the curriculum. Lessons begin with a review of prior learning and frequent quizzing enables both pupils and teachers to assess what has been learned and remembered. Links are also made to future learning and to applications of the subject specific material in the wider world.
Click on the year group tabs below for more information and curriculum maps
The Year 3 Curriculum
The year 3 curriculum is designed to provide effective transition from year 2 and help pupils build on the knowledge and skills they developed in KS1, as well as to enable them to settle well into the Junior School. They study the full range of curriculum subjects, delivered through the 'Kapow' schemes of work.
The year 4 curriculum builds on what children have learned in KS1 and Y3. They develop wider understanding of how the world works through the range of topics studied.
Year 5 Curriculum
As pupils enter upper school, the curriculum starts to prepare them for their end of KS2 tests and their learning journey beyond.
Our year 6 curriculum reviews, consolidates and builds on what children have learned across the key stage. Our aim is to prepare them for the next stage in their education and equip them with good life skills for their future learning journeys.
