The Woodlands curriculum is derived from curation within the Cabot Learning Federation but has been adapted and made specific to meet the needs of the children at Woodlands Academy. We have ensured the curriculum is progressive, well sequenced, maintains high expectations on the children and that there is a good balance between disciplinary (knowledge) and substantive (skills) foci.
Please see our curriculum overview below for the 2024/25 academic year for Nursery, Reception and Years 1-6.
Please note: There will be some adaptions to the Reception plan over time as the children will become interested in the Year 1 children’s learning alongside their own curriculum. One of the key benefits of the Early Years curriculum is that we follow the children’s interests and ideas, so being with Year 1 will extend their views and thoughts even further!
Woodlands Nursery Curriculum Sept 2024
Woodlands Reception Curriculum Sept 2024
At Woodlands we believe that speaking and listening skills are fundamental to effective communication and to the process of all learning across the curriculum. Throughout the school we cover
We maintain the importance of speaking and listening skills as facilitators for the whole curriculum by actively encourage speaking and listening on a whole-school basis in a variety of contexts.
Below are the curated documents from the CLF. Our subject leaders have enjoyed working as part of these teams this year helping to make the curriculum the best it can be for Woodlands’ children and beyond.
Please note that we have made some conscious decisions to swap some units across year groups and to roll out elements of the curriculum over time to ensure children aren’t missing key topics and units, and to help staff wellbeing. Please look at our school overviews for the topics we are covering and when.
