The Woodland Federation Curriculum

The curriculum is all the learning that we plan and sequence in order to create lifelong, curious learners; we aim to create SMILERS throughout our federation - pupils who are healthy, happy and hungry to learn.

Our curriculum covers all subjects from the National Curriculum and the Early Years Curriculum and also includes Religious Education which is taught using the Derbyshire Agreed Syllabus for RE.  

Intent 

Our curriculum is designed to provide a broad and balanced education through rich and creative learning experiences which help our children to remember what they have learnt. Our aim is for our children to develop as independent, curious and successful people with a passion for learning.  

Through our curriculum, we aim to develop the whole child. This means that we plan experiences which help children to develop emotionally, spiritually, morally, academically, and culturally.  

The curriculum has been designed by our staff for our children, taking into account the needs of our children and families. 

Implementation 

The curriculum consists of many different planned experiences including lessons, topic days, trips out and visitors to school. We also take advantage of our beautiful school settings in the Peak District and make use of the local environment and outdoors as much as possible.  

In designing the curriculum, we thought about what we want for our children and what we believe are effective methods of delivering it to them so that they learn and, more importantly, remember the learning.   

Our broad and rich curriculum is designed to work in our small schools where children are taught in mixed age classes whilst covering all aspects of the National Curriculum and Early Years Curriculum. To ensure progression for all children, we use a skills progression for each topic. This helps children to develop independence and thinking skills as well as subject specific skills at the same time as developing children’s knowledge at their own level.  

The curriculum is planned on a three-year rolling programme in EYFS and KS1 and a four-year rolling programme in KS2. 

Impact 

Our curriculum will provide our children with the skills, knowledge and interest in learning to go on to make positive contributions throughout their lives. Our aim for our children is to be socially, morally, culturally and spiritually aware and to know how to make positive contributions to their local area and beyond.  

Our topics for the Spring Term 2025 are: 

	KS1		KS2
	Spring 1	Spring 2	Spring 1	Spring 2
English	The Lion Inside	The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth	Escape from Pompeii	Koji’s Islands Island Amazing Islands
Maths	Y1 Place Value Addition and Subtraction Y2 Money Multiplication and Division	Y1 Place Value to 50 Length and Height Mass and Volume Y2 Length and Height Mass, Capacity & Temperature	Y3 Multiplication and Division B Length and Perimeter Y4 Multiplication and Division B Length and Perimeter Y5 Multiplication and Division B Fractions B Y6 Ratio Algebra Decimals	Y3 Fractions A Mass and Capacity Y4 Fractions Decimals A Y5 Decimals and Percentages Perimeter and Area Statistics Y6 Fractions, decimals, percentages Area, perimeter, volume Statistics
Science	Plants	Plants	Y3/4 Electricity Y5/6 Electricity	Y3/4 Plants Living things and their habitats Y5/6 Living things and their habitats
History		How was school different in the past?		Were the Vikings raiders, traders, or something else?
Geography	Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?		What is life like in the Alps?
Art	Sculpture and 3D – Paper Play		Painting and mixed media – Prehistoric Painting
Design Technology		Textiles - Puppets		Digital World – Wearable Technology
MFL	Makaton	Makaton	Pets in Spanish	Classroom Objects in Spanish
RE	Who is a Muslim and how do they live?	Why does Easter matter to Christians?	What do Hindus believe God is like?	Why do Christians call the day Jesus died “Good Friday”?
Computing	Creating Media – Digital photography Digital Literacy: Relationships and communication; Device advice (our device charter)	Data and information – Block charts Digital Literacy: News and media literacy; Managing device information	Y3/4 Events and actions in programs (Scratch) Y5/6 Selection in quizzes (Scratch) Digital Literacy: Relationships and communication – Digital friendships	Y3/4 Audio Editing Y5/6 News and Media literacy – Is seeing believing? Digital Literacy: News and Media Literacy – Reading News Online
Music	I wanna play in a band (rock)	Round and round (bossa nova)	Glockenspiels	Classroom Jazz
PSHE	Being Me	Changes	Y3/4 Being Me Y5/6 Being Me	Y3/4 Changes Y5/6 Changes
PE	Commando Joe Woodland Learning	Commando Joe Yoga Ball skills (hands)	Y3/4 Swimming Dodgeball Dance Y5/6 Commando Joe Mindfulness Dodgeball Dance	Y3/4 Swimming Woodland Learning Y5/6 Commando Joe Yoga Woodland Learning

 

Remote Learning Information for Parents

• Woodland Fed Remote Education Info for Parents.pdf

Covid-19 Recovery Curriculum

• Recovery Curriculum.pdf

 

Curriculum Long Term Overviews