Curriculum
Reception use the curriculum guidance for the Foundation Stage to plan the learning environment, activities and experiences for the Early Years curriculum.

Key Stage 1 (KS1) and Key Stage 2 (KS2) closely follow the legal requirements of the National Curriculum in England.

Our school has a computer suite that allows whole class teaching and group teaching of computer skills. Computers are also sited in every classroom. All classes have interactive whiteboards. All our computers are linked to a network and they have Internet access.

In our school, children work at levels appropriate to their individual abilities and needs. A flexible approach is adopted, which means that children may be taught individually, in groups and as a whole class, as appropriate.

Religious Education
All schools provide Religious Education for all pupils as part of the basic curriculum. We follow the requirements of the Leeds Agreed Syllabus. We aim to educate pupils in their own religion and that of others, so that they have some understanding of the major world religions.

Collective Worship
Assembly is a time when children meet to share activities, ideas and events. We cover such themes such as “forgiveness, respect, justice and love of ones neighbour.” Some of these themes are discussed and developed in class SEAL circle times and other assemblies throughout the week. We also celebrate achievements and good attendance.

Children are told about significant Religious Festivals.

Parents who wish to withdraw their children from Religious Education or Assemblies may do so by informing the Head Teacher in writing.

Personal, Social, Health & Citizenship Education (P.S.H.C.E.)
Our school P.S.H.C.E. curriculum aims to promote pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and prepare all pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life as future citizens.

All staff in school are committed to delivering a comprehensive programme of work in this area of the curriculum.

Special Needs Provision
Children with Special Educational Need (S.E.N.) are children who, at some time in their school career, need additional support to enable them to participate fully in the educational experience. They are children who may have mild, moderate or severe learning difficulties, physical disabilities or emotional or behavioural problems. Sometimes it is a combination of these difficulties, which give cause for concern.

We believe that children with S.E.N. should be educated in a classroom setting and be fully integrated with their peers whenever possible. All children with S.E.N. have full access to the National Curriculum, modified according to their needs. Children with SEN in our Resourced Provision access a more specialised curriculum. For more information about Resourced Provision click here.

Whenever possible, we try to provide full social inclusion for all our children with S.E.N., during playtimes, dinner times, educational visits and after school activities.

The school building and grounds are not yet fully accessible to the disabled.However, ‘reasonable adjustments’ have been made. There are toilets for the disabled; a care suite and a stair lift on the stairway to the KS1 corridor .

The special educational needs team work alongside class teachers, nursery nurses and learning support assistants (L.S.A.s) to identify and support children in need, as early as possible. We recognise the need for close co-operation between home and school and regular reviews of progress involve discussion between parents and school staff. In addition to these reviews, parents are welcome to ‘pop in for a chat’ at anytime if they have concerns about their child.

The school makes full use of specialist outside agencies to advise the school staff and parents in supporting children with learning, behavioural, hearing, visual and physical difficulties.

Download Learning Challenge Overview Parklands Primary Cycle 1 2011-12 (161K Microsoft Word document)

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