Early Years and Key Stage 1

For those learners entering within our infants’ phase, learning is categorised into: 

Learning and development: communication and language; physical development; personal, social and emotional. Plus, 4 key areas: literacy, maths, understanding of the world and expressive art and design. These are achieved through play, exploring, active learning, creativity and thinking critically. 

We offer a book based curriculum, we plan learning around a range of diverse and language rich texts which is dictated by the interest of the current cohort, linking as many subjects as possible, giving learners a more meaningful, creative, context-based experience.  

The curriculum is creative and has a culture of experiential, interactive, physically engaging and stimulating activities to promote interest, curiosity, exploration, and engagement.

EYFS/KS1 Programmes of Study 2024-2025

EYFS/KS1 Useful Websites

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p Revision resources for the KS1 syllabus across Literacy, Maths and Science

Other Resources Available 

For more Early Years and Key Stage 1 online resources click here 

Ziptales is an interactive tool with over 500+ stories for children of all ages and abilities, with games and quizzes aimed to make reading FUN!  It is available free of charge from Sunderland Libraries for children, parents and teachers – all you need is a library card which can be applied for online through Sunderland Councils web page

In view of the schools’ shut down beginning on Friday this week, Ziptales have added material for schools and libraries headed, Off Site Schooling, on the home page of their web site.

This will explain how teachers, librarians and parents can make good use of Ziptales in delivering online literacy education to pupils while they are at home.