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02/10/25

Year 6 had a visit from the magistrates today to learn all about the court systems, laws and punishments.

01/10/25

Year 5 painted their mountains today and they look incredible! It almost feels like you're looking at the Alps or Everest! The children should be very proud of their work! Next step: labelling the features  

01/10/25

Pine Class wrote some incredible diary entries yesterday. Miss Blackwell was extremely proud. Keep up the hard work everyone! We will publish these today.

29/09/25

Another huge well done to Grace for another football trophy - this time for her 2 goals!

26/09/25

Year 1 had a fantastic Maths Showcase, sharing their number and place value knowledge with families! A huge thank you to everyone who came — it was lovely to speak with you and see the children so proud of their learning. 👏✨     

26/09/25

Well done to the Year 5 and 6 girls football team, who reached the last 16 in the Stones in the Community tournament at  !

26/09/25

Year 4 performing their partner balances in PE!

26/09/25

Hazel class had fun in their computing lesson earlier this week. They were learning about hardware and had to match different types of hardware to their definition!

26/09/25

Fabulous turn out from parents and the local community for our  this morning. Thank you for coming and supporting this great cause. 

25/09/25

Fun in the autumn sun on KS2 today! Den building, mud kitchen and our new play equipment. #schooldays#

25/09/25

Hazel class enjoyed their computing lesson on hardware. The sorted different types of hardware and matched them to the correct definition!

24/09/25

Pine Class had an exciting afternoon today. They built their pneumatic systems and painted their egg boxes ready to create their moving monsters next week.

24/09/25

As the winter months creep in, this week Year 5 have investigated which materials would be the best thermal insulators to keep our hot drinks warmer for longer!      

23/09/25

We are all so proud of Isabelle in Year 3 as she has donated 13 inches of her hair to the Little Princess Trust 

22/09/25

Year 6 enjoyed their Captain Wonderweb and the esteem machine workshop.

22/09/25

Today we all enjoyed Captain Wonderweb and the Esteem Machine, a workshop to improve mental health and wellbeing.

22/09/25

Children at our school spent their summer Extreme Reading! They read on planes, boats, in tents and by dinosaurs. On Friday we celebrated this in assembly and prizes were awarded.   

21/09/25

Year 5 have worked hard to publish their informal letters, writing in role as Alex Rider. - check out a few examples from Beech Class! We have some budding writers in our midst!

18/09/25

Year 2 loved sharing their baby photos to help them explore the human life-cycle in science.

18/09/25

Sycamore Class have excelled in PE already this term and have been linking their balances with turns to form a sequence!

18/09/25

In Science, Year 4 have been learning about the effects of certain foods on teeth using boiled eggs! They saw that the eggs left in acidic and sugary drinks discoloured badly, whereas those left in milk and water remained healthy and white.

18/09/25

Using teamwork, problem-solving and creativity ensured that Year 5's DT work this week was a success this week! We are making mountains, linked to our Geography learning, using the papier-mâché technique. Next stop: painting!  

17/09/25

Elder class are really enjoying art this term and exploring Pop Art.

17/09/25

Pine Class thoroughly enjoyed acting in role this morning. Freeze framing how Hogarth would have been feeling when he saw The Iron Man.

16/09/25

Valley Invicta Primary at Aylesford are holding our Macmillan Coffee Morning on Friday 26th September at 9am. Please come along and help us raise funds for such a good cause.

Curriculum

Intent

We believe in providing a broad, balanced, knowledge rich curriculum that ensures an inclusive approach and where pupils develop the skills and abilities to apply what they know and can do with increasing fluency and independence. Our curriculum provides opportunities for our pupils to develop as independent, confident and successful learners with high aspirations.

As a school we pride ourselves on being part of our local community, so we want our pupils to become educated citizens and appreciate their part in securing a safe and happy sense of community; locally, nationally and globally.

Our curriculum will develop children’s problem solving skills along with their resilience. They are encouraged to embrace their mistakes learning from them, thus creating memorable learning experiences.

Implementation

Our curriculum is planned and sequenced so that our pupils can achieve depth of thinking and learning. Across each year group, a number of high quality, age appropriate core texts are used to bring topics to life for our children and to promote a connection with their learning. Through our knowledge, understanding and skills we aim to develop our children’s ability to reflect, evaluate and apply their learning.

The knowledge, understanding and skills are reflected through the objectives identified in each curriculum area. There is an equality of subjects taught to ensure that the curriculum is relevant and consists of learning that really matters to the pupils.

Central to developing the pupils’ learning is a focus on vocabulary and this ensures understanding, enabling our pupils to express themselves and write with confidence.

Sequences of lessons are carefully crafted around an authentic outcome which allows children to become agents of change. These outcomes are evaluated by a ‘critical audience’; these are either a specialist in the field that the children are learning about, or an opportunity to celebrate learning on a platform linked to their topic. These learning opportunities allow children the opportunity to develop 21st century skills such as research, collaboration, innovation, presentation, evaluation and reflection.

The learning journeys are active, engaging and inspiring leading to a deeper understanding of the topics and curriculum areas. The authentic outcomes drive motivation, determination and commitment within our children.

Our curriculum ensures that we develop well rounded citizens with a clear understanding of values such as compassion, responsibility and friendship. Our new curriculum addresses negative stereotyping through investigating similarities and differences, and promoting acceptance, diversity, citizenship and human rights.

Impact

Through authentic outcomes, pupils are given the opportunity to demonstrate the progress the knowledge and skills they have acquired.

The pupils’ books will clearly demonstrate the progress they have made and the knowledge they have gained. We ensure that our children’s attainment and progress are in line, or exceeding, their potential.

Children will be able to talk clearly and knowledgeably about their learning and make clear links between pieces of learning across the curriculum.

Pupils will continue to make good progress and attain well at the end of each Key Stage.

Pupils with SEND achieve the best possible outcomes and acquire knowledge and skills for life. Adapted learning resources ensure that they can fully engage with learning intention.

Pupils are able to use what they have learned and can show that they remember what they have learned in a variety of ways.

Pupils who do not have age appropriate reading fluency, number or writing skills will be heavily supported to narrow or eradicate gaps in their learning.

We use regular and robust triangulated monitoring to gauge the impact of our curriculum design. Leaders at all levels review learning, talk with our children and provide feedback to move practice forward.

Pupils transition confidently to secondary school as they will be self-reliant, know how to organise their learning and manage their time, how to research, evaluate and identify the next steps in their learning journey. Through leadership roles, pupils will develop a sense of personal responsibility.

Curriculum

Reception Curriculum

Year 1 Curriculum 

Year 2 Curriculum 

Year 3 Curriculum 

Year 4 Curriculum 

Year 5 Curriculum 

Year 6 Curriculum

For further information on the curriculum followed by all year groups please contact the Headteacher. Or you may access details of the full national curriculum HERE.