Curriculum

Prime areas of learning

There are three prime areas of learning

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Physical Development

At Belle Meade School, physical development covers both fine motor skills such as being able to hold a pencil to form letters correctly and gross motor skills such as riding a bicycle. In this area of learning they are also developing the skill of managing their own personal hygiene.
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Personal, Social, Emotional Development

At Belle Meade School personal, social and emotional development develops the children’s social skills. We look at how children make relationships and relate to each other, about how confident and self-aware they are, and about how they are able to manage their own feelings and behaviour.
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Communication and Language

At Belle Meade School communication and language covers the areas of speaking, listening and understanding. These areas are about the child making sense of the world around them, being able to understand and communicate with others.
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Prime areas of learning

At Belle Meade School There are three prime areas of learning

Physical Development

At Belle Meade School physical development covers both fine motor skills such as being able to hold a pencil to form letters correctly and gross motor skills such as riding a bicycle. In this area of learning they are also developing the skill of managing their own personal hygiene.

Communication and Language

At Belle Meade School communication and language covers the areas of speaking, listening and understanding. These areas are about the child making sense of the world around them, being able to understand and communicate with others.

Personal, Social, Emotional Development

At Belle Meade School personal, social and emotional development develops the children’s social skills. We look at how children make relationships and relate to each other, about how confident and self-aware they are, and about how they are able to manage their own feelings and behaviour.

Specific areas of learning

There are four prime areas of learning at Belle Meade School

Literacy

Literacy covers both reading and writing. The children learn to decode and write simple sentences using their phonic knowledge.

Mathematics

 In Mathematics children learn to count and recognize numbers and the operations of adding and subtracting. They also learn about doubling and halving through practical activities. Shape, Space and Measuring activities include concepts such as capacity, weight and positions. They learn to recognize and talk about shapes.

Understanding the world

Understanding the World covers the areas of technology such as using computers, People and Communities and the world. The children learn about events that have happened in the past, about different cultures and about the world around them.

Expressive Art and Design

Expressive Arts and Design allows children to express themselves through art, music, drama and dance. They experiment with colour and design, representing their own ideas.

During the school day the children learn through a mixture of short teacher-led sessions and child-initiated learning through play sessions. Teachers and teaching assistants work with the children and make observations on them which are recorded in their individual learning diaries. All the children in the Foundation stage follow a topic/theme based approach.

Specific areas of learning

At Belle Meade School there are four specific areas of learning

Read more

Literacy

Literacy covers both reading and writing. The children learn to decode and write simple sentences using their phonic knowledge.
Read more

Understanding the World

Understanding the World covers the areas of technology such as using computers, People and Communities and the world. The children learn about events that have happened in the past, about different cultures and about the world around them.
Read more

Mathematics

In Mathematics children learn to count and recognize numbers and the operations of adding and subtracting. They also learn about doubling and halving through practical activities. Shape, Space and Measuring activities include concepts such as capacity, weight and positions. They learn to recognize and talk about shapes.
Read more

Expressive Art and Design

Expressive Arts and Design allows children to express themselves through art, music, drama and dance. They experiment with colour and design, representing their own ideas.

During the school day the children learn through a mixture of short teacher-led sessions and child-initiated learning through play sessions. Teachers and teaching assistants work with the children and make observations on them which are recorded in their individual learning diaries. All the children in the Foundation stage follow a topic/theme based approach.

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Primary Section

Belle Meade School Primary section is set up for a smooth transition from the foundation stage/nursery school for the young learners. There is a special integration of the British and the Nigerian curriculum

Key stage 1

Year 1 – Age 5 – 6+

Year 2 – Age 6 – 7

Key stage 2

Year 3 – Age 7 – 8+

Year 4 – Age 8 – 9

Year 5 – Age 9 – 10

Year 6 – Age 10

Subjects taught are listed below

English

Mathematics

Science

Design and technology

History

Geography

Art and design

Music

Physical education (PE), including swimming

ICT

Personal. social and health education (PSHE)

French

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