Our Purple Curriculum

Each subject has a big picture, showing what is covered within this area across school as well as the cultural capital opportunities it offers.

Each subject has a progression of knowledge and skills grid, showing what is to be covered within each year group from Nursery to Year 2, and then beyond, so our staff and children are aware of where our learning at BIS leads to in the future. There is a clear sequence of components to be covered within relevant year groups.

The themes for each half term with a question for each year group to consider in their learning.

Each year group has a comprehensive overview of coverage in all aspects of learning for the whole academic year. Progression across the terms, links between subjects and full coverage of the required curriculum are all evident on this document.

Each year group team works together to plan their theme for the half term using all the above documentation. For each week, it can clearly be seen what will be covered, building on previous learning and/or preparing for future aspects. Year groups create an overview of the theme for their children to share on the website and send to parents to further enhance the continuation of learning at home.

These are created for each theme in each year group for children and staff to know the key aspects to be learned over the half term. These are used to recall prior learning, note key language, identify links in learning with other subjects and for teachers to record initial assessment notes on.

Teams create these on smart notebooks, showing the learning intentions, key vocabulary, teaching points, visuals and questions to ask as the lessons progress in each class.

Every subject is covered extensively across each year group throughout the duration of the child’s learning journey with us. To further enhance their experiences at BIS, we offer enhancements within each subject, which are above and beyond the curriculum expectations. These are shown on our Purple Pathways, mapping the opportunities children will encounter as they move through the school. These include: Cooking each half term with progression in tasks, Outdoor learning opportunities, and Trips and Visitors.

Coverage of the requirements of the EYFS and National Curriculum is assured through plotting the subject learning from the progression grids onto the curriculum overviews – each aspect that needs to be taught is present in the planning.

Key learning to be covered/recalled within each theme is present on the knowledge organisers and within the unit planning for Kapow subjects.
Teachers initially note any children who may need further input on aspects or excel in an area on their knowledge organisers, so this is to hand when planning/delivering the next session for the class/child.

Each half term, teachers assess which children are working towards/at/above in each subject to record on a collective spreadsheet. This information is used by the class teachers when planning future learning and the subject leaders when reviewing their subject across the school.

 We are excited at Bedgrove to have Purple Projects for you to enjoy with your children. As we are an Infant School we do not feel mandatory homework activities are appropriate, but do appreciate some families wish to extend their child’s learning at home. These projects are optional and are designed as extracurricular activities that complement your child’s learning at school.

Should you choose to participate in these projects, we hope you have a wonderful time completing them with your child. We cannot wait to see all of your purple projects on seesaw! 

Please see some examples of our Purple Projects completed below!