CHOL
English
A child's ability to communicate is vital to all aspects of their learning, so English learning is embedded in all subjects that we teach across the curriculum. We also plan for literacy focused learning every day in school, in line with the National Curriculum.
The school aims to make our children confident and enthusiastic speakers, readers and writers. To support this, we provide a broad range of daily activities for children to develop and apply their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.
From the EYFS pupils are taught phonics following the Read Write Inc scheme. They are then taught to apply these skills through a variety of activities and contexts. We provide opportunities to read for pleasure and engage with texts in guided-reading sessions. RWI was developed by Ruth Miskin and more information on this can be found at https://ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/.
Lubavitch Boys' Primary School has developed a new curriculum for English for the school year 2024/25. This runs from Year 1 all the way through to Year 6. At the heart of it, is that all learning should be through the lens of a 'class reader.' There is a clear learning focus, each week, for Reading and Comprehension, Spelling and Grammar and Writing. Every term, children develop knowledge and skills related to fiction, non-fiction, poetry and playscripts. More information on the English Curriculum can be found by clicking on the links below
Maths
Music
At Lubavitch, we know that music promotes positivity, self-confidence and a sense of community. Therefore, we believe that it should be a part of our everyday practice, through davening, singing in class or music lessons. In the annual music week there will be an opportunity for the children to create their own instruments and perform for their peers. On this special week there will also be a performance from the school choir. More information on the Music Curriculum can be found here.
Humanities
In humanities, students alternate half-termly between Geography and History. We are keen that students should gain an understanding of their place in the world and their place in time, by studying the world around them and the history that leads up to the modern era. The curriculum is structured in a way that students build up their skills and knowledge in a carefully constructed systematic way. Students will start by learning about the local area around them and where they live and slowly progress to learn about the UK and the world at large and its key features. In history, students learn about a range of historical eras ranging from Ancient Egypt all the way to post-World War 2 and the holocaust. At Lubavitch, we endeavour to find links between the places and eras they are studying and their own Jewish history and traditions. More information on the Humanities Curriculum can be found here.
Science
At Lubavitch, we aim to teach the National Curriculum Science topics within the framework of the Torah and Lubavitch Ethos. We want our students to become curious about the world and how things work and to appreciate the wonders of creation. They should be investigative and learn about the rules of nature and develop a keen sense to ask why things happen. As children progress into KS2, their skills as to how to write up and record their investigations, results and conclusions should be developing too. More information on the Science Curriculum can be found here.
Topics covered in Science are listed here
D&T and Art
Design and Technology at Lubavitch gives children the chance to use creative thinking and design within a defined purpose and product outcome. Through a variety of creative and practical activities, pupils are taught the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in a process of designing and making a product. Through the evaluation of past and present design and technology, they develop a critical understanding of its impact on daily life and the wider world. Design and technology makes an essential contribution towards being creativity, cultured, and thinking innovatively.
Art and Design at Lubavitch allows the children to stimulate creativity and imagination. It provides visual, tactile and sensory experiences and a special way of understanding and responding to the world. It enables children of all abilities to communicate what they see, feel and think using colour, texture, form, pattern and different materials and resources. We teach and encourage children to explore ideas, shapes, patterns and meanings through the work of a range of artists and designers. More information on the D&T and Art Curriculum can be found here.
ICT
Children at Lubavitch are taught a range of skills in ICT. Every year group begins by learning online and computer safety, helping children be prepared for the modern, technological world. They are also taught how to use ICT as a tool for other subjects, e.g. databasing for maths. In the Spring term, children focus on coding and computer science, followed by information technology and digital literacy in the summer term. At the heart of our intent, is to be computer literate and ready for the outside world when they leave school. More information on the ICT Curriculum can be found here.
PE
At Lubavitch Primary School we aim to develop a fun, high-quality physical education curriculum. We will provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. PE is an imperative element of the curriculum, which develops a need for healthy lifestyles, a balanced diet, a positive- growth mindset and the resilience to persevere with activities that may be once have felt too difficult. We are passionate about the need to teach children how to cooperate and collaborate with others, as part of a team, understanding fairness and equity of play to embed life-long values. More information on the PE Curriculum can be found here
PSHE
Lubavitch Primary School recognises that personal, social, health and economic education is an important and necessary part of all pupils' education. The school teach PSHE, drawing on good practice, and following the expectation as outlined in the introduction to the proposed new national curriculum. The school tailors its PSHE programme to reflect the needs of our pupils and to use PSHE to equip them with a sound understanding of risk and with the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions. We use PSHE education to build, where appropriate, on the statutory content already outlined in the national curriculum, the basic school curriculum and in the statutory guidance. Furthermore, the PSHE curriculum is embedded in both secular and Jewish studies, through our assemblies and school policies. More information on the PSHE Curriculum can be found here.
Early Reading Statement in the EYFS and KS1:
What are our aims?
We want to teach every child to read and become a confident and enthusiastic reader.
When children start in Reception, we begin teaching them to read.
We follow the teaching sequence set out in Read Write Inc. supported primarily by resources from RUTH MISKIN LITERACY programme.
High quality phonics sessions will be taught daily in Reception and Key Stage 1 classes in small differentiated groups, enhanced by a multi-sensory teaching approach.
We expect children to learn 31 sounds by the end of Reception. In Year 1 children learn the other 13 sounds. During the lessons, children learn sounds for individual letters, diagraphs (two letters representing a single sound, such as ea) and trigraphs (three letters representing a single sound, such as igh). Children learn to blend sounds into words; read exception words; learn correct letters; and learn to spell. We give some children one-to-one support to help them keep up. We give children reading books that help them practise the sounds that they have learned. They read these books at school and take them home to read to their parents. During each week, the classes have story time. Each teacher carefully chooses books to read to the class. This is when children listen to stories that have rich language and they can develop a love of reading.