- Terms 1 and 2: explore project (Geography driver)
- Terms 3 and 4: discover project (History driver)
- Terms 5 and 6: create project (Art driver)
Our curriculum is designed in a way that means children 'work' like an expert in each subject. The curriculum is shaped through the use of questions that force teaching to include fundamental knowledge and skills required. For example, in art, the question 'How do people talk about art?' is used. This results in children learning about different ways that people interpret and talk about art e.g., Year 1 evaluate art with an understanding of how art can be varied and made in different ways by different people. year 5 are expected to consider how effectively a piece of art expresses emotion and creates atmosphere.
This is also achieved by carefully identifying key concepts to be revisited across the school. For example, the concept of 'environment' in geography is explored in Year 4 when the children study land use around the River Medway. Later in Year 6, they look at how natural disasters impact the people living where these disasters occur.