Curriculum - continued
Every child experiences a broad curriculum throughout the School. All classes study the core subjects of English, Mathematics and Science. They also follow the foundation subjects of History, Geography, Music, Physical Education, DT and Art. Information Technology is integrated throughout the curriculum with a separate lesson dedicated to the learning of new skills. A modern language (French) is studied from Transition upwards with Spanish added in Y6. All children take religious studies in addition to daily worship at the beginning of each day. Classes are well looked after by the Form Teacher and they have a Form Period and PSHE lesson together where all sorts of issues and current affairs are discussed and dealt with. While pupils are entered for 11+ entrance and scholarship exams to senior schools, the curriculum content is not dictated by the examination subject. Sufficient time is given to those examinable subjects, but the non-examinable are seen as equally important in the development of the whole child. The curriculum is encompassed in a 10 period day usually starting with a fifteen minute assembly. In addition, extra-curricular activities are catered for at lunchtimes and after school.
