Curriculum

Phonics scheme: We use 'Letters and Sounds' and activities from 'Phonics play'. Our reading scheme is a selection of books from Rigby Star, Rising Stars, Oxford Reading Tree, Leapfrogs and Oxford Literacy web which are book banded according to the national book band colours.

'FREE OXFORD READING TREE ONLINE BOOKS'

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=&level=oxford+level+1%2B&level_select=&level_select=oxford+level+1%2B&book_type=&series=#

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE)

In line with National guidance, PSHE is an integral part of our balanced and broad curriculum at Groombridge St Thomas which:

• promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society

• prepares pupils at the school for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life’

We base our teaching and learning of PSHE on three core themes within which there is broad overlap and flexibility:

1. Health and Well-being

2. Relationships

3. Living in the Wider World

E-SAFETY

As outlined in our e-safety policy (downloadable from the information/policies tab) , children in KS1 are taught to:

'use technology safely and respectfully, keeping personal information private; identify where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact

on the internet or other online technologies'