Curriculum
Intent Statement
Hampton Wick Infant and Nursery School is passionate about instilling a love of learning in all children. We provide an enjoyable and engaging curriculum that builds upon children’s interests leading to excellent outcomes. We aim to equip pupils with the knowledge and skills needed to become independent and resilient learners. High value is placed on supporting children to think for themselves, asking questions about events that take place and the world around them.
Our curriculum is based around the Power of Reading. As an Infant school, we see a love of reading as the gateway to all learning. Our school passionately believes that every child is entitled to know the joy of a book and as such we are tenacious that every child is a reader. Children are consistently immersed in high quality texts, ensuring they extend an already well-developed vocabulary. We believe young children learn best by immersion in a theme and so the majority of our other subjects build upon the focus text and theme.
As a school set close to Bushy and Richmond Park, with our own Wilderness area, we are keen for our children to explore, understand and care for the nature on our doorstep. We prioritise children recognising their place within the world and their responsibilities for it. We aim to inspire children’s curiosity and fascination, expanding their interests from the familiar, to experiences and places that broaden their horizons. Our curriculum ensures children regularly learn outdoors. We see many children simply ‘come alive’ learning outside the classroom and place value on the collaboration, resilience and independence that working on a larger scale brings.
Many of our children speak more than one language. We foster and celebrate their languages and heritage, for example by focusing on a different language spoken in our school every month. As part of this, children have the opportunity to explore the cultures and customs associated with the countries where focus languages are spoken.
Creativity is a key part of the Hampton Wick curriculum. Our children are surrounded by pieces of art and are encouraged to see themselves as artists. We value music, performance and the visual arts and embrace opportunities to develop the children’s confidence and skills in performing to an audience.
Hampton Wick Infant & Nursery School Curriculum Overview
Curriculum Information and Support Documents for Parents
Phonics and Reading- Hampton Wick Infant and Nursery School currently follows 'Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised' which is a complete systematic synthetic phonics programme (SSP) developed for school and approved by the government. It concentrates on activities to promote speaking and listening skills, phonological awareness and oral blending. We use the resources, rhymes and images from 'Little Wandle' to support our children to become fluent readers. Children are given reading books to take home which exactly match their reading level.
Why we chose the 'Little Wandle' Phonics Programme - please click here
For more information and to look at resources that will support your child on their reading journey, please click here.
If you would like more information about any aspect of the curriculum at Hampton Wick Infant and Nursery School then please contact the office info@hamptonwick.richmond.sch.uk and your request will be directed to the relevant subject leader or senior leader.
Year Group pages
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