Learning and Teaching

Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are known as the Foundation Phase and follow the Foundation Phase framework 3-7 and the Digital Competency Framework.

The Foundation Phase curriculum comprises of 7 key areas:

• Personal Social Culture

• Language, Literacy and Communication Skills

• Mathematical Development

• Welsh Language Development

• Knowledge and Understanding of the World

• Physical Development

• Creative Development

Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 are known as Key Stage 2 (KS2) and follow the National Curriculum and the Digital Competency Framework. In Wales we are in a process of curriculum reform and more details about our curriculum can be seen in the Values Curriculum tab.

The school follows the National Literacy and Numeracy Framework (LNF), which is a statutory document. The overarching purpose of the LNF is to help achieve the aim of the Welsh Government that children in Wales are able to develop excellent literacy and numeracy skills during their time in school. The teachers at Herbert Thompson use this document to ensure that these skills are interwoven right throughout the curriculum. The Key Components to the LNF are:

• Oracy across the curriculum

• Reading across the curriculum

• Writing across the curriculum

• Developing numerical reasoning

• Using number skills

• Using measuring skills

• Using data skills