Higham St. John's Church Of England Primary School

Class Topic Cycles

At Higham St. John's, we aim to make our curriculum bespoke to the needs of our children.  To view a copy of our Statement of Intent for our curriculum, please refer to the main curriculum page

 

A note on mixed-age classes

At Higham St. John's, we have mixed-age classes throughout the school.  As a result, the children may spend two years in any of our classes (Elm Class 1, Ash Class 2, Birch Class 3, Sycamore Class 4 or Oak Class 5). This means that we require a two-year topic cycle so that the children do not repeat any topics during their time in the same class. 

For some aspects of the curriculum, we are able to facilitate single year group teaching where we feel this would benefit the children the most. For example, PSHE / RSE is always taught in year groups and we currently deliver science teaching in Key Stage 2 in smaller, single year group classes.

A Forward-thinking evolving curriculum

We continually review the content of our curriculum as we progress through the cycles. Each year, we modify and adapt our curriculum to meet the specific needs of individual cohorts. We do not rely on published schemes of work and prefer to use our professional skills and judgements in order to provide a relevant, stimulating and broad curriculum which is research-led and evidence-based.