Subjects

Confidence in the use of language and a range of communication skills gives children the capacity to participate fully in our society. Opportunities to communicate in a range of contexts and to a range of audiences are woven into each child’s learning experience at Hargrave Park. These include regular class assemblies, performance poetry events and published writing.

Lab18@HP is a specialist Science area where children observe, experience, investigate and explore the ideas they are enquiring in a scientific way. The children safely utilise the excellent resources available to them in the lab to design experiments, test their hypotheses and develop their understanding of key scientific ideas.

Children have daily phonics lessons until they are secure in their knowledge.

Children build their skills through investigation and problem solving from EYFS to Year 6. Children use concrete, pictorial and abstract challenges to develop skills in deep mathematical thinking and reasoning.

A high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world.

Personal, social and emotional development is a vital prerequisite for being an effective learner. Opportunities to develop personal, social and emotional skills are embedded in our practice.

Planning the curriculum to be experienced through humanity-based themes ensures that all learning happens within a rich and engaging context by which the children learn about the world they live in, the people in it and the times that have come before. Using the themes from ‘prospects improve’ ensures a thorough and varied experience.

RE develops an individual’s knowledge and understanding of the religions and beliefs which form part of contemporary society.

At Hargrave Park, children are taught Spanish throughout Key Stage 2 using an interactive and stimulating scheme which uses video and sound files including songs to promote enjoyment, ensure authenticity and support confidence and participation.