Learning
Our Curriculum Intent
Our aim is to provide our children with an engaging, exciting and empowering curriculum that equips them for today and tomorrow. We believe that childhood should be a happy, investigative and enquiring time in our lives, where there are no limits to curiosity and there is a thirst for new experiences and knowledge. We view the …
Our Curriculum Drivers
Taking account of all stakeholders voice, we have developed our Curriculum Drivers that underpin all we do. These drivers are devised to communicate the key skills, knowledge and understanding that we want to instil in our children, leading to them become confident, successful and ambitious citizens who know their place in the world and are …
Our Learning Superpowers
Along with our Curriculum Drivers, we have worked closely with our children to create and develop our learning superheroes who display key learning superpowers. These superpowers help us with learning to learn and we work hard to use them in all we do. Lets introduce them: Really Reflective – Really Reflective thinks about his learning. …
Early Years Foundation Stage
Welcome to our Early Years Foundation Stage. Here at London Colney, we believe in children having the strongest start to their education as possible and place a strong emphasis on our Early Years Foundation Stage. Our EYFS is made up of our Nursery and Reception class and is taught and lead by teachers and staff …
Reading
At London Colney, we provide an appropriate, inclusive, engaging English curriculum. The development of children’s language is crucial to their success across the curriculum. We want all children to be excellent communicators, to listen actively and to speak with confidence. At London Colney, children are helped to develop a love of reading and to become …
Phonics
What is Phonics? Phonics is simply the system of relationships between letters and sounds in a language. When your child learns that the letter C has the sound of ‘c’ or your older child learns that “tion” sounds like ‘shun’, they are learning phonics. At London Colney Primary & Nursery School, we believe that all …
Writing
At London Colney, we provide an appropriate, inclusive, engaging English curriculum. The development of children’s language is crucial to their success across the curriculum. We want all children to be excellent communicators, to listen actively and to speak with confidence. At London Colney, children are helped to develop a love of reading and to become …
Maths
At London Colney Primary and Nursery School, we provide opportunities for all children to make rich connections across mathematical ideas to develop their fluency, problem solving and reasoning skills; our aim is that all learners are equipped with the knowledge to solve ever more challenging mathematical problems. We promote a curriculum which is accessible to …
Art and Design, Design Technology and Music
Here at London Colney, we strongly believe in fostering creativity and expression within our pupils. We strive to ensure that our children have ample opportunities to express themselves in a range of ways across a broad and balanced curriculum. Although we know creativity and expression can be nurtured and displayed in many ways, throughout our …
History, Geography, Science and Computing
Understanding the world around us is one of the key components of the curriculum we offer here at London Colney and is thread through all of our curriculum drivers. We strongly believe in our children having the opportunities and experiences to not only understand the immediate community they are a part of but also the …
PE, RE and PSHE inc RSHE
At London Colney, we don’t only place an emphasis on our children’s academic progress and achievement but we also strive to ensure that our pupils develop personally into confident, well-rounded and successful citizens. We aim to instil virtues and traits into our children so that they recognise and appreciate the variety of cultures, beliefs and …
SEND
Contact Information If you would like to speak to a member of staff regarding any special educational needs or disabilities, our SENCo, Louise Dembowicz, can be reached on 01727 823283 or via the SENCo Assistant at t.akrigg@londoncolney.herts.sch.uk Send Information Report Our SEND Information Report details the ways in which the school supports pupils and families. …
Families Connect
Did you know that London Colney Primary & Nursery School run a programme called Families Connect? This programme is committed to ensure each child reaches their full potential and as such we run a workshop within our school. Please take a look below at what our families have to say about it.
Mental Health and Wellbeing
WELLBEING At London Colney Primary we care about the health and wellbeing of our children and families. As a school ensuring that children are safe and happy is our priority. We have rigorous anti bullying policies and systems in place to ensure that if a child has any worries or concerns they will be listened …
British Values
At London Colney Primary & Nursery School, we promote ‘British Values’ through our spiritual, moral, social and cultural education which permeates through the schools’ curriculum and supports the development of the ‘whole child’. We recognise that such development is most successful when those values and attitudes are promoted by all the staff and provide a …
SMSC
At London Colney Primary and Nursery School we recognise that the personal development of our children, spiritually, morally, socially and culturally, plays a significant part in their ability to learn and achieve. We aim to provide an education that provides pupils with opportunities to explore and develop their own values and beliefs, spiritual awareness, high standards …