Subjects
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
Art and Design at London Colney is mainly taught as part of our thematic approach to learning. Within our Learning Adventure each half term, our pupils have the opportunity to learn, practice and consolidate key skills within art doing so in a cross-curricular, contextual way. Our children also develop their knowledge of art and design …
Design Technology
Similarly to Art and Design, Design and Technology (DT) is taught as part of our thematic approach to learning. Within our Learning Adventure each half term, our pupils have the opportunity to learn, practice and consolidate key skills within DT doing so in a cross-curricular, contextual way. Our children also develop their knowledge of DT …
Music
Enjoying and expressing ourselves through music is an integral part of our teaching and learning here at London Colney as we aim to provide our children with a range of musical experiences and opportunities to help broaden and develop their skills and understanding within the subject. As part of our core learning of music, we …
MFL
Promoting and valuing culture and diversity is a key virtue we wish to instil in our pupils when being creative and expressing themselves. We believe one aspect of this is having the ability to learn about different countries around the world, including the languages they speak. Our core learning for Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) sees …
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 …