A child’s school career at Lingfield is split up into three distinct phases.

The Foundation Stage

• Nursery
• Reception

Key Stage One                   

• Year 1
• Year 2

Key Stage Two  

• Year 3
• Year 4
• Year 5
• Year 6

The Foundation Stage

Within the foundation stage are seven areas of learning; these are split up into three prime areas and four specific areas.

The Prime Areas

• Communication and Language
• Physical Development
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development

The Specific Areas

• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the World
• Expressive Arts and Design

These areas form the foundation of all learning that takes place in school.

Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

As children move from Reception to Year 1 and until they leave us at the end of Year 6 we follow the National Curriculum.  The National Curriculum is divided into core subjects and foundation Subjects.

The core subjects are:

• English
• Maths
• Science

The foundation subjects are;

• Computing
• Art
• History
• Geography
• Design and Technology
• PE
• Music

We also teach French, Personal Social, Health and Citizenship Education and R.E.

The Government has asked schools to implement and deliver a new curriculum from September 2014.  Pupils in Y6 and Y2 will still follow the previous curriculum in English, Maths and Science that was statutory before September 2014.