At Yarrow Primary School we are developing our teaching practice towards the new Curriculum for Excellence. We do our best to provide a range of experiences for our young people which encourage active, independent and creative learning. The purpose of the new Curriculum is to help the young people who join our school to become
- Successful learners
- Confident individuals
- Responsible citizens
- Effective contributors
The following information tells you about the topics which will be covered in each curriculum area this year. Also attached are copies of the termly overviews which give more detail about individual topics being studied. We hope that parents of our pupils might find this information useful when providing valuable encouragement and support to their children at home.
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The language curriculum includes:
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Maths
ICT
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The maths curriculum includes:
Pupils will focus on:
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Environmental Studies
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Our topics this year will be:
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PSD & Health
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Our topics this year will be:
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R&ME
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Our topics this year will be:
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Art
Music
Drama
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This year our pupils will be studying the various techniques in art in the following order:
Our pupils will be developing various skills in music and these will be linked to their topic work and their Christmas Concert.
Pupils will be focusing on the different drama techniques and linking these to their topics and their Christmas Concert which will be performed at Bowhill Theatre. They will develop skills in:
In PE, the pupils will develop their skills in:
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