We use the English National Curriculum - full details can be found on the official UK Government website.

Our core mathematics program is Power Maths; a whole-class mastery program designed to spark curiosity and excitement and help nurture confidence in maths. An essential concept of Power Maths is the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) approach which highlights the need to provide children with concrete manipulatives. This program gives freedom when we want it and structure where we chose it to inspire a love of maths and to ensure understanding and progression for every child. It has been written to fully support the outcomes of the National Curriculum of England.

It is supplemented with regular opportunities for students to become competent users of the language of mathematics; who can begin to use it as a way of thinking as opposed to seeing it as a series of facts and equations to be memorised. Where possible, we plan opportunities within our IPC units of work for children to put their mathematical skills into practice.

As with our mathematics curriculum, English is driven by the outcomes of the National Curriculum of England. Children need a strong grounding in basic language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) before they are able to access other areas of the curriculum and AWIS has invested heavily to ensure these skills can be developed as quickly as possible. Our main reading scheme is Oxford Reading Tree; this is supplemented with a range of reading materials that are designed to stimulate interest and enthusiasm in our students.

Monster Phonics is a structured phonics scheme which is taught from FS1 to Year 2. It teaches children to read by enabling them to identify the individual graphemes (letter combinations) and blend the sounds (phonemes) together to read the word. It is a fun way to teach phonics, since it is multi-sensory. Sounds are categorised into ten colour groups, and each colour has a corresponding monster character. This creates interest and engagement from the children.

Our students in Year 3 to 6 use the No Nonsense Spelling scheme to ensure their spelling skills progress each year. This scheme aims to raise the expectations of what children can read independently. It also aims to create a greater shift towards the child's responsibility to learn spellings and applying/checking learned spellings in their writing.

We use the Oxford Writing Criterion Scale as the bedrock of our writing programme. This scale breaks down children's writing development into small steps so that it is easy to identify the point children have reached, and the steps they need to make next in order to progress.

The IPC units of work are full of opportunities for children to practice their language skills; speaking, listening and writing as a means of communication and their reading as a means of research and pleasure. When carrying out their work children will read to find out information, write a range of stories, poems and non-fiction in a variety of styles and use speaking and listening to work in groups and as a way of reporting on the work they have done.