Curriculum Implementation & the Learning Sequence

At Walton on the Hill Primary School we believe effective curriculum sequencing and planning is essential to facilitate impactful learning.  Learning needs to be planned over time with an understanding of how children progress, develop and retain information.  Teachers and subject leaders need to be aware of the existing knowledge base, skill level and vocabulary to ensure children are provided with learning opportunities targeted at the appropriate zone of proximal development.

Long and medium term curriculum planning and assessment are crucial to ensuring the success of this strategy. Subject leaders work in conjunction with SLT and class teachers to ensure lessons and teaching sequences are appropriately pitched.  Learning points sit within learning sequences; units of work build on procedural, disciplinary and substantive knowledge from earlier points in the curriculum.  Teachers and students should make explicit links between their current learning and previously mastered knowledge and skills.  We expect teachers to know the logic of the teaching sequence and where the learning sits in the bigger curriculum sequence.  We regularly revisit prior learning to help ensure long-term retention of knowledge and skills.