Daily Supported Reading (DSR DSR is a well-established approach at Holmleigh Primary School to the teaching of early reading. This whole class-based programme is delivered initially to Year 1, then introduced into Reception and for some children in Year 2 who continue to benefit from...

Intent The 2014 National Curriculum for English aims to ensure that all children: read easily, fluently and with a good understanding develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and knowledge of...

Bug Club Phonics At Holmleigh we follow the Bug Club Phonics to teach phonics. Daily phonics sessions begin in EYFS and continue in Year 1 and Year 2.   Bug Club Phonics is a fun and interactive approach to teaching children to read and write....

Intent The 2014 National Curriculum for Mathematics aims to ensure that all children: become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, are able to reason mathematically , can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non-routine problems “Mathematics is a creative...

Intent Science is a core subject and is taught on a weekly basis. All the topics that we teach are from The Science National Curriculum and progressions is evident from Nursery up to Year 6. All children; develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the...