Curriculum
Pre-School Through Key Stage 1 & 2
The Foundation Stage is comprised of pupils in Pre-school and Reception classes and follows the Foundation Stage Curriculum.
Pupils in Key Stage 1 and 2 follow the National Curriculum for England, which is modified to suit the local environment.
Pupils are taught the core subjects of English, Mathematics and Science through a variety of teaching styles which foster creativity and personalised learning. Pupils also study the following subjects: History, Geography, Art, DT, ICT, Music, PE, Arabic, French and Physical Education.
Pupils are immersed in challenging learning experiences through a wide range of opportunities that offer fun and enjoyment. An extensive after school programme is offered to all pupils in Key Stages 1 and 2 and provides opportunities to develop a diverse range of skills and interests. A number of formal and informal assessment procedures are carried out during the school year.
Summer Term Welcome Letters
Preschool
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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- Recognising colours/ Colour in our world/Colour in seasons
- Changes in Insects
- Weather around the world
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- My family/Who am I?
- My body/how we use our body/senses
- Keeping healthy/Taking care of baby
- Where in the world are we from?/Foods from our country
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- What is living?/How things grow
- Looking at animals
- Who lives in a house like this?/Materials for making homes
- Life under the sea
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Reception
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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- Nursery rhymes/Traditional tales
- Our senses/Weather
- Celebrations
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- Chinese New Year/People who help us
- Mini beasts/Animals
- Habitats
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- Dinosaurs
- Pirates/Under the sea
- Transport
- Holidays
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Year 1
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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- Ourselves/Sound and hearing
- Where in the world is Barnaby Bear?/Toys past and present
- Self-portraits/Moving pictures
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- Growing plants/Pushes and pulls
- Our local area/Qatar-past and present
- Can buildings speak?/Playgrounds
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- Sorting materials/Light and dark
- Kenya/What were homes like long ago?
- Investigating material/Homes
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Year 2
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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- Amazing plants and animals/Health and growth
- Fantastic Florence/Investigating our local area
- Picture this/Still life drawing
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- Seaside holidays in the past/Going to the seaside
- Using electricity/variation
- Vehicles/Mother Nature
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- Great Fire of London/An Island Home
- Grouping and changing materials/forces and movement
- Joseph’s Coat/can buildings speak?
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Year 3
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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- Invaders and Settlers-The Romans
- Materials Rocks and Soils
- Relationships- Keith Haring/Picture frames
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- Doha- what a city!/Weather
- Helping plants grow/Light and Shadows
- Investigating pattern/Moving Monsters
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- Treasure/The Titanic
- Springs and magnets/teeth and healthy eating
- Portraits/ Making a Sandwich
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Year 4
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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- Keeping warm/Moving and growing
- Improving the environment/ landscapes
- Ancient Egypt- time detectives/ Sculpture
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- Settlements and growth in Qatar
- Pattern and sewing skills/Money containers
- Habitats/Solids and liquids
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- Friction/circuits and conductors
- Contrasting localities- A village in India/Rich and poor Tudors
- Investigating patterns and Matisse/ Moving books
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Year 5
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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- Keeping healthy/changing sounds
- WW2
- Still-life/musical instruments
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- Changing state/Gases all around
- Rivers/deserts/making a business
- Picasso/bread and biscuits
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- Sun and Moon/Life cycles
- Ancient Greeks
- Containers/Greek pots
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Year 6
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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- Interdependence and adaptation/Designing experiments
- Micro organisms/health and hygiene
- Mountains /tourism and affects
- Perspective
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- Forces/all about dissolving/ reversible and irreversible changes
- Victorians/People in action
- Design a slipper
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- Light and sound
- Andy Warhol/Building a model theatre
- Sense of place/Britain through the decades
- Shakespeare
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