TIG Federation

In the TIG Federation, we plan our curriculum around our three values of Friendship, Respect and Compassion and our vision ‘We respect everyone as individuals growing together as a community flourishing through compassion, nurture and inspirational learning’. This process aids us in weaving our approach to diversity, wellbeing and British Values throughout the curriculum; this is central to the contexts of our group of small rural schools.

At TIG, our curriculum is designed to engage and inspire our pupils; to build on their curiosity, to excite and inspire them to learn; to celebrate and learn more about their locality, but also to learn about the diverse and amazing world beyond these small villages.

Our curriculum will enable children to be confident, to be interested in learning, to strive for excellence and be proud of their own successes . Our curriculum supports and challenges and contains variety of learning and activities to keep pupils wanting to learn more. We want our curriculum to be so inviting that every day it hooks children in and makes learning and school engaging. Children will learn indoors and outdoors. They use our spacious and natural school grounds and our community as a way of building up really strong skills of team work, problem solving, respect, encouragement etc as life skills to go alongside their academic learning. Our pupils show great creativity and benefit from many opportunities to experience and make music and art of very good quality. So, they leave our school as confident human beings who have a strong moral compass, ready to achieve and flourish in whatever they chose to do in the future, in whatever part of the world life leads them.

The documents below provide an overview of all areas of the curriculum across our federation. If you have a query about our curriculum, you can contact our Curriculum Lead, Mrs Lauren Evan (Headteacher) via any of our school offices:

Kirk Hammeton CE Primary School: admin@kirkhammerton.n-yorks.sch.uk, 01423 330460
Long Marston CE Primary School: admin@longmarston.n-yorks.sch.uk, 01904 738352
Staveley Community Primary School: admin@staveley.n-yorks.sch.uk, 01423 340338

To find out more about the national curriculum, please follow the links below:

EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) curriculum

Key stage 1 and 2 curriculum

Visit our policies page to view our Teaching and Learning policy

You can view our Curriculum intent statement below:

The EYFS curriculum is based on the overarching principles that learning and development depends on each unique child having the opportunity to interact to form positive relationships within enabling environments.  It is divided into 7 areas of learning and development which are all interconnected and help shape the ‘whole child’.

The 7 Areas of Learning 

Prime areas:

• Communication and Language
• Physical Development 
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development 

Specific areas:

• Literacy
• Maths
• Understanding the World
• Expressive Art and Design 

The Prime Areas of learning are three areas that are particularly important for building a foundation for igniting children’s curiosity and enthusiasm for learning, forming relationships and thriving. The Specific Areas of learning are the four areas that underpin and strengthen the prime areas of learning.  

Characteristics of Effective Learning
We observe and support the children’s attitude and approach to learning by encouraging:

• playing and exploring – children investigate and experience things, and ‘have a go’
• active learning – children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties, and enjoy achievements
• creating and thinking critically – children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things.

Progression tables for EYFS: