Focused Learning Days (FLDs)
At William Harding we ensure we deliver the National Curriculum but we also enrich our pupils’ experience by going beyond the curriculum.
Enrichment and our Personal Development Curriculum
Our curriculum is made up of the subjects that we teach and our Personal Development Curriculum. As part of the Personal Development Curriculum we look at values like Respect and Honesty. We also learn about how to develop personal qualities like being organised and resilient. Enrichment is also part of our Personal Development Curriculum. We enrich our curriculum through clubs, trips and visitors.
Beyond the National Curriculum
We ensure that we cover everything that is required within the National Curriculum but we also go beyond that. In the last week of each half term we have Focused Learning Days (FLDs). On those days we take our learning beyond the National Curriculum to look at other aspects of the world around us. We choose our FLDs based on what we feel that our pupils need to know. We cover a wide range of topics during the year to give our curriculum breadth and depth. These are the FLDs planned for this year.
FLDs can be half a day or for a day. We focus on a specific topic or idea that is particularly relevant to our pupils. FLDs are recording in our class books and displays.
Our FLDs for 2024-25
MUSU
LORIC, values, behaviour and wellbeing - Transition support
Autumn 1
Dot Day - art and English linked day based around a story
Black History Month - an international month to give everyone the opportunity to share, celebrate and understand the impact of black heritage and culture
World Mental Health - a global day to look at how we can improve our mental health and support others
Us, Community, Culture and the World - each half term we cover an aspect of the world around us. We look at our locality, our national and the world as a whole
Careers - this is an FLD to explore the types of jobs that exist, the skills needed to do them and explore the children’s aspirations
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) – a national day to explore what DLD is
Autumn 2
Anti-bullying - a national day to look at how we can prevent bullying
Us, Community, Culture and the World - each half term we cover an aspect of the world around us. We look at our locality, our national and the world as a whole
Careers - this is an FLD to explore the types of jobs that exist, the skills needed to do them and explore the children’s aspirations
Spring 1
NSPCC Number Day - a national day to learn about maths and numbers
Women in science - Famous scientists tend to be male so we learn about important female scientists in this FLD
Comic Book Day - during the day we look at a range of aspects of comic books such as writing speech, onomatopoeia and how to summarise a story
World Read Out Loud Day - a global day encourage reading out loud
E-Safety – a national day where children learn about keeping safe online
Us, Community, Culture and the World - each half term we cover an aspect of the world around us. We look at our locality, our national and the world as a whole
Careers - this is an FLD to explore the types of jobs that exist, the skills needed to do them and explore the children’s aspirations
Spring 2
World Book Day – a national event to celebrate and enjoy books and reading
Keeping ourselves safe – during these FLDs we learn about a range of ways to keep us safe e.g. near railways, near water, fire safety etc
Road Safety – during these FLDs we learn about a range of ways to keep us safe on roads or near roads and when crossing the road
Summer 1
Finances – We learn about our finances, budgeting, saving, different places to save money in e.g. banks, building societies etc
Us, Community, Culture and the World - each half term we cover an aspect of the world around us. We look at our locality, our national and the world as a whole
Careers - this is an FLD to explore the types of jobs that exist, the skills needed to do them and explore the children’s aspirations
Summer 2
Sports Day – An event to allow the children to compete together for their house
French – We learn about France and its culture as well as developing our understanding of French
Inventors and Inventions – We learn about different inventions and inventors
Art - We look at either a particular style of art, a particular artist or a particular technique in detail
Parliament, laws and the prime minister – We learn about Parliament and the job of MPs in creating laws
If you have any further questions about FLDs please contact Mrs Skinner via the school office