Curious Minds

Students at St John's Poulton le Fylde take transition in their stride

St John's Catholic Primary School in Poulton has been using its CP programme to support transition from KS1 to KS2 in a most imaginative way. Working with visual artist Kerris St Pierre children in Year 2 and Year 6 have produced superb 3D models based on the class's current topics - for example Rainforests, or Weather . Working in parallel the children have produced fantastic work which supports and inspires the topic - and both children and teachers have seen how the curriculum can be delivered using the same approach either side of transition.

 

Whilst this has been going on, the Reception children have been working with Dance artist Kat Irving, using repetition of simple dance movements over a long period of weeks to build up a significant piece of dance, based on observation and simple maths. Teachers have been surprised and pleased with the success of this physical approach to retaining information.

 

Written by Rosie Crook