Sacred Heart Primary School has put the children’s well-being at the centre of our thinking in preparing our recovery curriculum. Our Recovery Curriculum will address the potential gaps in academic attainment with the focus on children's health and mental well-being too.  

Returning to school is vital for children’s education and for their well-being. Time out of school is detrimental for children’s cognitive and academic development, particularly for disadvantaged children. This impact can affect both current levels of learning and children’s future ability to learn. With this in mind, the school community has thought about the most effective way to support your child’s ability to learn.  This approach will encompass and support the academic expectations for your child. 

Summary of Recovery Curriculum Interventions:

Reception

Working with children to use the correct pencil grip, to be able to control a pencil in a confident way. Start to pencil mark, move on to form letters correctly then be able to write their name confidently. Children communicate with confidence and accuracy with other children and adults.

To secure set 1 and 2 sounds, the ability to Fred talk and blend these known sounds to read a word.

To be able to read and write words with known sounds.

To be able to recognise and read red words in books that are at their level.

Year 1

Support the year group in a maths lesson per week, this could be either supporting in a class or taking out a small group of children that could benefit from a small group environment.

Working to improve children handwriting skills:

• Pencil grip
• Pencil control (simple pencil mark making with a purpose)
• Letter/Number formation (recognition)
• Name writing (being able to spell their own name).

Whilst working through these we continue to talk about letter sounds and numbers (recognition and counting).

To secure set 1, 2 and 3 sounds, the ability to Fred talk and blend these known sounds to read a word.

To be able to read and write words with known sounds.

To be able to recognise and read red words in books that are at their level.

Lowest 5% readers

Year 2

Support the year group in a maths lesson per week, this could be either supporting in a class or taking out a small group of children that could benefit from a small group environment.

Working with selected children using the Number Sense Scheme - this helps with flexibility and confidence with number it also helps to achieve fluency in addition and subtraction.

To secure set 1, 2 and 3 sounds, the ability to Fred talk and blend these known sounds to read a word.

To be able to read and write words with known sounds.

To be able to recognise and read red words in books that are at their level.

Lowest 5% readers

Year 3

Support the year group in a maths lesson per week, this could be either supporting in a class or taking out a small group of children that could benefit from a small group environment.

Working with children on their maths skills, helping them to achieve targets for them to progress.

Lowest 5% readers

Year 4

Support the year group in a maths lesson per week, this could be either supporting in a class or taking out a small group of children that could benefit from a small group environment.

Supporting targeted children to work to Reading, Writing and Maths targets. Focusing on any areas they may have gaps in.

Lowest 5% readers

Year 5

Support the year group in a maths lesson per week, this could be either supporting in a class or taking out a small group of children that could benefit from a small group environment.

Supporting targeted children to work to Reading, Writing and Maths targets. Focusing on any areas they may have gaps in.

Lowest 5% readers

Year 6

Working with a focus group working on Reading and Maths targets, working on any areas they may have gaps in. To develop Year 6 children with the skills and knowledge to be secondary ready. 

Lowest 5% readers