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24/06/22
#artbuilders22 Year 1 and 2 had a fab time at the art builders illustration workshop online https://t.co/CVCdw0YHl9
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31/05/22
Retweeted From Faber Children's
👑 GIVEAWAY 👑 To celebrate the #PlatinumJubilee we're giving away 5 copies of Squishy McFluff's excellent adventure, Tea with the Queen! 🐱🫖🍰 To enter like, RT and follow @faberchildrens UK only. Ends 1 June. Good luck! https://t.co/tloQTYif5r
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24/05/22
Everyone had a fantastic time at @YVconcerts last night. The children all performed amazingly and did the school proud! #proud #experience https://t.co/qj45bkyMTS
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23/05/22
The children are excited and ready for this evenings performance. We hope everyone enjoys the show, for those attending we are on the first level to the left of the stage! #youngvoices22 #YV22 https://t.co/I3mUwFoYY5
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23/05/22
As part of our Careers Fair lots of pupils learnt about businesses that support adults with financial management and learnt all about pensions, trust funds etc as well as many other professions #inspiringthenextgeneration #careerseducation #community #aspiringforexcellence https://t.co/ciOVZkloj3
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23/05/22
The winners for the Careers Fair were Annabelle in Starfish and Isla in Seals. Congratulations girls, we look forward to hearing all about your days out! #inspiringthenextgeneration #careerseducation #community https://t.co/CT5uRBKgpH
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23/05/22
On Friday, Year 6 attended the Young Adventurers Camp out weekend at Buckmore park with other primary schools in the trust. They learnt to put up & pack down their tents, enjoyed an outdoor late-night cinema & had great fun caving, orienteering, & exploring the stunning woodland https://t.co/3uYlBg7ZZU
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23/05/22
A MASSIVE well done to our Starfish Superstar cyclists who took part in the Early Years Bike race at @VIPSHolborough last week. The children zoomed around the race track, jumped over ramps and even took part in a relay bike sprint! As always, our children were AWESOME!! https://t.co/pLKW4NEGLw
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19/05/22
A HUGE well done to our INCREDIBLE Yr1 children who took part in the Change4Life Sports festival at @EBVIPS yesterday. They competed in a number of challenging activities that tested their jumping, catching, sprinting, throwing & balance skills! Amazingly Awesome Athletes! https://t.co/0QfinR7Qdd
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19/05/22
This week in PSHE Whale Class thought about the difference between items that we need and want. They discussed the difference between these two situations. https://t.co/Ad9xiRNPqr
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19/05/22
As part of our architecture topic in Art/DT, Year 5 have been comparing modern new-builds to Tudor houses. They have produced some incredible sketches using their observation skills! https://t.co/hVf5L7wdQF
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18/05/22
⭐⭐RRSA GOLD⭐⭐ Do take a look at our fantastic RRSA Gold report. https://t.co/oFMN4ecbXe
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18/05/22
We are thrilled to have been awarded our GOLD Rights Respecting Award. Gold is the highest accolade given by @UNICEF_uk & shows a deep and thorough commitment to children’s rights at all levels of school life. #gold #teamwork https://t.co/34L7bKcEnC
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16/05/22
A huge well done to Isla, Jamie and Sarannah in Year 3 on winning the U8's girls tournament at the Wateringbury football tournament on Saturday. 8 teams participated & they won all the matches. They had a close match in the final but smashed it in penalties. #girlsfootball #TEAM https://t.co/8aDVboAfHZ
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13/05/22
Well done year 6! You absolutely SMASHED IT this week. You have all worked so hard and all the teaching staff and governors are so incredibly proud of you. Enjoy a well-deserved relaxing weekend! #sats2022 https://t.co/URutp2iXc7
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13/05/22
Thank you to the PTA Kings Hill VIPs for two fabulous discos this week, the children enjoyed getting dressed up and dancing and playing with their friends. A brilliant £359.40 was raised! https://t.co/4Vxi8R3WzR
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13/05/22
The children thoroughly enjoyed their ‘bounce’ workshop today with @bouncebeyondUK learning different jumps & springs to a range of songs. Yr2 even learnt how to bounce around in a circle on their bottom, we had some very hot & sweaty children after each session #fitness #bounce https://t.co/2ZWyVU52KI
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12/05/22
To celebrate the children's INCREDIBLE efforts during SATs week, Stingray class have been taking part in gardening activities this afternoon #sats2022 https://t.co/4yCURKCzxo
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12/05/22
To celebrate the children's INCREDIBLE efforts during SATs week, Stingray class took part in a number of fun activities! Pogo art, Baking and gardening were all on offer and were hugely enjoyed by our wonderful children! #sats2022 https://t.co/KFZ4wMWLJ2
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12/05/22
Year 5 have been studying the architecture of Norman Foster, Robert Venturi and his wife Denise Scott Brown as part of our Art and DT topic. We have been experimenting with symmetry and asymmetry! https://t.co/m6hwnJR3oA
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11/05/22
Retweeted From Invictagrammar
Today we welcomed @EBVIPS @VIPSLeybourne @VIPSKingshill @VIPSHolborough for our VIAT Artist Workshop with Su Blackwell 'Literature Enriches Me....' #artist #schools #learning #collaboration #Literature https://t.co/yaNX7ZqUnG
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11/05/22
We entered the beautiful artwork of Anluan, Emie and Naithu from Year 6 into the Young Artist’s Summer Show. They were unfortunately unsuccessful in qualifying for the final show, but we want to celebrate this significant milestone in their artist development. https://t.co/jhNSEBuoAA
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11/05/22
This afternoon Shark Class have been mixing paint to make brick colours and practised printing in their sketch books before printing brick patterns on their castles that they made last week. https://t.co/93lvVkfuzZ
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10/05/22
Year 6 have been working hard this week on their SATS -we’re so proud of them! So as a tonic to our morning tests, we’ve been having some lovely, calm and creative afternoons. Today we looked at the @NationalGallery ‘Take One Picture’ and completed a creative workshop in response https://t.co/pWMV54elwF
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10/05/22
Starfish have been making play doh vegetables, drawing and labelling a carrot and cutting and sticking foods into healthy and treat sections! https://t.co/JSalU1YAdC
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06/05/22
Art club have been working hard to create these beautiful flower pictures. https://t.co/jwLfa1Q0o0
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05/05/22
Knowing that it’s SATS next week, we wanted to equip our year 6 with ways to handle worry and stress. We spent time learning how to ‘unwind’ & techniques to feel calm. We are so proud of the hard work they have all put in, and hope that they can all relax over the weekend. https://t.co/Q41DsvNxAs
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05/05/22
As part of our art learning Whale Class spent the afternoon exploring drawing feathers using a range of different art media. What the children produced was OUTSTANDING. #artists #artbuilders https://t.co/hAzIIRqsGA
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05/05/22
In science, Seal Class looked at how light works on a mirror. They played a variety of mini-games using mirrors to see how words would appear when looking into the mirrors. https://t.co/TvSe5NfQNi
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05/05/22
Year 1 have been very busy making cardboard castles following their trip last week to @BodiamCastleNT We are very impressed with the results but not so impressed with the mess! https://t.co/U25WLLHUtd
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05/05/22
On Tuesday afternoon, our fantastic Year 5/6 football team headed over to @MorePark for a 9 a side league match. It was a tough match against some very skilled players but our team of heroes battled hard to a 1-1 draw. Mr Littleton couldn't be prouder of the team! https://t.co/29xa6lxOmn
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03/05/22
Luke in Year 5 has been doing fundraising during the month of April. He did the ‘walk 60 miles in April’ to raise funds for @GreatOrmondSt Luke is super chuffed that he managed to raise £235. Well done Luke! #charityfundraiser https://t.co/TCm6fcqF2Y
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03/05/22
In the Easter holidays, George in Yr5 took part in the Kent Golf Invicta 10s competition at Hever Castle Golf Club. He did 9 holes of golf in the morning and a skills challenge in the afternoon. He won the chipping skills challenge and received a medal. Well done George! https://t.co/hqLJl1qNNj
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03/05/22
This morning Whale Class started retelling their story called Firebird. They have been creating a story map of the opening of the story. https://t.co/FJumTaD7wN
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03/05/22
Retweeted From ChurchillSquareBC
Four #business customers helped to inspire the next generation of #entrepreneurs from @VIPSKingshill morning during a careers talk at our #BusinessCentre. Thanks again to Kent Hearing, Sculpt and Shape, Reef Financial and Adams & Bowles Wealth Management! #NotJustOfficeSpace https://t.co/60YdpaLurd
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03/05/22
The new May Kings Hill Directory magazine is now available and can be viewed online here: https://t.co/DbQGd9kqaM
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29/04/22
To celebrate our new writing focus on Mabeth, Stingray class have been planning and writing character descriptions based on the devious character Macbeth! The children have also been busy debating some thought provoking opinions like is Lady Macbeth more evil than Macbeth? https://t.co/gjyXgiA3l6
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29/04/22
In Art this week Seals class designed their first draft mask. To ensure they had lots of creative ideas they reflected on their learning last week using their collage of ideas around the topic 'carnival' https://t.co/zJR7DxjdOp
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28/04/22
To kick-start their Science topic on Lifecycles, Dolphins Class created their own butterflies using paint and their knowledge of symmetry. They show the amazing nature of metamorphosis in insects. https://t.co/dFXYBVug1y
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28/04/22
Weaving Whales have been having a lovely time investigating and exploring the different patterns you can make when weaving different materials. https://t.co/4UuEDYWHpt
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At Valley Invicta Primary School at Kings Hill, our school curriculum is the core focus of our work, which is to:
Ensure that our pupils are exceptionally prepared for the next stage in their educational journey.
Our values underpin our curriculum, as we strive to Empower our pupils, enable them to connect confidently and effectively and to grow and develop to inspire others.
In addition, our Rights Respecting focus develops our pupils’ spiritual, moral social and cultural learning and understanding across the full breadth of our curriculum.
We believe that the role of our curriculum is to connect our children’s thinking to an understanding of their place in the world, to create a space for them to explore what they stand for, and to help them realise and relish that they can and should make a difference.
In the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), the children continue to develop the skills and knowledge outlined in the Foundation Stage Framework, which have been a focus of learning in nursery. Most children will complete this framework and achieve a Good Level of Development by the end of Reception.
We ensure that our pupils in Year 1 to Year 6 are taught using the National Curriculum and in doing so meet statutory requirements. In addition, we will continue the EYFS Foundation Stage Framework if children need this.
Our Long Term and Medium Term plans provide teaching and learning opportunities which cover outcomes expected to meet the expected standards in each year group, and across the curriculum. However, we also ensure that our curriculum differentiates to deepen knowledge and skills beyond the nationally expected level. We do this through research, linking with other schools and organisations and by connecting with families and the community.
You can read our Intent, Implementation and Impact information here.
For further information on the curriculum followed by all year groups please contact the Headteacher, or you may access details of the full National Curriculum HERE.
We acknowledge that as parents and carers, you are your children’s first teachers. We link closely with you and nurseries and pre-schools to ensure that we know and understand each individual’s needs, interests, gifts and talents as they start school. This enables the curriculum to be designed to give every child a really strong start in school. We weave teacher-led and child-led learning opportunities through each day, with clear learning outcomes planned for every activity.
Early reading, phonics and a good understanding of number are crucial and are taught explicitly on a daily basis as well as being threaded through the whole curriculum.
We are passionate about giving our youngest pupils enriching opportunities to learn outside, explore, experiment and to plan, implement and review their successes on a daily basis.
As our pupils progress through the school, we ensure that knowledge and skills progress and deepen thinking. Lessons are designed to challenge each individual and create enquiring minds in our children. The confidence and ability to question, wonder and reason is vital, and we use an oracy approach, where everyone uses talk and discussion to support independent and collaborative learning.
We develop avid readers, who can delve into a fantastic array of texts to extract new knowledge, and make connections to improve understanding.
Our systematic phonics and spelling teaching using Read Write Inc and PiXL programmes ensures that pupils can decode correctly, blend and segment sounds and spell accurately.
Our writing curriculum uses a Talk for Writing methodology, where children create maps and templates for a range of genres. We develop the ability to deconstruct these in order to analyse, leading to children being successful ad confident to write effectively for a range of audiences. Making writing extremely purposeful motivates our pupils to compose and present their work to a very high standard.
Our maths curriculum draws on a range of excellent strategies and research including Singapore Maths and PiXL, and teaches pupils systematically about the four operations, shape, space and measure. Our calculation policy carefully explains how maths skills are built through the school. Explicit skills such as knowledge of times tables are taught daily and maths is taught across the curriculum in order to deepen pupils’ ability to reason and problem-solve using meaningful and frequent opportunities.
Our curriculum is broad and balanced with reference to each subject’s objectives.
Our project-based humanities teaching enables the children to experience a memorable and adventurous context for their work, such as putting on a Recycled Fashion Show. This ‘hooks’ the children in to innovative and enterprising learning.
Many subjects are taught discretely for example; Science, RE, PE, Music and MFL.
We link with our sister secondary schools with the Valley Invicta Academies Trust to deliver some aspects of these subjects using resources and expert teaching. The children enter competitions, hold skype interviews, visit exciting places, hold adult and child-led workshops and make films to showcase their achievements.
We assess the success of our curriculum through marking, feedback, discussion, monitoring and assessment.
We want to inspire children and for them to be as passionate about learning as our teachers are. Therefore, we use parents, the local community, national and global opportunities to raise engagement and attainment through a creative and stimulating approach.
Teaching and Learning at Kings Hill
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