Wider Curriculum
Please find our CUSP long-term curriculum sequences that give detail to what is taught in each curriculum area, in each year group and when it is taught:
KS1 Long-term sequence 2025- 2026
KS2 Mixed age Long-term sequence 2025- 2027
Further details about the curriculum subjects taught at Coton Green Primary School can be found below. We hope you find this information helpful and informative.
Science
At Coton Green Primary School, we believe that science is the lens through which children explore, understand, and question the world around them. Science fuels curiosity, fosters critical thinking, and enables pupils to develop a deep understanding of the natural world, physical phenomena, and the processes that govern them.
The CUSP Science curriculum provides a coherent and carefully structured approach to science teaching. Knowledge is thoughtfully sequenced and interleaved to support both understanding and long-term retention.
Key Principles of the CUSP Science Model
🧪 Three Distinct Scientific Disciplines – Biology, Chemistry, and Physics are taught explicitly, ensuring subject-specific depth, accuracy, and rigour.
🧪 Conceptual Coherence and Progression – Scientific knowledge and skills are built progressively from the Early Years through to Year 6, supporting a secure and connected understanding over time.
🧪 Working Scientifically – Pupils develop essential scientific enquiry skills, including questioning, observing, classifying, testing, researching, measuring, and data analysis.
🧪 Addressing Misconceptions – Common scientific misconceptions are explicitly explored and corrected, helping pupils secure accurate, evidence-based understanding.
🧪 Scientific Literacy and Vocabulary – The curriculum places a strong emphasis on the use of precise scientific vocabulary, enabling pupils to articulate their thinking clearly and confidently.
Through this approach, pupils do not simply learn scientific facts—they develop the ability to think critically, reason scientifically, and apply their knowledge to a wide range of contexts and real-world situations.
PHSE / RSE
At Coton Green, PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) underpins our whole-school approach, supporting pupils to become resilient, mature, and confident learners equipped to navigate the challenges of modern life—including those in the digital world.
We deliver PSHE and RSE through the Kapow Scheme of Work, which ensures a high-quality, consistent approachaligned with statutory guidance and national curriculum expectations.
The curriculum:
😊 Equips pupils with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to make informed decisions about their health, wellbeing, relationships, and future.
😊 Covers statutory Relationships and Health Education, including non-statutory sex education.
😊 Promotes British values: democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and respect and tolerance.
😊 Supports safeguarding and contributes to pupils’ personal development in line with the Ofsted Framework and Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.
Through this comprehensive and values-driven approach, our pupils grow into responsible, informed citizens, ready to play a positive role in their communities and society.
Art and Design
At Coton Green Primary School, we recognise that art and design is fundamental to developing creativity, problem-solving skills, and self-expression from the early years onwards. Our CUSP Art and Design Curriculum is structured to ensure that pupils:
🎨 Master artistic techniques – Progressively developing expertise in drawing, painting, printmaking, textiles, 3D work, and collage.
🎨 Understand and evaluate art – Exploring historical and contemporary artists, styles, and movements.
🎨 Express creativity with purpose – Encouraging critical thinking, personal expression, and storytelling through art.
🎨 Retrieval and mastery – Revisiting skills to deepen knowledge, refine techniques, and foster independence.
Through this approach, we equip pupils with the skills, knowledge, and creative confidence to succeed in art at secondary school and beyond, with strong foundations built from EYFS.
Computing
Computing has become an increasing part of our everyday lives and the way we all work and entertain ourselves. Almost everything we do at school now involves the use of ICT. At Coton Green, we aim to raise aspirations of all groups of children, including those that are seen as disadvantaged to allow them to be digitally literate in an evolving world where they will need to be digitally competent for jobs of the future.
The core of computing is computer science, in which pupils are taught the principles of information and computation; how digital systems work; and how to put this knowledge to use through programming.
The aim of our Computing curriculum is to raise aspirations of all groups of children, including those that are seen as disadvantaged to allow them to be digitally literate in an evolving world where they will need to be digitally competent for jobs of the future.
Design and Technology
At Coton Green Primary School, we view Design and Technology as a vital part of a broad and balanced education—encouraging creativity, critical thinking, and practical skill development from the earliest years.
Our CUSP Design and Technology curriculum is carefully structured to ensure all pupils:
🛠 Build technical knowledge and hands-on skills – Learning to design, make, evaluate, and refine products across a range of materials and contexts.
🛠 Solve problems creatively – Applying design thinking, engineering principles, and material knowledge to tackle real-life challenges.
🥗 Develop food and nutrition understanding – Gaining essential skills in food preparation and learning about healthy eating from EYFS onwards.
⚙ Explore mechanical and electrical systems – Investigating how everyday objects work and how designs can be improved.
🌱 Grow environmental awareness – Using sustainable materials and considering eco-friendly solutions in their design work.
Through this ambitious and practical approach, our aim is for every child to leave EYFS and Key Stage 2 with a solid foundation in design thinking, problem-solving, and the confidence to innovate—skills that are essential for success in the modern world.
Geography
At Coton Green Primary School, we believe that geography is essential for understanding the world and our place within it. Our geography curriculum ensures that pupils:
🌍 Develop locational knowledge – Understanding where places are and why they matter.
🌍 Think like geographers – Engaging in fieldwork, data analysis, and map skills.
🌍 Explore human and physical geography – Understanding the interactions between people and the natural world.
🌍 Master geographical enquiry – Asking and answering questions about the world using evidence.
🌍 Make connections over time – Understanding how environments and societies change.
Our ambition is that every child leaves Coton Green as a confident, inquisitive, and informed global citizen, fully prepared for the complexities of an interconnected world.
History
We believe that history is the study of human experience and progress—it allows pupils to understand the past, evaluate the present, and shape the future. Our CUSP History Curriculum is designed to ensure that pupils:
📜 Develop substantive knowledge – Understanding key historical events, figures, civilisations, and concepts.
📜 Think critically as historians – Engaging with disciplinary knowledge such as chronology, cause and consequence, change and continuity, and historical significance.
📜 Master a structured, cumulative learning journey – Revisiting and building upon key themes and concepts over time.
📜 Use historical enquiry to question, analyse, and interpret sources – Making connections between the past and the world they live in today.
📜 Understand the diversity of human experience – Exploring local, national, and global history through multiple perspectives.
Our ambition is that every child leaves Coton Green as a confident, analytical thinker with a broad, coherent understanding of history and its impact on the modern world.
French
French is taught across Key Stage 2 classes at Coton Green. There is explicit teaching of French vocabulary, grammar and phonics; the lessons are planned to foster curiosity and develop independence. Having learnt English phonics in EYFS and KS1, our pupils are taught French phonics throughout KS2. With the use of retrieval practice, they quickly become confident and able to apply their new knowledge to reading and speaking French words.
Our French curriculum includes songs, games and dictionary work. There are many speaking opportunities too. At the end of each year, we plan an event to showcase what the pupils have learned. Most lessons begin with retrieval practice, this strengthens prior knowledge and increases long term memory-allowing our pupils to know more, and remember more, French.
Our Year 6 pupils are invited to join other schools in the ATLP on a visit to France. This gives their language learning a real-life goal.
Our ambition is that every child leaves Key Stage 2 with a strong foundation in French, ready to progress in language learning at secondary school and beyond.
Music
At CG, we believe that music is a powerful and enriching part of education, fostering creativity, self-expression, and confidence. As an integral element of our curriculum, music provides pupils with meaningful opportunities to develop their musical abilities, explore a wide range of genres, and participate in performance.
Our CUSP Music Curriculum offers a structured and progressive approach, ensuring that all pupils:
🎶 Develop technical skills in singing and instrumental performance, building confidence through the use of both tuned and untuned instruments.
🎶 Master listening and oracy skills, learning to discuss, evaluate, and analyse music with increasing depth and precision.
🎶 Compose and improvise, exploring how to create original pieces and express ideas musically.
🎶 Appreciate music from diverse cultures, traditions, and historical periods, deepening their understanding of music’s role in society.
🎶 Revisit and reinforce key knowledge and skills through carefully planned opportunities for retrieval, supporting long-term progression.
We aim for every child to leave Coton Green as a confident and knowledgeable musician, equipped with the skills, vocabulary, and cultural awareness to continue their musical journey in secondary education and beyond.
Music is celebrated across our school community through performances, whole-school events, and partnerships with professional musicians, ensuring all pupils are inspired and fully engaged in their musical learning.
Physical Education
Religious Education
Our RE curriculum aims to expose students to a wide array of religious beliefs, practices, and worldviews, ensuring that they understand and appreciate the rich diversity that exists beyond their immediate environment. We believe that in our culturally limited area, this exposure is vital for fostering open-mindedness and empathy in students. Our RE curriculum ensures that children leave school fully equipped for life in today’s plural and diverse Britain.
