Your child's year
Where they learn, who they're with, what's coming up.
Each year group has its own page with the teaching team, this term's topic, end-of-year expectations, and parent-info specific to that year. Pick yours below.
What every year-group page gives you
The same essentials, in every year.
Whichever year your child is in, the page works the same way — so you always know where to look.
The teaching team
The teachers and teaching assistants your child is with this year.
This term's topic
What we're learning, the books we're working from, and the trips we're planning.
End-of-year expectations
What success looks like by the end of this year — in plain English, plus the formal document if you want it.
Specific parent-info
Things only parents in this year group need to know — Y3 swimming kit, Y6 secondary applications, Reception home visits.
Pick your child's year
Six year groups,
one school family.
EYFS · Ages 4–5
Reception
Julia Donaldson Class · John Bond Class
A gentle, phased start with plenty of play, outdoor learning and lots of chatting. Phonics, story-time, exploring.
Reception page →Key Stage 1 · Ages 5–7
Year 1 & 2
Emily Gravett · Dapò Adeola · Sophy Henn classes
Three classes on a two-year topic cycle — this year Healthy Me, Fire, Fire!, Ice Worlds, Into the Woods, Transport and Protect Our Precious Planet. The Phonics Screening Check sits in June of Year 1.
Year 1 & 2 page →Lower Key Stage 2 · Ages 7–8
Year 3
Steven Lenton Class · Nadia Shireen Class
First year of Key Stage 2 — Stone Age, Roman Britain, then out to Shoreham itself in Summer 1. Swimming begins this year at Lancing College.
Year 3 page →Lower Key Stage 2 · Ages 8–9
Year 4
Vashti Hardy Class · Jim Beckett Class
Ancient Greece to Egypt to the Victorians — and the multiplication tables check in June. Swimming continues at Lancing College.
Year 4 page →Upper Key Stage 2 · Ages 9–10
Year 5
Nick Sharratt Class · Malorie Blackman Class
Outer space, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, mountains and rivers. The year of building independence — and the foundations for next year's SATs.
Year 5 page →Upper Key Stage 2 · Ages 10–11
Year 6
Shaun Tan Class · Joseph Coelho Class
SATs and the residential in May, transition to secondary, and the leavers' production in July. The biggest year, in every sense.
Year 6 page →