---
title: "Foundation Curriculum"
description: "Welcome to St Elphege’s Infant and Junior RC Schools – a caring Catholic community dedicated to the spiritual, moral, and educational development of every child."
url: "https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/foundation-curriculum"
school: "St Elphege's RC Infant and Junior Schools"
---

# Foundation Curriculum

## Foundation Curriculum

Each sequence of lessons within a topic is made up of learning questions.

At the start of each sequence pupils are posed a ‘Driver question’, designed to introduce the topic, challenge their thinking and draw upon previous knowledge. Pupils will return to this question throughout the topic as their knowledge and depth of understanding increases. These questions are displayed in classrooms and provide reminders of learning and support pupils to develop understanding of knowledge and skills of the subject area and the cross curricular links made throughout the term.

Each lesson within the sequence also has a focussed learning question. These support pupils to develop new knowledge linked to the focus of the lesson. The accumulation of this new knowledge throughout the topic is used to respond to the Driver Questions.

![](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/images/driver_q.jpg)

### Learning & Teaching

- [Our Learning](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning)
- [Reading](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/reading)
- [Recommended Reading Lists](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/recommended-reading-lists)
- [EYFS](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/eyfs)
- [Key Stage 1](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/key-stage-1)
- [Key Stage 2](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/key-stage-2)
- [Long Term Plans](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/long-term-plans)
- [Our Curriculum](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/our-curriculum)
- [Subjects](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects)
    - [Religious Education](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/religious-education)
    - [English](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/english)
    - [Phonics](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/phonics)
    - [Mathematics](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/mathematics)
    - [Science](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/science)
    - [Computing](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/computing)
    - [Foundation Curriculum](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/foundation-curriculum)
    - [Art](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/art)
    - [Music](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/music)
    - [Geography](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/geography)
    - [PE](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/physical-education)
    - [History](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/history)
    - [DT](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/dt)
    - [RSHE](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/subjects/relationships-sex-health-education-rshe)
- [Homework](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/homework)
- [End of Year Expectations](https://stelphegesrcschools.org.uk/our-learning/end-of-year-expectations)

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### St Elphege's RC Infant and Junior Schools

 Mollison Drive
Wallington
Surrey
SM6 9HY

Email: junior-office@stelphegesrcschools.org.uk
Email: infant-office@stelphegesrcschools.org.uk

 +44 (0)20 8669 6306

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