Curriculum
Sir Francis Hill Curriculum
Here at Sir Francis Hill we provide a creative curriculum based around the Cornerstones Curriculum, a nationally recognised approach for delivering outstanding learning opportunities for children.
What is the Cornerstones Curriculum?
The Cornerstones Curriculum is a creative and thematic approach to learning that is mapped to the 2014 Primary National Curriculum to ensure comprehensive coverage of national expectations. Our new curriculum will be delivered through Imaginative Learning Projects (ILPs) which will provide a rich menu of exciting and motivating learning activities that make creative links between all aspects of our children’s learning.
We believe children learn better when they are encouraged to use their imagination and apply their learning to engaging contexts. Our new curriculum will provide lots of learning challenges throughout the academic year that will require children to solve problems, apply themselves creatively and express their knowledge and understanding effectively across the curriculum.
Cornerstones also provide a rigorous essential skills framework that outlines the end of year expectations in all subjects. These essential skills are tied to activities and are age-related so that staff can track children’s progress and identify their individual learning needs.
How it Works?
Children will progress through four stages of learning in each ILP – Engage, Develop, Innovate and Express. To find out more about these stages please click on the link below:



SFH Curriculum 2021-22
Year Group | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Why do you love me so much? | Why do leaves go crispy? | Where does snow go? | Do dragons exist? | Why can’t I have chocolate for breakfast? | How high can I jump? | |
Let's Explore
| Marvellous Machines | Long Ago | Ready, Steady, Grow | Animal Safari | On the Beach | |
Memory Box | The Enchanted Woodland | Bright Lights, Big City | Dinosaur Planet | Superheroes
| Paws, Claws and Whiskers | |
Street Detectives | Muck, Mess and Mixtures | Wriggle and Crawl | Coastline | Movers and Shakers | Towers, Tunnels and Turrets | |
Tremors | Predator! | Flow | Tribal Tales | Pharaohs | Scrumdiddlyumptious! | |
Blue Abyss | Misty Mountains | Traders and Raiders | Road Trip USA! | Potions | Playlist | |
Stargazers | Ancient Greeks | Off with her head! | Time Traveller | Beast Creator | Allotment | |
A Child’s War | Revolution | Darwin’s Delights | Hola Mexico | Frozen Kingdom | Blood Heart |
If you would like further information on the curriculum we teach, please contact the school directly.