Tatsfield Primary School
Tatsfield Primary School is a primary school in Tatsfield for ages 5 to 11.
Daily practice for Tatsfield Primary School pupils
Daily maths and English that follow the national curriculum for your child's year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Academy
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 205
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- 3 Ship Hill, Tatsfield, TN16 2AH
- Phone
- 01959 577356
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
The school
- Respect is at the core of the school ethos and is modelled by staff and children alike.
Source: Tatsfield Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
How it teaches
- The school teaches phonics using the Bug Club programme.
- Reception, Year 1 and some of Year 2 pupils take Bug Club decodable phonics books home each week.
- The curriculum is based on a Learning Journey Framework, underpinned by Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction.
Source: Tatsfield Primary School website; Tatsfield Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
Admissions
- The school's published admission number is 30 for each year group, from Reception to Year 6.
Source: Tatsfield Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
Visiting
- Each open morning tour lasts approximately 45 minutes.
- Younger siblings are asked not to attend open mornings if at all possible.
Source: Tatsfield Primary School website. Checked 8 November 2026.
What each year group is learning
From Tatsfield Primary School's curriculum maps.
Reception
- English
- Learning to read common irregular words such as was, all, give and live
- Geography
- Learning that our school is in Tatsfield and Tatsfield is in England. Naming and locating features in the local area such as ponds, post offices and farms
Year 1Spring 1 and Spring 2 and Summer 1
- History
- Houses and homes. Castles and knights. Seaside holidays now and in the past. Sequencing events in your own life and placing 3 or 4 artefacts from different periods in order
- Geography
- Learning what a continent is and that Africa is a continent. Naming and locating the four countries and capital cities of the UK and surrounding seas
- Art
- Using a variety of drawing tools including pencils, rubbers, crayons, pastels and charcoal. Using a sketchbook to gather and collect artwork. Exploring the use of line, shape and colour. Using different brush sizes and types and mixing secondary colours and shades in paint. Manipulating clay by rolling, kneading and shaping. Exploring sculpture with malleable media, especially clay
- PE
- Spatial awareness and control when moving. Underarm throwing technique. Following the rules of a game or task. Pivot turn. Ball skills including balancing, rolling and passing a ball round body parts. Throwing, catching and aiming with different equipment. Kicking and dribbling a ball. Skipping with a rope. Basic movements in different directions, jumps, body shapes and high and low level movements. Rolls and joining jumps and rolls together. Balancing on suitable body parts and changing balances smoothly
Year 2
- History
- Using a timeline to place important events in order
- Geography
- Identifying and naming the seven continents and five oceans
- Art
- Recording and exploring ideas from first-hand observation, experience and imagination. Reviewing and evaluating their own and others' work using what they think and feel. Manipulating clay for thumb pots, coil pots and models. Understanding the safety and basic care of materials and tools. Mixing secondary colours, shades and tones. Naming different types of paint and their properties. Designing patterns of increasing complexity and repetition. Using relief printing techniques
- PE
- Mobility exercises and warm-ups. Running and avoiding games to improve coordination and control. Throwing for distance. Jumping for distance with different take-offs and landings. Creating own throwing and catching games and teaching them. Fielding a ball on the move and returning it. Dribbling while changing speed and direction. Travelling close and far from the ground or apparatus. Turning jumps and rolls and spins on different body parts
Year 3Autumn 1 and Summer 2
- History
- Stone Age and Iron Age. The Ancient Maya. Dividing a timeline into BC/BCE and AD
- Geography
- Locating major cities and countries of Europe using maps
- Art
- Using line, texture, tone, colour, shape and pattern in drawing with different media. Knowing which primary colours make secondary colours. Making a simple papier mache object. Cutting and joining wood safely
- PE
- Doing own warm-ups. Accurate throwing using a fling throw. Relay running. Passing and receiving with chest and shoulder passes. Keeping possession and moving to retain it towards a goal. Partner work: matching and contrasting shapes. Symmetrical and asymmetrical balances. Acceleration and deceleration when travelling
Year 4Autumn 1 and Summer 1
- History
- Ancient Egyptians. Anglo Saxons
- Art
- Using research to inspire drawings from memory and imagination. Using more specific colour language such as tint, tone, shade and hue. Researching, creating and refining a print using a variety of techniques. Matching the tool to the material. Planning, designing, making and adapting models
- PE
- Jumping high, low and in combinations. Taking over from behind in sprinting. Striking skills with bats, including volleys over a net. Accuracy in throwing and bowling. Collecting high, low and short deliveries when fielding. Stable bases and balanced positions in sequence
Year 5Autumn 2
- History
- World War II
- Geography
- Locating countries of South America and their major cities
- Art
- Creating sculpture and construction using recycled man-made materials. Planning a sculpture through drawing and preparatory work
- PE
- Running with rhythm over obstacles. Correct sprint start technique. Relay races. Striking with bats and racquets over a net and at targets. Basic volleyball game. Safe tackling and shielding the ball in hockey. Pushing and dribbling with a hockey stick. Throwing for speed, distance and accuracy. Bridge shapes and travelling in bridge shapes. The five basic jumps with clear body shapes in the air. Pushing and swinging to travel and different ways of gripping apparatus. Rotations around different axes
- French
- Basic greetings, asking how someone is and their age, plus family words. Animals on the farm, pets and at the zoo. Holiday vocabulary: days of the week, colours and numbers to 20. Saying where you are going or staying and visiting the zoo and beach. Parts of the body, numbers to 31, clothes and months. Food, drinks, ice creams, markets and restaurants
Year 6Spring 1
- History
- The Victorians
- PE
- Shot and discus throwing techniques. Long jump techniques. Javelin pull throw technique. Running longer distances with stamina. Relay take-overs. Changing direction quickly at speed. Attacking and defending play to outwit opponents. Small sided invasion games such as netball, basketball and rugby. Small sided striking and fielding games such as rounders and cricket. Skills and tactics for tennis and volleyball. Spatial relationships with a partner, mirroring and matching. Synchronisation and canon sequences. Counter-balance and counter-tension. Pushing and pulling against a partner to create a balance
- French
- The seasons, the date and places in France such as Paris. Weather, the pond, the garden and rubbish. Describing your family, household tasks and birthday parties. Hobbies, music, instruments, the weekend and films. Talking about future plans, tomorrow, comparisons and describing yourself
Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum page. The maps: Bug Club Phonics Progression Chart, Geography Curriculum Overview, History Curriculum Overview, Skills Progression in Athletics, Skills Progression in Games, Skills Progression in Gymnastics, Art & Design Curriculum Overview, French Curriculum Overview.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 144231. Checked 9 November 2026.
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