{"id":1932,"date":"2013-05-07T21:00:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sydneyrussellschool.com\/i\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2025-11-04T16:32:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:32:28","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/?page_id=1932","title":{"rendered":"CURRICULUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The\u00a0Riverside School Curriculum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you would like to find out more about the curriculum please submit a query using our contact page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/?page_id=1924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5-Year Curriculum Pathway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12182 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Riverside-Curriculum-25-26-300x63.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"895\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Riverside-Curriculum-25-26-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Riverside-Curriculum-25-26-600x126.jpg 600w, https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Riverside-Curriculum-25-26-768x161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Riverside-Curriculum-25-26.jpg 1413w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students are placed into 1 of\u00a0 5 form brackets based on Key Stage 2 performance (R, I, V, E &amp; S)<\/li>\n<li>Riverside has a 1 week timetable, featuring 25 x 1 hour taught lessons, plus a 30 minute tutorial period\/assembly each day.<\/li>\n<li>Students selected for the Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) will study 1 hour less per week of maths and Spanish, and will study 4 hours per week of Mandarin<\/li>\n<li>PSHE\/citizenship\/RS are delivered through civics (1 lesson\u00a0per week in years 7 \u2013 10)<\/li>\n<li>PSHE\/citizenship\/RS are delivered through several\u00a0specific civics days across year 11<\/li>\n<li>Science provision in year 11 for those students undertaking triple science increases to 6 hours each week, providing 2 discrete hours for chemistry, physics and biology.<\/li>\n<li>Students that play a musical instrument receive personal tuition provided by the school\u2019s peripatetic music tutors each week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>At Key Stage 4, students study the following core subjects:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>English Language<\/li>\n<li>English Literature<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics<\/li>\n<li>Double Science \u2013 Trilogy<\/li>\n<li>Spanish<\/li>\n<li>GCSE PE or BTEC Sport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">At Key Stage 4, students have the following option choices:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Geography<\/li>\n<li>History<\/li>\n<li>Computing<\/li>\n<li>iMedia<\/li>\n<li>Art<\/li>\n<li>Hospitality &amp; Catering<\/li>\n<li>Music<\/li>\n<li>Drama<\/li>\n<li>Textiles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Riverside School Curriculum If you would like to find out more about the curriculum please submit a query using our contact page here 5-Year Curriculum Pathway Students are placed into 1 of\u00a0 5 form brackets based on Key Stage 2 performance (R, I, V, E &amp; S) Riverside has a 1 week timetable, featuring 25 x 1 hour taught lessons, plus a 30 minute tutorial period\/assembly each day. Students selected for the Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) will study 1 hour less per week of maths and Spanish, and will study 4 hours per week of Mandarin PSHE\/citizenship\/RS are delivered through civics (1 lesson\u00a0per week in years 7 \u2013 10) PSHE\/citizenship\/RS are delivered through several\u00a0specific civics days across year 11 Science provision in year 11 for those students undertaking triple science increases to 6 hours each week, providing 2 discrete hours for chemistry, physics and biology. Students that play a musical instrument receive personal tuition provided by the school\u2019s peripatetic music tutors each week. At Key Stage 4, students study the following core subjects: English Language English Literature Mathematics Double Science \u2013 Trilogy Spanish GCSE PE or BTEC Sport At Key Stage 4, students have the following option choices: Geography History Computing iMedia Art Hospitality &amp; Catering Music Drama Textiles \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":34,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1932","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1932"}],"version-history":[{"count":88,"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12185,"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1932\/revisions\/12185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riversidecampus.com\/secondary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}