Growing through our curriculum
The curriculum is designed to engage pupils and inspire them to become creative and independent thinkers with a love of learning.
We actively encourage pupils to get involved and contribute to the life of the school and the community by becoming active, respectful and caring members of the communities that they live in, as well as agents of change through the Courageous Advocacy programme.
- Our Early Years Curriculum has been written to reflect the EYFS Reforms 2021. As an Early Adopter we have planned an ambitious curriculum that acknowledges the interests and needs of our children and the community we serve, a curriculum that offers depth in early learning and is carefully sequenced to help children build on their experiences over time. The curriculum is delivered via a wide range of story books.
- A well-planned environment, indoors and out (including our school garden and Forest School) is an important part of our pedagogy.
- The curriculum is designed to recognise and build upon children’s prior learning, provide first hand learning experiences, allowing children to develop interpersonal skills, build resilience and become creative, critical thinkers.
- Build and develop language skills so that they become confident communicators.
- We enable children to develop and build on foundational skills in reading, writing, mathematics, speaking and listening from Early Years through to Year 6.
- We aim for all children to be fluent readers. We use Read, Write Inc. and Fresh Start to teach phonics. Having completed the phonics programme, children then access reading through the Accelerated Reader programme. All children visit the library regularly and daily story time is a key part of our day in all classes.
- The curriculum in Key 1 and Key Stage 2 is designed around a series of questions. These questions deliver an enquiry based curriculum using Recall, Research and Reasoning and enable children to make links across different subjects. Children learn key facts as well as develop disciplinary knowledge.
- The curriculum we use and the teaching strategies employed ensure children learn more and remember more.
- Homework grids are closely linked to the enquiry questions and outline a range of activities across a range of subjects.
- We provide enhancement opportunities through our educational visits, sports festival, music and drama performances. We offer residential visits to Year 4 and 6. Children access specialist teaching in STEM, Music, PE and RE. We offer a wide range of lunch and after school clubs.
- Our PSHE programme (SCARF) helps children understand more about themselves. We aim for all children to understand how to keep themselves safe and healthy. We use Thrive Principles to strengthen our curriculum. Over their time with us children experience a range of spiritual opportunities.
- We endeavour to support our parents in supporting their children and provide our families with a range of opportunities to find out how their children learn; including parent workshops, online support and newsletters.
Please use the links in the drop down menu below to access further information about our curriculum. Alternatively, if you have any specific questions about your child’s learning in a particular subject area, contact the school office on 01670 844323 and a member of staff will be happy to assist you.