Our Curriculum
Our Grow, Blossom and Flourish Curriculum For Learning is carefully constructed around the needs and requirements of our children. It takes into account: the skills and interests of our teachers, the locality and community of the school, the relationships between the school and other institutions, the school’s place in the wider world and the responsibility of educating children to flourish in society.
Learning happens in our school because Subject Leaders and teachers:
- Plan and teach learning sequences and associated activities using Grow, Blossom and Flourish progressions
- Are very clear how the school curriculum, and within that individual subjects, build upon previous knowledge and encourage deep learning
- Put a high status on the teaching, delivery and curriculum of English; with oracy, phonics, reading and writing at the core
- Understand the value of key knowledge and understanding
- Understand the value of key skills and vocabulary
- Plan some subjects discreetly, to be delivered daily/weekly
- Plan some subjects around a termly project so that the acquisition of knowledge and skills is purposeful and engaging
- Use ‘Primary Provocations’ to encourage children to think deeply, ask questions, debate and have opinions
- Use ‘Final Flourishes’ so that children can share and celebrate their learning
Both maths and English curriculum focus is rooted in the Early Years – appreciating that foundational knowledge impacts further lifestyle choices as well as academic outcomes.
Children who read regularly or are read to regularly have the opportunity to open the doors to so many different worlds!
More importantly, reading will give your child the tools to become independent life-long learners.
We can achieve this together through:
- Read Write Inc, a program to help to your child read at school
- Encouraging children to develop a love of books by reading to them daily, at home and at school
- Giving children access to a wide range of books at school and at home
What is Read Write Inc?
Read Write Inc (RWI) is a phonics complete literacy programme which helps all children learn to read fluently and at speed so they can focus on developing their skills in comprehension, vocabulary and spelling. It also allows them to spell effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into composing what they write. The children are assessed by the RWI lead teacher and grouped according to their ability. Small group phonics lessons are taught daily by trained staff and there are consistent expectations across the range of abilities. At the end of each half term the children are assessed to check on their progress and regrouped.
Children learn sounds in school which help them to read and write. They then practise these skills through reading at home which are specifically pitched to both consolidate learning and provide challenge in an engaging and fun way!
RWI was developed by Ruth Miskin and more information on this can be found at https://ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/.
Please take time to visit our class web pages which gives further information about each termly curriculum overview.
Remote Learning:
During times of unexpected school closure, such as closure due to snow and ice, remote learning will be provided through Tapestry or email. If video learning is available, this will be facilitated by Teams.
