The curriculum map serves to provide teachers with subject based focus areas from the National Curriculum. Staff can then identify the skills to focus for each curriculum area at appropriate levels for the children in their class. The overview for each class has been planned to enable teachers to combine subjects together in a cross curricular and meaningful way to make teaching and learning fun, vibrant, challenging and meaningful. Thematic based learning is now possible and practical for delivering the curriculum.
Our current curriculum map ensures that all aspects of the National Curriculum are covered, whilst at the same time not being overloaded with content so that the deep learning is possible and outcomes are focused on skills, application of skills, knowledge and understanding.
We aim to provide:
- real opportunities for learning
- engaging and enjoyable learning
- high academic and personal achievement
- manageable, creative and exciting teaching opportunities
Curriculum Overviews
There is a two year rolling programme for Woodpeckers and three year rolling programme for Owls. Robins have a one year rolling programme.
Religious Education and Worldviews
RE is taught discretely across the school by our RE leader, using the agreed Wiltshire Syllabus. We follow the Wiltshire Agreed Syllabus for RE and use the Kapow scheme as a supplement for supporting the objectives, philosophy and content of the curriculum.
We adopt an enquiry based approach to learning about a variety of faiths and worldviews. We encourage our pupils to consider other people's views, beliefs and cultures; developing respect and tolerance towards differing views.
Parents/Carers have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of the RE curriculum. We would encourage parents to carefully consider this decision once referring to our RE and Worldview programme. Parents who wish to wishdraw their child from RE would need to request a meeting to discuss this with the Headteacher.
Please contact the school office if you require any further information.