Our curriculum

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The staff have worked hard to develop a curriculum that builds on the learning of skills and knowledge overtime. All subjects are taught discretely, with links being made across curriculum areas when appropriate. We place emphasis on enrichment activities that develop learning, build character and broaden experience. Our curriculum is underpinned by our school values of creativity, perseverance, responsibility, respect and wisdom.

Each term, the class teacher will send a curriculum newsletter to parents, detailing each subject areas being taught. For more information about the curriculum, please contact the class teacher in the first instance or e-mail the school office

 

Intent, Implementation and Impact Statement for our Curriculum

Intent

Our vision statement is ‘love your neighbour as you love yourself’ and we intend that our curriculum will help to develop self-confident individuals who are able to go out into the world to live a good life as global citizens. At St Mary’s CofE Primary we believe that our curriculum should build on children’s curiosity for and wonder of the world around them. We want children to develop a love of learning that will go with them throughout life.

Our curriculum reflects our five school values

 

RESPECT. Our curriculum will have a local, national and global dimension and promote mutual respect and understanding.

RESPONSIBILITY: Our curriculum will explore the sustainability of our planet and our role as citizens within it

CREATIVITY: Our curriculum will promote children’s curiosity, problem solving and imagination.

PERSEVERANCE: Our curriculum will give children the opportunity to challenge themselves and learn through first hand experiences.

WISDOM: Our curriculum will encourage children to ask and answer questions and will require thought and explanation.

 

 

Implementation

Our curriculum is composed of discrete subjects with links between subjects being made as appropriate. Subject leaders have developed plans for the school and work continually with stake holders to develop these plans and make them increasing personal to our community. Our understanding of cognitive science and the cognitive load has helped us to shape plans that build upon children’s pre-existing knowledge and skills. Subject leaders have identified the progression of skills and knowledge for their subjects, as well as in impact, implantation and impact statement.

Our curriculum is enriched through a wide variety of activities, clubs, trips and experiences. Many of these can be found in the MAT Passport of Enrichment activities.

Impact

The impact of our curriculum can be identified by talking to the children about their interest in their learning and seeing evidence in their books, on learning walls in classrooms and on displays around the school. Each class also keep a class evidence book of the learning activities that they have engaged with. Subject leaders use this evidence to monitor the impact of their curriculum.

Teacher’s use formative assessment methods to identify children’s understanding such as KWI grids, quizzes, PNI grids and discussion. Children’s attainment is updated on Target Tracker throughout the year and attainment steps are updated termly. This allows the class teacher and subject lead to monitor the progress of all children across the school.

Summative data, in the form of national tests and NFER data, and the benchmarking of this data help to provide an indication of how effective our curriculum is.

 

The St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Multi Academy Trust has developed a passport of enrichment activities that all their children will engage with during their time at primary school and priciples underpinning the curriculum.

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MAT_Passport_at_St_Mary_s.pdf .pdf
St Marys CofE Primary Principles underpinning the Curriculum in MAT schools June 2023.docx.pdf .pdf