Curriculum

At our school we believe in the concept of lifelong learning and the idea that both adults and children learn new things every day. We maintain that learning should be a rewarding and enjoyable experience for everyone; it should be fun. We conduct all our teaching in an atmosphere of trust and respect for all. Through our teaching we equip children with the skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to be able to make informed choices. We believe that appropriate teaching and learning experiences help children to lead happy and rewarding lives.

We believe that people learn best in different ways. We provide a rich and varied learning environment that allows children to develop their skills and abilities to their full potential.

Through our teaching we aim to:

• enable children to become confident, resourceful, enquiring and independent learners
• foster children’s self-esteem and help them build positive relationships with others
• develop children’s self-respect and encourage children to respect the ideas, attitudes, values and feelings of others,
• show respect for all cultures and, in so doing, promote positive attitudes towards other people,
• enable children to understand their community and help them feel valued as part of this community
• help children mature into reliable, independent and positive citizens.

We have a topic themed curriculum across the whole school where cross curricular links are made where appropriate.

Please see our Whole School Overview for this term below

 Summer Term 2026 Holidays Whole School Topic

Effective Learning

We acknowledge that children learn in many different ways and we recognise the need to develop strategies that allow all children to learn in ways that best suit them. We take into account these different strengths when planning teaching and learning styles.

We offer opportunities for children to learn in different ways, including:

• investigation and problem solving research and finding out
• group work pair work
• independent work whole-class work
• asking and answering questions
• use of the computer
• fieldwork and visits to places of educational interest
• creative activities
• watching media and responding to music
• debates, role-plays and oral presentations
• designing and making things
• participation in athletic or physical activity outdoor learning environment

We encourage children to take responsibility for their own learning, to be involved as far as possible in reviewing the way they learn, and to reflect on how they learn – what helps them learn and what makes it difficult for them to learn.

Effective Teaching

When teaching we focus on motivating the children and building on their skills, knowledge and understanding of the curriculum. We use the school curriculum plan to guide our teaching. This sets out the aims, objectives and values of the school and details what is to be taught to each year group. 

We base our teaching on our knowledge of the children’s level of attainment. Our prime focus is to develop further the knowledge and skills of the children. We strive to ensure that all tasks set are appropriate to each child’s level of ability.

When planning work for children with special educational needs we give due regard to information and targets contained in the children’s Individual Plans. We have high expectations of all children and expect them to have high expectations of themselves. We set academic targets for the children in each academic year and we share these targets with children and their parents. We review the progress of each child during and at the end of the academic year and set revised targets.

We plan our lessons with clear learning objectives. We take these objectives from the National Curriculum. Our lesson plans contain information about the tasks to be set, the resources needed, and the way we assess the children’s work. We evaluate lessons so that we can modify and improve our teaching in the future.

Each member of our staff makes a special effort to establish good working relationships with all children in the class. We treat the children with kindness and respect. We treat them fairly and give them equal opportunity to take part in class activities. All our teachers follow the school policy with regard to behaviour and classroom management. We set and agree with children the class code of conduct. We expect all children to comply with these rules that we jointly devise to promote the best learning opportunities for all. We praise children for their efforts and, by so doing, we help to build positive attitudes towards school and learning in general. We insist on good order and behaviour at all times. 

We aim to make our school an attractive learning environment. We change displays regularly to ensure that the school reflects the topics studied by the children. We ensure that all children have the opportunity to display their best work at some time during the year. All classrooms have a range of dictionaries and fiction and non-fiction books. We believe that a stimulating environment sets the climate for learning, and an exciting classroom promotes independent use of resources and high-quality work by the children.