The Crockerne Church of England Primary School Curriculum

 

 Intent

Crockerne C of E Primary School’s curriculum is designed to achieve high standards, develop knowledge, develop independent learning and nurture curiosity and creativity while connecting children’s learning to the real world. We aim to provide the children with a safe place to try out new things and deepen their understanding of the curriculum areas, through a ‘hands on’ approach to their learning. Our school values support the children becoming independent learners, who aim high and respect the Christian ethos of our school. "Letting our light shine" and becoming ‘the best me I can be.’

At Crockerne Primary School all class teachers are responsible for providing a curriculum that is suitable for all pupils in the class, including those with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) with support from the SENDCo. We have high expectations for all pupils and are committed to ensuring our curriculum complies with the Equality Act 2010 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014. Our accessibility plan emphasises the importance of providing an inclusive learning environment for all pupils including those with SEND. Additional information on this can be found on our SEND & Inclusion page.

Implementation

We use a project-based approach to our learning that enables children to see the links between subjects across the curriculum and deepen their knowledge and understanding of both the curriculum and the world around them.

We use the National Curriculum as the guide to determine the content of our ‘Instructional Programme’ for each subject, which then sets out the detailed knowledge the children will learn in all areas of the curriculum in a year by year progressive manner.  This is then used to plan in depth projects across the school.  

By inviting different professionals and specialists into school and visiting places of interest we are creating links so that the children see at first-hand what they can aim for in life, which professions they might want to pursue and ways in which they can achieve this. Through our projects, we are tackling issues such as obesity and climate change and to encourage children ‘to be the best me that I can be’.

Curriculum research is always developing.  As a school, we embrace new developments from evidence-based research; we will continue to adapt our curriculum to develop the best learning for our children.

The children of Crockerne say that at our school, they “learn a great deal and that learning is fun.”

Impact

Whilst assessing the children against the national assessment criteria we are also continually assessing their learning behaviours and skills and how they approach problems and real life situations. This is enhanced by a whole school initiative that uses a gem point reward system linked to learning ‘Gem powers’.

 

For further information on the curriculum being followed at Crockerne, please speak to your class teacher, or contact:

Emma Bray -  Headteacher

Sonya Crutchley - Assistant Headteacher - curriculum lead

office@crockerne.kmat.co.uk

There is also information on the national curriculum on the DofE website, which may be viewed here: