The Curriculum
Introduction
The school curriculum is compatible with the LA's policy document "The Northamptonshire Curriculum Statement". It aims to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum in accordance with Government legislation. The following criteria are used in framing the aims, objectives and content of the curriculum of this school:
- The school's curriculum is planned and developed as part of a continuum for all children from 3-18 years including those with special educational needs.
- The curriculum is developed to match the stages of development of individual children rather than their chronological ages.
- The curriculum is essentially practical to enable children to adopt a multi-sensory approach to learning. Wherever possible tasks are designed to be relevant to children's daily lives.
- We believe that if children are to gain maximum benefit from the experiences planned by a school they need to work in a happy caring environment where they may grow in confidence, where they may be helped to develop a concern for others and where they can achieve daily success in a wide range of enjoyable activities.
In view of this, we believe that a definition of the curriculum that only includes the content of lessons or main subject areas would be too narrow and limited. We aim to provide 'a broad range of worthwhile curricular opportunities that cater for the interests, aptitudes and particular needs of pupils and to ensure progression in pupils' learning'. (Ofsted, Inspecting Schools, Framework, 2003).
The curriculum of the school is designed at every stage to promote racial harmony through a greater awareness and understanding of different races, cultures and creeds and to provide equal opportunity for all regardless of race, sex, religion or social or economic differences.
We have recently remodelled our curriculum, putting the needs of the pupils at the core of this work. We have built learning opportunities around the rich and stimulating activities we have always believed to be essential to a rich primary school experience. This means our very successful themed days/weeks will become integral to the learning skills we are fostering, alongside the sporting events, residential visits, performing arts and charitable ventures we know the children enjoy and learn from. We work in partnership with parents and the community in fulfilling our aims for a dynamic programme of study that enables all pupils to leave our school with a love for learning, confidence in their abilities and a sense of fulfilment. We will continue to engage parents in this learning journey.