Our curriculum allows children to retain powerful knowledge and vocabulary. It is not merely a set of facts for children to learn and then forget. It is carefully designed and planned in such a way that knowledge will be stored in children’s long-term memories, so that they can build on it and use it later in life.
We have designed a curriculum that allows children to become confident and fluent with powerful knowledge and vocabulary. Children are taught in such a way that they acquire knowledge that they can take with them for the rest of their lives, knowledge that they can use when forming arguments and judgements, or when reading and solving problems. Challenging opportunities to apply knowledge are embedded throughout our curriculum. Progressively planned learning enables children to constantly apply prior knowledge and build upon it.
We ensure that all children gain a wealth of experiences beyond learning facts in the classroom. We want our curriculum to inspire children to want to learn more, to provoke children’s intellectual curiosity and to create experiences of awe and wonder.
We believe in the power of knowledge to unlock doors in children’s lives. We believe that knowledge leads to understanding, and that understanding leads to wisdom. Acquiring powerful knowledge enables all children to become grounded people with strong character traits, providing a stepping-stone to a successful future.
Vocabulary is at the heart of our curriculum. We are consciously aware of gaps in pupils’ vocabulary and strive, through our curriculum, to allow all children to become confident and fluent with an extensive range of powerful vocabulary. Academic talk is a key part of our curriculum, where children are given opportunities to apply their knowledge and vocabulary through a range of talk tasks.
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Art Rationale.pdf
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Computing Rationale.pdf
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English 2021-2022
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DT Rationale.pdf
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Geography Rationale.pdf
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Mathematics Rationale.pdf
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Music Rationale.pdf
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PE Rationale.pdf
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Phonics Rationale .pdf
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PSHE Rationale.pdf
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Science Rationale.pdf
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