Denby Free CE VA Primary School Curriculum

INTENT

To create a flexible, creative curriculum which also rigorously ensures coverage and progression in key skills.

Flexible

• Our curriculum is creative and personalized
• Tailored to pupils' needs and interests
• Takes account of teachers' passions and areas of strength as well as current local/world events
• Allows for different learning and teaching styles
• Topics are flexible

Rigorous

• There are non-negotiables skills to ensure coverage and progression
• Curriculum maps ensure knowledge development
• Fulfil and exceed National Curriculum requirements and expectations

IMPLEMENTATION

Knowledge and Skills

• Taken from National Curriculum
• Each block of knowledge and skills are broken down and layered for each year group
• Knowledge acquisition and skills ensure progression from year to year; each year builds on the last without unnecessary duplication
• Subject leaders/ specialists developed and streamlined knowledge and skills
• Greater depth knowledge and skills encourage challenge for more able
• Teachers scaffold up where necessary to ensure almost all pupils can access main knowledge and skills

Topics

• Knowledge and skills can be taught via different topics to allow for flexibility
• Topic drivers are history, geography or science. Other subjects are enhancers
• Use of core texts are linked

Monitoring and assessment

• Coverage monitored through curriculum maps, plans and book looks
• Subjects assessed at end of the year- assessment linked to knowledge and skills
• Assessment and marking a to ensure teachers can pick up pupils not meeting expectations and put in appropriate provision to ensure progress in future

IMPACT

• A clear coherent curriculum
• Focused learning intentions taken from skills ensure lessons have a clear learning point
• Pupils have some ownership over learning- encourages engagement
• Flexible topics- interest pupils so they continue learning outside the classroom
• Promote transferable knowledge and skills
• Clear assessment procedure to ensure teachers are aware of each pupils' needs