At North Somercotes CE Primary School we have created a bespoke curriculum to meet the specific needs of our children set within the context of our school and our community. This is a blend of our own bespoke unit plans created by our subject leaders and nationally recognised schemes of work. See our Curriculum Policy for full details. We are really excited about our curriculum - read on to find out all about our full offer. If you require any further information please contact the relevant Subject Leader/s identified at the top of each curriculum page.

Intention

For each of our ‘termly’ curriculum themes each class “Shines a Light” on a person who can inspire; a person they can aspire to be. Throughout teaching our curriculum we “Shine a Light” on this person to show how the knowledge and skills and concepts contained within our curriculum would have supported them on their journey to where they are. Each person will embody many of our whole school values and this thread will weave continuously through our curriculum. Over the course of an academic year and by completing our whole curriculum our children will have been inspired by a wide breadth of people – lived embodiments of how our curriculum and values can enable our children to let their own light shine, whatever they aspire to be.

Our curriculum aims to:

• Provide a broad and balanced education for all pupils.
• Enable pupils to develop knowledge, understand concepts and acquire skills, and be able to choose and apply these in relevant situations.
• Ensure that every single day our children are given the opportunity to “Make their light shine”
• Promote our Core Christian Values alongside fundamental British Values.
• Support pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
• Support pupils’ physical development and responsibility for their own health, and enable them to be active
• Ensure equal access to learning, with high expectations for every pupil and appropriate levels of challenge and support.
• Raise aspiration for children so they are motivated to gain employment in adulthood.
• Support pupils to understand and celebrate their own and other local, national and global communities, and know how to be responsible citizens within them.
• Provide a range of cultural enrichment and experiences to broaden their horizons.
• Support pupils to develop communication skills that enable them to interact with a range of audiences.
• To question and challenge learning and be innovators of the future.
• To respect and value difference, and be open-minded to new thinking.

Our Curriculum Policy reflects the National Curriculum programmes of study which the school has chosen to follow. It also reflects requirements for inclusion and equality as set out in the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice 2014 and Equality Act 2010, and refers to curriculum-related expectations of governing boards set out in the Department for Education’s Governance Handbook. In addition, this policy acknowledges the requirements for promoting the learning and development of children set out in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework.

Inclusion

Teachers set high expectations for all pupils. They will use appropriate assessment to set ambitious targets and plan challenging work for all groups, including:

• More able pupils
• Pupils with low prior attainment
• Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
• Pupils with SEND
• Pupils with English as an additional language (EAL)

Individual subject policies will inform how we support our lowest 20% of readers to ensure they can access all curriculum areas.

Teachers will plan lessons so that pupils with SEN and/or disabilities can study every National Curriculum subject, wherever possible, and ensure that there are no barriers to every pupil achieving. Teachers will also take account of the needs of pupils whose first language is not English. Lessons will be planned so that teaching opportunities help pupils to develop their English, and to support pupils to take part in all subjects.

For more information on each subject, click on the links below. This includes:

• All subject intent
• How we teach each subject
• Planning and progression documentation
• Key subject vocabulary
• Subject policies