St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School

Academic

Prepared for future education

R.E & SMSC

To provide a curriculum that enables children to build on previous learning.

To plan creative activities that enable children to explore, question and problem solve and make links with the world around them.

To ensure that the quality of teaching leads to excellent progress in all areas of the curriculum which is captured in both formative and summative assessment processes.

To provide activities that enable children to build on their ‘uniqueness’ and develop their talents.

To provide opportunities for pupils to learn how to make healthy choices, both in school and the wider environment.

To support pupils in developing resilience, perseverance, empathy and growth mind set.

To provide parents/carers with advice and support to help them recognise and develop their child’s talents and aspirations.

To plan to enable pupils to ‘live out’ their Catholic faith and prayer life to support their moral development.

To provide opportunities to develop their love for their neighbour and promote a cohesive community.

To plan creative and cross curricular opportunities in the curriculum to learn about the world around them, recognising and celebrating diversity and cultures at St. Margaret Clitherow School and the wider environment.

Implementation

At St. Margaret Clitherow School, we follow the National Curriculum.  The curriculum is planned and delivered sequentially allowing to build on skills and knowledge to be embedded in pupils’ long term memory. This is regularly checked using rigorous assessment practices and quality assurance methods.

When implementing the curriculum we ensure that:

• ·         We promote independence
• ·         We provide a creative curriculum that promotes a love of learning
• ·         Pupils challenge themselves from their individual starting point
• ·         Pupils understand how to improve their work through conferencing and succinct marking
• ·         We use effective questioning to check understanding and develop pupil’s thinking skills

At SMC, we make meaningful connections for all pupils across all subjects.  We actively promote the common good and British values (democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs) to prepare our pupils for life in modern day Britain.  We promote children's love of learning in a fully inclusive environment

St Margaret Clitherow School provides a highly inclusive environment where learners enjoy their education.  Pupils at all levels are helped to achieve their potential. Those who are most able are challenged, encouraged to expand their skills and knowledge through varied curriculum opportunities.  Those who find learning more difficult are encouraged and given targeted support to embed skills, to develop at their own pace and to learn in a style that best suits their individual needs.

We offer a range of support systems to enable all children (including vulnerable children, children on the SEN register and EAL members of our school community) to access the curriculum.  We have an inclusive approach to all areas of the curriculum.  We provide a range of support for our SEND children including speech and language therapy, 1:1 individualised programmes and art therapy.

We follow a progressive RSE curriculum in all year groups to enable children to develop their knowledge and skills in key areas such as spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.  These concepts are also reinforced in whole-school assemblies, collective worship and in the classroom.

Sport has a high profile at St Margaret’s, and pupils are introduced to a variety of activities.  We employ trained Sports coaches who teach children from Reception to Year 6. The school also employs a specialist music teacher ensuring all children receive a tailored programme in music from Nursery to Year 6. The children have the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument as well as join an active school choir.

St Margaret’s provides the full core offer of extended school provision. Our free Bagel Breakfast is particularly popular. To promote physical health and wellbeing, a range of clubs gives learners an opportunity to access a wide variety of clubs after school hours.

 Subject leaders play an important part in the success of the curriculum by leading a regular programme of monitoring, evaluation and review. The curriculum design ensures that the needs of individual and small groups of children can be met within the environment of high quality teaching, supported by targeted, proven interventions where appropriate. In this way it can be seen to impact in a very positive way on pupil outcomes. Enjoyment of the curriculum promotes achievement, confidence and good behaviour. Children feel safe to try new things. High quality visits and visitors into the school is also key.

Impact

We measure Impact holistically by;

• ·         Observing teaching and learning – recognising strengths and areas for development following a termly schedule
• ·         Subject leaders monitor work in their subjects (follows a termly schedule)
• ·         Book scrutiines and pupil conferencing takes place (termly schedule)
• ·         Assessing data to inform planning and strategy
• ·         Monitoring behaviour and relationships alongside our Mission Statement and information from questionnaires and CPOMS data