What does your child learn at school each day? Find information about our curriculum here.
Curriculum Intent
Chopwell Primary is at the heart of a village steeped in coal mining history. Our school vision is for every child to become a successful, independent, resilient, lifelong learner and a caring, responsible member of the community, who can achieve their very best.
We offer a thoughtful range of experiences that support our culture: pupils enjoy a ‘full spectrum’ of academic, physical, spiritual, moral, social, cultural activities that enrich their lives and give them the confidence and skills for a fulfilled and happy life.
We believe that all children should experience the feeling of accomplishment in a wide range of areas. Our curriculum therefore gives pupils an excellent mix of academic and personal development; it gives importance not only to the core subjects but also to foundation subjects.
At Chopwell Primary our mission is clear “The Future is Mine”.
To ensure we do this our school values of MUTUAL RESPECT, INDEPENDENCE, NURTURE AND EXCELLENCE are at the core of everything we do. They underpin our teaching and learning, and provide an environment which prepares our pupils as confident, happy citizens. The values are MINE-they belong to each and every one of us.
We provide children with an inclusive and inspiring curriculum; offer the very best resources and facilities; put the very best practitioners in front of them, provide an exceptional personal development offer and create a culture where children feel valued, safe and secure. This ensures our children make progress in each key stage and ensure that they achieve well, no matter their starting point or socio-economic background.
Implementation
All lessons here in school are engaging so that each child is empowered to learn, achieve and thrive. Our curriculum is built on solid reading, writing, oracy and maths foundations from the moment they join EYFS in order for children to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to access the whole curriculum offer.
Lessons are structured to ensure high-quality instruction, precise modelling, impactful questioning and independent practice and feedback mechanisms are embedded in all lessons.
The curriculum is carefully planned to ensure that knowledge and vocabulary is consistent and builds as children move through school. Our foundation curriculum has been designed to follow a journey through a topic, where possible with curriculum links made across carefully sequenced subjects. High-quality texts have been chosen to broaden children's understanding of topics and subject areas. The interconnectivity of our curriculum ensures children make links in their learning and understand the relationship between subjects. We provide high-quality enrichment opportunities linked to curriculum that have a clear purpose and objective to ensure that learning is enhanced as well as providing ‘WOW’ moments for the children.
Our curriculum is designed around our school values of: Mutual Respect, Independence, Nurture and Excellence, underpinned by British values and our curriculum drivers:
Preparing for the Future | Global citizenship
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Ensure that every learning opportunity provides children with the experiences which prepare them for life after education. Key focus areas for curriculum opportunities are:
| Children will be taught about our world in the past, present and the future. This will enable children to understand our world as it was and how it has led to the world that we live in today.
Children learn about the world beyond their own and broaden their limited horizons.
Children make informed decisions about the choices that they make and about how they access and use the world around them.
| Ensure that all children confidently access the curriculum, no matter their starting point or barrier.
We use effective teaching methods and systems to provide a level playing field by removing barriers to learning.
Through high-expectations, and a broad and balanced curriculum every child is given the opportunity to achieve and thrive.
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BREADTH AND DEPTH
Our curriculum is structured to meet all of the requirements and objectives within the National Curriculum. Our children have access to all subjects through a curriculum which is precisely sequenced and builds on prior knowledge. We want our children to experience a range of learning opportunities both in and out of the classroom. We believe that learning through experiences and through opportunities that may otherwise be inaccessible, along with increased confidence in basic skills, will open doors for our children. Helping them understand, appreciate and access the wider world through our curriculum, underpins our whole curriculum approach.
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
We ensure our children are socially, emotionally and mentally ready to learn by placing great emphasis on ensuring they feel safe to take chances, try new things and be in a position to make progress. Through a strong commitment to our pastoral offer and a well embedded PSHE/RSE curriculum, we are able to meet the specific needs of our children to ensure they are ready to learn. We are committed to children's mental health and wellbeing and believe that this is a barrier that we must help to remove for our children.