Powick C of E Primary School Curriculum Offer

Intent

At Powick we build our curriculum around our Christian vision of ‘Embracing Learning Together’. 

We foster a culture of collaboration and our highly skilled staff work together to design inspiring learning experiences and ensure all of our children have the opportunity to flourish.

Our children are taught to develop learning behaviours, which help them fulfil their potential during their primary years. Opportunities to work together and learn from each other are regular and purposeful.

Our curriculum has been designed so that all children can make progress through small steps of learning. Our curriculum ensures that children are able to know more and remember more by the careful planning of learning sequences and through planned opportunities to revisit prior learning.

National Curriculum

The basis for progression within our curriculum is the National Curriculum 2014 and the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework. The National Curriculum is mapped across the phases taught in primary school: EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.

Powick Curriculum Design

In English, maths and Science, our curriculum is taught from the National Curriculum. Specific objectives have been mapped across year groups to give clarity to what is learnt at each stage and to support teachers in the planning process. Our teachers plan sequences of learning in English, Maths and Science which meet the needs of the pupils in their class and ensure all children make progress. 

In foundation subjects, carefully planned schemes of learning, designed by experts, ensure that the curriculum provides the appropriate level of subject knowledge. This allows every child to access a broad and balanced education, building on the knowledge and skills they have previously acquired as they progress through the school.

It is our intent that our curriculum will:

• Teach subjects discretely so that there is an emphasis on the unique features of each discipline, which is reflected in the learning which takes place
• Make links across the curriculum, where appropriate, to build connections in learning
• Plan out the knowledge, skills and understanding that we want children to learn
• Provide small steps of learning which help children build deeper understanding across sequences, year groups and key stages
• Develop children’s vocabulary and give them opportunities to apply subject-specific words
• Offer opportunities for collaborative learning with a focus on talking about learning and asking questions that demonstrate understanding

Our curriculum is supported by the use of Knowledge Organisers in Science, History, Geography, Art and Design Technology, which enable children to revisit and remember key names, dates, facts and events and relate these to each other to build a powerful schema of learning. These are available on our Class Curriculum pages.

Each subject is timetabled to ensure a deep understanding is acquired which supports children’s knowledge and understanding within each specific discipline - either as six week blocks or in one week of afternoon sessions.

Powick Long Term Curriculum Plan

Equality for all

Powick CE Primary School is committed to ensuring equality of education and opportunity for all students, staff, parents, guardians or carers, irrespective of race, gender, disability, belief, religion or socio-economic background.

We are proud of the diversity within our school community and have due regard to:

• eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation
• advance equality of opportunity
• foster good relations and positive attitudes between all characteristics and different groups in all activities

This perspective is embedded and expected in all our policies and practices to ensure discrimination and inequality are tackled appropriately.

To read more about our equality objectives for this academic year please see the website page named 'Policies'.

Implementation

Lessons at Powick will include the following elements, though not always in the same order.

• Lessons will begin with a short review of previous learning
• New material will be presented in small steps with pupils practising after each step
• Teacher gives clear and detailed instructions and explanations
• Teacher asks lots of questions to elicit understanding
• Teacher thinks aloud and models steps
• Children are asked to explain what they have learnt
• Feedback is given both verbally and in live marking
• Material is re-taught if needed
• Students are well prepared for independent practice
• During independent work children are monitored and the teacher supports them where needed

Please see our Teaching and Learning Policy for further information.

Impact

The impact of our curriculum, as well as being measured through official and internal data when appropriate, will be evaluated with regard to these key indicators:

• Children know more and remember more about the key concepts and knowledge in each area of learning
• Children are able to do more as the progressive acquisition of skills is carefully planned for across each phase and key stage
• Pupils demonstrate effective learning behaviours including being able to work collaboratively
• Pupils use a wide vocabulary and are able to articulate their ideas and express themselves with clarity
• Where pupils are identified as needing further support this is acted on quickly and with an appropriate level of adaptation or intervention to ensure they quickly overcome their misconceptions

Please see our Assessment Handbook and Assessment Policy for more information.

For further information about the topics and learning in your child's class please see our Class Curriculum page which is updated termly with a Curriculum Newsletter, Homework grid and the Knowledge Organisers. 

If you would like to discuss our curriculum in more detail, then please contact the school office on:

01905 830336 or email: office@powick.worcs.sch.uk