Overview
St. Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School is committed to meeting the requirements of the primary National Curriculum and the requirements of the Bishops of England and Wales as our pupils pass through each key stage.
The curriculum will be taught with the consideration of the needs of all learners. Our curriculum will be exciting and will inspire children to nurture a passion for learning.
Our broad and balanced curriculum is designed to ensure that pupils recognise their unique skills and talents have a passion for learning, are equipped to contribute positively to the community, achieve well and have high aspirations.
It is underpinned by the core values of our mission statement-
Educate; Create; Witness: Christ at the Centre
- Educate each other
- Create Community
- Show witness to the Gospel values of Courage, creativity, thankfulness, responsibility, compassion, peace, service, justice, trust, hope, love, forgiveness, friendship, humility, generosity and reverence and respect.
Our curriculum ensures that academic success, creativity and problem solving, reliability, responsibility and resilience, as well as physical development, well-being and mental health are key elements that support the development of the whole child and promote a positive attitude to learning, supporting pupils for their next stage in their educational journey
These values are taught on their own and through other areas of the curriculum, including assemblies and acts of worship. The spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of our pupils and their understanding of the core values of our society are woven right through our curriculum.
We have designed a fully comprehensive curriculum framework. Our curriculum continues to ensure that:
- Our children’s learning is both meaningful and benefits from a specific focus on the core requirements of the English and Mathematics curriculum.
- Learning is sequenced and progression is carefully planned for.
- It is based on an analysis of how it can benefit the needs of our specific children and their community.
- It is designed to ensure that children can become upwardly socially mobile.
- It supports children in developing Global and the fundamental British Values.
- Children are given opportunities to actively engage on their learning through meaningful and applied contexts.
- Children know that there are no limits on their ability.
Our schemes of work reflect the content and challenge of the curriculum. Teachers have received training in key areas of curriculum change and are ready to provide outstanding curriculum provision.
Experiences for pupils are:
- Inclusive
- Exciting
- Challenging
- Engaging
- Real and experiential
- Relevant to their context
- Influenced by pupils
- Progressive
- Values-led
- Safe
The curriculum is designed to include:
- A clearly articulated learning journey with a purposeful outcome
- An engaging stimulant for learning
- Opportunities for pupils to contribute to planning the learning journey
- Real experiences
- Application of basic skills including computing
- Cross-curricular links where they add value
Our pedagogical approach is designed to enhance the learning experience for pupils and each unit of work includes the following opportunities when appropriate:
- Links to English units
- Links to mathematics units
- Basic skills to be reinforced during the unit
The National Curriculum is typically delivered using an integrated topic approach and is assessed using Insight statements (National Curriculum) as a basis to ensure coverage and progression throughout the school. All children are challenged, appropriate to their capabilities; children who find aspects of their learning more difficult are appropriately supported so that they too are enabled to experience success.
Children’s Leadership
Children are given many opportunities to develop leadership skills. These skills are developed through membership of the School Council, The Worship Team, Head Boy and Head Girl positions, Worship Team Representatives and as a Buddy Mentor for the younger children and through responsibilities given in their class.
The school makes considerable efforts to ensure children have exposure to a wide experience beyond their local community during which these concepts are shown, through for example, sporting events, residential visits and outdoor activities and through highly personalised school visits. Our strong-rooted values-based understanding gives us an excellent platform for embracing difference. And children are not just taught British values but ‘World Values’.