Clowne Infant & Nursery School
‘We take our children on a journey of discovery, giving them aspirations and engaging them in lifelong learning’
Welcome
Curriculum
Our whole curriculum, policies and practice throughout school is driven by our motto, mission statement and vision; alongside our commitment to the British Values.
INTENT
We have long term curriculum plans in place and key knowledge progression grids from Nursery to Year 2 to enable children to:
- Build on learnt knowledge and skills during their time with us
- Provide inclusive learning with real context and experiences, deeper understanding to excite and motivate
- Understand the world around them, locally and more widely
- Prepare for their next stage in education
IMPLEMENTATION
- Planning is completed weekly and half-termly in year group teams using knowledge of children, expectations, knowledge and skills progression information and wider opportunities.
- We have short-term, medium-term and long term plans to ensure the sequence and building of knowledge and skills.
- We have good quality resources.
- We ensure ongoing assessment of children's learning.
- There is a balance of adult-led and child-led learning.
- We use trips/visitors and other opportunities to enhance the learning experience.
- A curriculum plan for parents together with knowledge organisers for each subject is sent home for parents/carers at the beginning of each term so children can be supported at home. This includes specific vocabulary with definitions.
- Year group information pages on the website provide additional information for parents to allow them to support children at home in embedding key knowledge taught at school.
- The Teaching and learning of the different aspects of our curriculum in school is supported by a range of commercial schemes including: Maths: White Rose Education, Writing: Writing Roots, Science: Kapow, History: Kapow , Art and Design: Kapow, Geography: Kapow, Design and Technology: Kapow, Music: Charanga, PSHE: PSHE Matters, PE: Real PE, RE: Derbyshire All Our Worlds
IMPACT
We measure the impact of the teaching and learning in each area of the curriculum through:
- Assessment and monitoring of outcomes
- Progress made from starting points
- Conversations with children that demonstrate what they know, can do and remember (sticky knowledge)
- Monitoring the work children do and their response to the learning
- Monitoring the impact on children's health and well-being
- Recording aspirations and supporting them through school ethos and the PSED/PSHE scheme