The Curriculum
Proverbs 22:6
“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old, they shall not turn from this”
At the heart of everything we do is this Christian vision which is expressed through the values: Love, Integrity, Creativity and Resilience alongside the three themes: being ‘safe, respectful and ready to learn’.
Children have opportunities to explore and learn about their community and the wider global community and develop a sense of responsibility, and ability to show courageous advocacy for the part they play in society. We are proud of the persity in our community here at St. Michael’s and our curriculum reflects this. We encourage every child to feel proud of their own heritage and celebrate this annually on our World Language Day.
Our curriculum has been carefully developed to ensure broad, balanced and rich coverage of the National Curriculum tailored to be relevant and inspiring for the children at St. Michael’s. Careful thought has been given with regard to the knowledge that we want children to acquire, beginning in our Foundation Stage.
Each carefully planned sequence of learning fits into the wider curriculum to ensure that there is progression within every subject across the school. There are opportunities to revisit and extend prior learning so that learning is retained and deepened for all our children. As part of this, we are determined that children should have a breadth of learning experiences so each half term there are sequences of learning in the core subjects of English and Maths as well as in Science, RE, Computing, P.S.H.E. and P.E. Across the year, children will receive blocks of teaching in Music; History or Geography; Art or Design Technology, usually lasting for half a term, although these may be extended to cover an entire term. Where necessary, reasonable adaptations will be made to ensure that all pupils are able to access the learning and make progress.
We aim to nurture in our children the attitudes for them to become discerning young adults who are aware of the need to select and query information, challenge stereotypes, debate and question to find solutions to the difficult issues that face us in modern times. In doing so, we also want them to be self aware, confident, resilient young people who recognise that striving for self fulfilment guides us and gives consistency to our lives.
We continually evaluate and improve the learning sequences to ensure that the curriculum reflects what is happening in the world around us. Our curriculum includes visits and visitors both locally and to places further afield culminating in our Year 6 visit to France, as we try to ensure children are excited and inspired by memorable experiences that alongside their classroom experience, will fuel their dreams and ambitions.
As a Church of England school, we know that we are not on this journey alone, Christ is with us. We are guided by our Christian vision in all decisions and actions, so that the children we are blessed to teach have the skills, values and attributes that will see them thrive in the future.
The Core Subjects
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Foundation Subjects
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School Curriculum Maps
The curriculum for each year group, grouped by half terms, can be found below:
Reception
Opportunities to learn at home
Year 1
Opportunities to learn at home
Year 2
Opportunities to learn at home
Year 3
Opportunities to learn at home
Year 4
Opportunities to learn at home
Year 5
Opportunities to learn at home
Year 6
Opportunities to learn at home
Trips and Events
At St Michael's, our children take part in a broad range of trips and events that support their wider development.