Our Curriculum
Our Community
St Agnes Catholic Primary is in the heart of an area with a rich social and culturally diverse community;
The uniqueness of every child is recognised and valued. As such, we want our curriculum to embrace the community from which it exists, recognising and celebrating the diverse backgrounds and experiences from which our children originate
Community involvement is also an essential part of our curriculum as we celebrate local traditions, learning new skills to enable children to take an active role in events throughout the year.
We want our curriculum to allow children to leave St Agnes with a sense of belonging to a tightly knit community where they have the confidence and skills to make decisions, self-evaluate, make connections and become lifelong learners.
Curriculum Development
We are in the process of reviewing our curriculum so that it further celebrates diversity and utilises the skills, knowledge and cultural wealth of the community whilst supporting the pupils’ spiritual, moral and cultural development.
We are adapting our learning journey to meet the needs and interests of our children, continuing to offer an excellent education underpinned by a broad, culturally rich and powerful curriculum to ensure that all pupils are well equipped for the next stages in their education.
Skills and Knowledge
Subjects are taught discreetly with a strong emphasis on a clear and carefully planned progression of knowledge and skills. In this way our children gain a broad understanding of each curriculum area and know exactly which subject they are studying. However, the curriculum is being designed to embed transferable skills throughout, without weakening essential knowledge-based learning.
We are mindful also of the research surrounding effective feedback and findings from cognitive science regarding the fragility of new learning. In response to this, planning is flexible and responsive to pupils’ needs.
Creativity
Our curriculum is underpinned by the teaching of basic skills, knowledge, concepts and values however, creativity is pivotal at St Agnes. We constantly provide enhancement opportunities to engage learning and to celebrate and develop the individual talents of our pupils, recognising everyone as unique with their own ambitions, skills and dreams. We aim to provide an environment that encourages lifelong learning.
St Agnes Catholic Primary is in the heart of an area with a rich social and culturally diverse community;
The uniqueness of every child is recognised and valued. As such, we want our curriculum to embrace the community from which it exists, recognising and celebrating the diverse backgrounds and experiences from which our children originate
Community involvement is also an essential part of our curriculum as we celebrate local traditions, learning new skills to enable children to take an active role in events throughout the year.
We want our curriculum to allow children to leave St Agnes with a sense of belonging to a tightly knit community where they have the confidence and skills to make decisions, self-evaluate, make connections and become lifelong learners.
Curriculum Development
We are in the process of reviewing our curriculum so that it further celebrates diversity and utilises the skills, knowledge and cultural wealth of the community whilst supporting the pupils’ spiritual, moral and cultural development.
We are adapting our learning journey to meet the needs and interests of our children, continuing to offer an excellent education underpinned by a broad, culturally rich and powerful curriculum to ensure that all pupils are well equipped for the next stages in their education.
Skills and Knowledge
Subjects are taught discreetly with a strong emphasis on a clear and carefully planned progression of knowledge and skills. In this way our children gain a broad understanding of each curriculum area and know exactly which subject they are studying. However, the curriculum is being designed to embed transferable skills throughout, without weakening essential knowledge-based learning.
We are mindful also of the research surrounding effective feedback and findings from cognitive science regarding the fragility of new learning. In response to this, planning is flexible and responsive to pupils’ needs.
Creativity
Our curriculum is underpinned by the teaching of basic skills, knowledge, concepts and values however, creativity is pivotal at St Agnes. We constantly provide enhancement opportunities to engage learning and to celebrate and develop the individual talents of our pupils, recognising everyone as unique with their own ambitions, skills and dreams. We aim to provide an environment that encourages lifelong learning.
Phonics
We teach phonics in Nursery through to Year 2 using the Tower Hamlets Letters and Sounds Phonics Scheme
Mathematics
We teach Mathematics using the White Rose Scheme of Work, based on the National Curriculum objectives.
Science
We treat Science as a core subject and children will cover the required areas for each year group as outlined in the National Curriculum. We use Switched on Science to support detailed planning. Both knowledge and skills are covered through asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways; observing closely, using simple equipment; performing simple tests; identifying and classifying; using observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions; gathering and recording data to help in answering questions.
Curriculum Maps
Each year group has a curriculum map that outlines the content in each subjects for each half term. Please see below the maps for each year group.
St. Agnes RC Primary School DRAFT Curriculum Overview 2021-2022
| St Agnes Curriculum Map 2021-2022 DRAFT .pdf |
