Curriculum Vision

At our school, we are committed to delivering a rich, engaging, and inclusive curriculum that nurtures respect, courage, and perseverance in every learner. We believe education should be fun, creative, and adaptive, inspiring children to become lifelong learners who are proud of who they are and excited about who they can become.

Our curriculum is designed to help every child flourish, unlocking their potential through high expectations and personalised support. We celebrate diversity and promote a strong sense of belonging, ensuring that all pupils feel valued, safe, and included.

Through a broad and balanced offer that builds cultural capital, we empower children to be ambitious thinkers, ready to succeed in an ever-changing world. We prepare them not just for the next stage of their education, but for life.

Curriculum Intent

At St Michael’s C of E Primary School, our curriculum is broad, balanced and ambitious. It is carefully designed to recognise each child’s prior learning, provide rich first-hand experiences, and prepare them for the ever-changing world in which they are growing up. Rooted in our vision and values of Respect, Courage and Perseverance, our curriculum empowers children to flourish academically, socially and personally.

We recognise every child as a unique individual. We celebrate diversity and difference, ensuring that our curriculum reflects our children’s backgrounds, our local community, and the wider world. Learning at St Michael’s is built upon strong relationships and the teaching of essential knowledge, skills and concepts, enabling all children to thrive.

We believe that childhood should be a joyful, enquiring and investigative time filled with opportunity, curiosity and discovery. Our curriculum aims to ignite a lifelong love of learning and to nurture children who are:

• Independent, critical thinkers who can question, reason and reflect.

• Confident and courageous, willing to take risks, embrace challenge and persevere.

• Inquisitive and curious, motivated to seek out new knowledge and experiences.

• Kind, respectful and empathetic, showing care and understanding towards others.

• Resilient and purposeful, with the determination to overcome obstacles and succeed.

Through engaging learning experiences, enrichment opportunities and a culture of high expectations, we equip our children with the skills, knowledge and values they need not only for the next stage of their education, but for life. Our ultimate intent is to develop motivated, lifelong learners who are brave, collaborative and compassionate citizens, ready to make a positive contribution to society.

Curriculum Implementation

The following key strategies and organisational methods are used to help us deliver our broad and balanced curriculum:

• Regular celebration of achievements both in school and outside of school. 
• Balance of teacher led and child led learning sessions promoting creative freedom and individual interests. 
• Robust phonics teaching across EYFS and Key Stage 1
• Adaptive teaching ensuring all children, regardless of ability, learn what they need when they need it
• Vulnerable children's learning needs are met in an inclusive and supportive environment
• Strong Values running through all we do, reflecting our Christian Distinctiveness 
• Talk for Writing and Storytelling strategies are used to explore a range of key texts and provide scaffolding for independent writing 
• Collaborative learning strategies e.g. Learning Partners & Think Pair Share - where children work together to solve a problem or answer a question. 
• Cross curricular – Themes allow children to develop and embed knowledge and skills for future learning 
• RE is taught through a blended approach using Discovery RE and ODBE Agreed Syllabus 
• PE is taught using the Get Set 4 PE Scheme to ensure high quality PE is taught across the school
• Music is taught using the Kapow Scheme to ensure high quality music is taught across the school
• Assessment for Learning (AfL) is used to embed and use knowledge and skills fluently, check understanding and inform future teaching. 
• Live marking - to ensure real time feedback whist is relevant to the children in the moment
• Forest School – team work, resilience, problem solving are promoted through learning in the Forest. Learning is active and first hand, children go out in all seasons in all weathers in order to experience how nature is changing over the year. This promotes physical and mental health. 
• Partnership with Parents – engaging them in their children’s learning through interim reports,  sharing outcomes of topic work either through in school visits or through the school newsletter.

Curriculum Impact

 Curriculum Overview