The school's curriculum extends beyond the academic subject knowledge and skills pupils are taught. It aims to promote the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of the children, preparing them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.
| The key areas of personal development the school focuses on |
Ways in which the school promotes the pupils’ personal development in these areas |
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Developing resilience, confidence and independence.
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- Providing a rich and engaging curriculum, which encourages active participation.
- Involving the children in the learning process, helping them to become independent learners and take responsibility for their own learning.
- Providing performance opportunities in class, through sporting activities and in front of an audience.
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Knowing how to keep physically and mentally healthy.
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- Delivering an active curriculum.
- Providing a good range of physical activities and competitive sporting opportunities, as recognised through the school’s achievement of the School Games Platinum Mark.
- Offering Nurture, Thrive and mindfulness activities and commissioning a school counselling service.
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| Preparing for future success |
- Delivering a broad and diverse curriculum, helping prepare the children for the challenges of a secondary school curriculum.
- Putting in place transition arrangements to support the children as they move to their secondary school.
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| Developing responsible, respectful, active citizens, who contribute to society. |
- Nurturing school leaders through the election of school counsellors, the appointment of sports ambassadors and Computer Squad members.
- Promoting safe practices around online behaviour, through our online safety curriculum and our online safety week.
- Offering extra curriculum opportunities, such as the residential visits in Years 4 and 6.
- Operating a restorative approach to achieving good behaviour in school, embodied in our Relationship Policy.
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| Understanding British values. |
- Embodied in our Prevent & British Values Policy and the school’s Vision & Values.
- Taught through our PSHE lessons and assemblies.
- Promoted through multi-cultural enrichment activities, e.g. visiting the Gurdwara, the local Church and Y6 visit to the Tower of London.
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Understanding and appreciating diversity.
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- Sharing music, stories and themes in class and assemblies.
- Selecting texts and curriculum content which promote this understanding, e.g. Y6 study of the Windrush.
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