TOGETHER WE DREAM, BELIEVE, ACHIEVE

The vision and values we hold at Wood End Primary School are to:

Believe in our own abilities so we can achieve our dreams.

Respect and value the diverse talents, needs and beliefs of everyone.

Learn together in a safe and happy environment.

Develop a lifelong love of learning.

Build a community of belonging, high expectations and team spirit.

Appreciate the world we live in and help to take care of it.

Three guiding areas that underpin our curriculum

• Develop curiosity, questioning, investigation and communication

• Foster a love of learning through guided discovery

• Knowledge is remembered

“....know more, remember more and are able to do more.”: OFSTED 2019 

Our curriculum is well-sequenced, well-specified and ambitious for all to access. It shows respect for the traditions and identity of each subject. Within and across our curriculum, interesting, deep and meaningful connections are made.

We inspire children by teaching essential background knowledge so they are confident and enthusiastic to embark on the next stage of their journey.

Our curriculum is enquiry-based, which means it is a form of active learning that begins with posing questions and exploring problems or scenarios. We also retain aspects of a knowledge-based curriculum recognising that our children first need specified and well-sequenced knowledge in order to be able to enquire about a subject . We also ensure that children are given the skills and cultural capital they need to be well-educated future citizens.

Within our curriculum, historical figures, scientific concepts, mathematical ideas and literature are explored through a well-organised scheme of learning that develops logically from lesson to lesson, unit to unit and year to year. Knowledge is taught to be remembered using cognitive science, the psychology of learning, memory and schemata. We employ Spaced retrieval, formative low-stakes quizzing and plenty of practice to develop retention and fluency. We develop their questioning skills encouraging them to think deeply, explore and become fascinated by subjects.

Cultural capital is “the essential knowledge that pupils need to be educated citizens, introducing them to the best that has been thought and said and helping to engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement.” (The National Curriculum)

We seek to expose children to valuable experiences they may not have had. Cultural Capital is not just an add-on done through trips and playing instruments, it is embedded into the curriculum that we offer.

Intent, Implementation and Impact

Intent: How we set out the knowledge and skills pupils gain at each stage

Implementation: How the curriculum is taught and assessed to help children build knowledge and apply it as skills

Impact: The outcomes pupils achieve as a result