Not all children are the same and the different learning needs of individuals are central to the planning and implementation of our school curriculum.
Within and across each curriculum area, children are given the opportunity to explore and discover; to question and solve problems; and to develop increasing independence.
To achieve this, the teachers employ a variety of teaching methods, groupings and forms of organisation.
English
English is at the heart of our curriculum. It unites the important skills of reading and writing, and speaking and listening.
Our aims are:
- To provide children with many and varied contexts for speaking and listening, so that they can interpret the world around them, communicate with others, and express themselves in an articulate and confident manner.
- To encourage children to become effective readers of a wide range of genres.
- To enable children to write with confidence, fluency, imagination and accuracy.
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Mathematics
Children need a solid foundation in mathematical skills which is applied confidently to real-life problems and within mathematics itself.
Our aims are:
- To provide an atmosphere of enquiry and investigation.
- To give children a positive attitude to mathematics as an interesting and challenging subject in which all children can gain success and enjoyment.
- To present mathematics as a creative subject, which stimulates moments of pleasure and wonder.
- To show children the fascination of mathematics and promote ways of doing maths which harness their imagination, initiative and flexibility of mind.
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Science
Science stimulates and excites children’s curiosity about living things, materials and physical processes in the world around them. It is a largely practical subject which develops a spirit of enquiry. Working with others, learning how to persevere, and asking questions, are attitudes which we promote throughout the school and which enable work to be carried out scientifically.
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Each year there is a Science week when children are able to carry out an extended project in one week and parents are able to visit the school at the end of the week to see the work in which all the children have been involved.
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Our aims are:
- To stimulate and excite children’s curiosity.
- To satisfy this curiosity with knowledge.
- To help children to question and propose answers, to think logically and to reason systematically.
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Information & Communication Technology
ICT is primarily concerned with communication and the storage, manipulation and presentation of information in a variety of forms. Its application has become an integral aspect of our society. In school we have a suite of computers, with additional computers and interactive whiteboards in each classroom, to provide a mechanism for enhancing children’s learning throughout the curriculum.
Our aims are:
- To develop practical skills so that children can communicate and handle information with confidence.
- To extend the range of learning environments and depth of experience offered.
- To stimulate the development of creativity and the ability to solve problems.
- To provide increased access to the curriculum for children with special needs.
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Design & Technology
Design and Technology prepares children to participate in the world’s rapidly changing technologies. It gives them opportunities to design, make and evaluate products, gaining an appreciation of the demands and constraints which influence the design of products.
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Our aims are:
- To develop children’s designing and making skills, and technical knowledge and understanding, using a range of tools and materials safely.
- To enable children to work with a range of products in creative problem solving both as individuals and with others.
- To encourage children to become understanding and discriminating consumers.
Each year there is a Design and Technology week to allow the children to design, make and evaluate their product in the same week. This is both fun and beneficial for the children, and ends with an open afternoon for parents.
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History
History is all about people. It is the study of people of different types, from different times and different places. The way we live today is because of the people and events of yesterday. We encourage the children to use a variety of sources to find out about the past.
Our aims are:
- To develop a sense of time, recognising how time is measured and that some things change and some things stay the same.
- To consider what it was like to live in different periods, how and why events happened and what motivated the people who lived then.
- To recognise that we cannot know everything that happened in the past. Our viewpoint may differ from that of others, and our understanding may change in the light of new evidence.
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Geography
Geography explores the relationship between the natural and human world. It develops knowledge of people and cultures, places and environments throughout the world. It creates a unique link between the natural and social sciences.
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Our aims are:
- To stimulate children’s interest in and wonder at the world in which they live.
- To increase their knowledge about the world, its people and cultures.
- To develop children’s understanding of the interdependent relationship between the peoples of the world, and between people and their environment.
- To develop concern and responsibility for the quality and future of our environment.
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French
The learning of a foreign language in primary school provides a valuable educational, social and cultural experience for all children.
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Our aims are:
- To develop communication and literacy skills in the children.
- To develop the children’s linguistic competence and confidence.
- To raise awareness of the multi-lingual, multi-cultural world and introduce an international dimension to children’s learning.
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French is taught to all children in the school, varying content and level of difficulty according to the age and ability of the children. There is an emphasis on verbal skills.
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Art & Design
Art and Design gives children the opportunity to record feelings and express creative imagination.
Our aims are:
- To give children the opportunity to use a variety of media and techniques to acquire skills.
- To develop children’s critical abilities and understanding of their own and others’ cultural heritage.
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Each year there is a Creative Arts week when childrenhave the opportunity to concentrate on art, music, poetry, drama etc for a full week, demonstrating to parents, at the end of the week, the work they have created
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Physical Education
P. E. is valued as an important part of school life, making a major contribution to children’s physical, social and moral education and encouraging a healthy lifestyle. We endeavour to provide a wide range of opportunities for children of all abilities, and to develop and encourage commitment, team work and decision making.
Our aims are:
- To teach children to become more skilful in the ways they control their movements and develop co-ordination.
- To enable children to work safely and creatively in all areas of the P E curriculum.
- To develop habits leading to a healthy and active lifestyle and promote physical well-being.
Every advantage is taken of available space, including the school grounds, the Village Hall, the Village playing field and all weather pitch, and the swimming pool at Tiverton.
We are members of the School Sport Partnership and participate in a wide range of out of school sporting events.
Our school has been awarded Activemark 2007, which rewards exceptional delivery of the National School Sport Strategy.
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Religious Education
R. E. is concerned with the distinctive ways in which humans express their understanding and experiences of life. |
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Our aims are:
- To help children to reflect on those aspects of human experience which give rise to fundamental questions about life.
- To encourage children to develop a sensitivity to spiritual and religious interpretation of human experience.
- To promote respect for the beliefs and values of others.
- To help the children to develop their own beliefs and values, and a sense of identity.
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Personal, Social & Health Education
PSHE enables children to become effective learners and supports them as they move from childhood, through adolescence, to become independent young people and responsible citizens.
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Our aims are:
- To help children to acquire knowledge and understanding of themselves, of others and of the world in which they live.
- To ensure every member of the school community shall have equality of opportunity regardless of background, gender, ability, ethnicity, disability or religion.
- To foster children’s development as individuals and to develop their potential as members of society.
- To promote a healthy, safe lifestyle, with respect for themselves, others and their environment.
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Sex and Relationships Education is taught as part of the curriculum and with due care for, and sensitivity to, each individual child.
We have an active school council and support others less fortunate than ourselves through a programme of fund-raising non-uniform days.
Children, staff, parents and governors are working together to make our school as eco-friendly as possible, and we have earned the Bronze Eco Schools Award.
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Worship The school provides an act of collective worship for all pupils on each school day. Class worship is held each day on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. On Wednesday we hold a whole school act of worship in the Parish Church of St John the Baptist, which local ministers share with us. On Friday we hold a whole school act of worship in school, followed by assembly, which gives an opportunity to celebrate children’s achievements.
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Our acts of worship affirm and celebrate the Christian values and ethos of the school.
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Individual Educational Needs
The individual needs of children are assessed when they join the reception year using a simple baseline assessment scheme. This enables the school to move the children on appropriately. The progress of every child is monitored as they move through each of the Key Stages and each teacher ensures that all children have access to a broad and balanced curriculum, differentiated to meet individual needs and the requirements of the National Curriculum.
If a child is perceived to need additional support, the school’s Special Needs Policy will be implemented and guidance and support will be sought from relevant outside agencies.
The school aims to provide an imaginative and flexible approach for children who display exceptional abilities in relation to their age range, to allow them to access the curriculum at an appropriate level.
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