We are keen for our children to develop a love of learning! We strive to ensure that all of our children aim to be the best that they can be. Our curriculum reflects the requirements of the National Curriculum. We ensure that our children receive their entitlement to the National Curriculum through meaningful, enjoyable, rich and relevant learning experiences which encourage a love of learning and a thirst for knowledge.
Within our school we have many children who are more able, including those with a range of talents and abilities. As educators, we seek to foster these talents and abilities wherever we find them, and take seriously the need to inspire our learners, to not only meet their full potential, but to discover their aptitudes and awaken their interests. Our school acknowledges that a child’s higher level of ability or talent may be subject specific, or more general, or in a particular skill area.
In learning, within any subject, we strive to enable the children to become confident and perceptive questioners and to share their point of view in a reasoned and respectful way. This focus on discussion enables children to extend their thinking to a higher level.
As teachers, we ensure that we formally identify talented and more able learners through the regular and rigorous collection and analysis of progress data. Pupil Progress Meetings involving teachers and senior leaders identify opportunities that will maximise progress for all learners.
‘Let’s Think; Let’s Talk’ has also proven to be an excellent platform to develop international mindedness; we focus on the location(s) of each news story, and, as a result, our pupils will develop their geographical and global knowledge. Pupils also explore the context of each news story, therefore, diving deeper into the culture and context of the events that they explore.
‘Let’s Think; Let’s Talk’ has proven to be a much enjoyed and anticipated lesson within our curriculum. It has provided fantastic opportunities for debate and discussion and the positive impact on the eloquence and oracy of our pupils is evident in their growth as confident communicators.
