Our Curriculum

In the family of St Anne’s C.E. Primary School and Nursery, we aim to ignite and celebrate a lifelong love of learning, underpinned by our strong Christian values. It is our mission that every child flourishes socially, academically and spiritually in our care and leaves our school having fulfilled their God-given potential and ready to shine their unique light in the world.

Matthew 5 14-16 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

Basic Principle and Approach

At St Anne’s Primary School, we are passionate about providing a curriculum for our
learners which meets their needs in the 21st Century.
Our basic principle is that learning is a change to long-term memory. Our aim is to ensure
that children at St Anne’s Primary School experience a wide breadth of study and have, by
the end of each phase, embedded key skills and concepts and developed long-term memory of an ambitious body of knowledge.
Our approach to curriculum planning is personalised and flexible so that it can be adapted to
meet the needs of learners over time.
Our starting point is ensuring that we meet the requirements of the National Curriculum in
Key Stages 1 and 2, and that children in nursery and reception follow the Early Years
Foundation Stage Framework.

How we plan to offer a rich and varied curriculum

In designing our ever-evolving and bespoke curriculum we start by using our key Christian
values, alongside identifying our Curriculum Drivers which take account of the
opportunities and challenges in the context of our school community and our pupils’ lives.
They are derived from an exploration of the backgrounds of our students and our beliefs
about high quality education and values. They are used to ensure that we give our students
appropriate and ambitious curriculum opportunities.

We aim to foster life-long learning
behaviours at St Anne’s CE Primary school which will enable our pupils to go out into the
world and act as shining lights using our Christian values.

So, how are we going to deliver this?

Our starting points are the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum and the National
Curriculum. These are enhanced and deepened further through the addition of the rich
locality of Bewdley and the Wyre Forest area.
We are committed to ensuring that children are exposed to a broad and balanced curriculum
which has wide and varied quality learning experiences which enable all children to thrive.
The use of a range of resources to meet the needs of the curriculum and maximising wider
opportunities, are key to ensuring that our provision is engaging and lively. The
implementation of our curriculum is designed so that specific knowledge and skills can be
remembered and placed within a clear sequence of learning that makes sense to the children,
scaffolded within a theme or context each term/half term.
In order to ensure that progression and balance is maintained, our programmes of study are
developed into medium term plans which clearly highlight key learning objectives and
assessment opportunities. Children’s outcomes are assessed daily with feedback mechanisms
in place to ensure teaching is carefully tailored to meet the needs of all the children.

What difference is this curriculum making to our children?

1. Ensuring high impact on standards

2. Ensuring high impact on children’s emotional development

3. Ensuring high impact on children’s social development

Through our curriculum we intend that our children will develop a strong moral compass
enabling them to go out into the world and make the right decisions for themselves and their
community.

Enabling our vision – ‘You are the light of the world.’

Curriculum Statement Year 1 Curriculum Map Year 2 Curriculum Map Year 3 Curriculum Map Year 4 Curriculum Map Year 5 Curriculum Map Year 6 Curriculum Map

Intent

What are we trying to achieve here with, and through, the curriculum?

We aim to foster life-long learning behaviours at St Anne’s CE Primary School which will enable our pupils to go out into the world and act as shining lights, through embedding our values of Respect, Commitment, Courage, Forgiveness, Honesty and Wisdom. Our curriculum drivers reflect the context of the community we serve:

Knowledge – of the local community and the rich history that it has;

Diversity – enabling our children to embrace the diverse nature of the UK, especially as the school serves a single ethnic culture in the main;

Needs of all – our pupils come with a range of needs which we need to be able to support;

Nurture – the provision of a nurturing environment ensuring that mental well-being is carefully supported;

Resilience – our pupils demonstrate low resilience so this needs fostering;

Community – as part of a caring community we should shine our lights into the local and wider world;

Independence – our pupils need to demonstrate greater independence as they move through school;

These drivers will ensure that we create a learning-focused climate, enabling all to feel safe and able to thrive.

Each subject area of our curriculum will have its own intent statement which our curriculum leads are currently writing. These will identify the specific programme of study and progression of skills that each child should know and have learned by each transition point.

Implementation

So, how are we going to deliver this?

We are committed to ensuring that children are exposed to a broad and balanced curriculum which has wide and varied quality learning experiences which enable all children to thrive. The use of a range of resources to meet the needs of the curriculum and maximising wider opportunities, are key to ensuring that our provision is engaging and lively. The implementation of our curriculum is designed so that specific knowledge and skills can be remembered and placed within a clear sequence of learning that makes sense to the children, scaffolded within a theme or context each term/half term.

In order to ensure that progression and balance is maintained, our programmes of study are developed into medium term plans which clearly highlight key learning objectives and assessment opportunities. Children’s outcomes are assessed daily with feedback mechanisms in place to ensure teaching is carefully tailored to meet the needs of all the children.

Impact

What difference is this curriculum making to our children?

1. Ensuring high impact on standards

The quality of education moves towards outstanding.
All children consistently achieve highly in all areas of the curriculum
Children make at least expected progress and attain in line with or better than national expectations
Disadvantaged children and those with SEND achieve the best possible outcomes
Through our curriculum we intend that all our children are well prepared for the next stage of their learning.

2. Ensuring high impact on children’s emotional development

Personal development is outstanding.
Children are happy and enjoy coming to school.
Parents and carers are happy with the school and high proportions would recommend us to others.
Through our curriculum we intend that our children are well prepared for the active role they will play as citizens of Britain and the world.

3. Ensuring high impact on children’s social development

Behaviour and attitudes are outstanding.
Children demonstrate our vision and values in their learning and in their behaviour in and around school and the wider community.
Children learn to make the right choices for their safety and the choices children make benefit the school and local community.
Through our curriculum we intend that our children will develop a strong moral compass enabling them to go out into the world and make the right decisions for themselves and their community.