Intent | Mission statement: At Little Heath Primary School, we strive to make children feel safe, to achieve their full aspirations and have the knowledge and skills to REACH their full potential. | ||||||||
Aims: To give our children a curriculum that is engaging, exciting and accessible. To give children the opportunities to showcase creativity and individuality. To provide a safe and caring environment where children are happy and can thrive. | Values: Respect, Explore, Acceptance, Challenge, Honesty
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Knowledge | Social Skills | Leadership skills | Well being | Staying Healthy | Resilience | Being part of the community | |||
Working together | Personal skills | Independence | Protective behaviours | Staying safe | E- Safety | Being part of a country | |||
Implementation | Approaches to learning: *To provide an aspirational curriculum. * To promote a love of learning. * To promote a love of reading * To promote shared experiences * To provide personalised learning *To provide a range of teaching styles and resources to match the needs of our pupils. | ||||||||
English | Maths | Science | History | Geography | Art and Design | DT | |||
PSHCE | SMSC | Music | PE | Computing | RE | MFL | |||
Specialist roles: Sport, Guitar, Dance and Art in house and we invite specialists in for topics. ie: Growth mindset day, African music, Science day.
| Clubs: Football, Creative Caper, Art, Multisports, Athletics Dance, Breakfast club | School awards: Achievement assembly weekly. Star of the week, Maths weekly award, stickers and wristbands, Caught being Good, Dojo points, Values tokens, Attendance awards for class and individuals. | |||||||
Interventions: *Friendship groups * sensory * Speech Link * memory magic * gross motor * fine motor and basic skills * phonics * transition * behaviour * Toe by Toe * reading partners * e-buddies | |||||||||
Community links/ Enrichment weeks: *Reading week *e-buddies (CBS) *Engage * WASPS/CCFC * AT7 * Foleshill United Reform Church * St Laurence’s Church *E-safety *Digital awards | Enrichment afternoons:
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Data | Parent survey | Pupil voice | Self – assessment | Books | Learning walks | Lesson obs | |||
At Little Heath we aim to inspire and enthuse children about their learning and to ignite a curiosity that develops lifelong learners. We teach our children from a topic based curriculum, where units are selected to interest and excite children. While our youngest children follow the Early Years Foundation Stage, the topics we teach throughout the rest of the school are underpinned by the National Curriculum and develop skills and knowledge to prepare children for life beyond this school.
Within this thematic approach there is an emphasis on English and Maths skills, which can then be applied across the curriculum as a whole. The learning activities provided allow children to grow their understanding of the world around themas well as nurture their confidence in what they can do and achieve.
In order to build solid foundations in English children are taught phonics from the ReadWriteInc. Programme; moving on to developing their spelling skills. These skills are then reinforced and applied whenever writing takes place across the curriculum. They are also given the opportunity to practise their mathematical calculation skills, daily, in our ‘fluent in four’ sessions.
To support and enhance our curriculum we provide learning opportunities that take place outside the classroom, these may be within the school setting as well as further afield. These opportunities allow children to have a wider range of learning experiences in different environments, gaining understanding and new skills in addition to applying what they already know.
To find out more about the curriculum please come to talk to our deputy head, Mrs Bolus, or follow the class links to see what is happening in each classroom.
Together we learn, together we achieve.