Curriculum Vision

Everything we do here is 'For children...for all'. 

St. Peter's is a 'Take Care' school where we take care of ourselves, each other, the world and with our work.

We are committed to providing an outstanding, beyond expectation curriculum that is designed to promote the profound personal development of all our children and give them the skills, self-belief and resilience to respond confidently to the challenges of the constantly changing world in which they live.

Our Take Care Approach ensures that our ethos and curriculum are both deeply rooted in our Christian values, and we place an equal importance on nurturing the academic and personal development of all our children. Celebrating diversity and encouraging children to 'dare to be different', we believe that our children can make a difference in the world. Learning to reflect and respond thoughtfully, we want them to learn to be the best that they can be by taking care of themselves, each other, the world and with their work.

As a Church school, we have also been influenced by the Church of England's Vision for Education. Please see this document below.

Driven by our values, we aim for:

Every child learning, achieving and enjoying a culture of opportunity and ambition within a climate of participation.

Please see our Curriculum Vision document below for more information.

Curriculum Intent

Driven by our values and the four learning intentions detailed below, we have created a thematic spiral curriculum that prepares all our children to leave St. Peter's equipped to become a Take Care person. Ensuring strong foundations in reading, writing, mathematics and oracy, our curriculum enables pupils to access learning confidently across all subjects. This broad and balanced curriculum builds upon children's prior learning, helping them to acquire essential knowledge and skills and encourage curiosity and enthusiasm for learning.

Our Learning Intentions

 

Please see the Whole School Topic document below.

Curriculum Implementation

At St. Peter's we have taken great care to design a curriculum to interest and inspire our children. Throughout their time at St. Peter's, children revisit learning and topics multiple times with the intention of building on their understanding and increasing complexity with each encounter.

Our Beyond Expectation Model

The Curriculum is planned through our Beyond Expectation model.

Please see our Beyond Expectation document below for more information.

School Topics

Our 'Beyond Expectation' curriculum has been designed to be carefully sequenced, academically rigorous and allow time for children to create, innovate and think to a higher, deeper level. 

Designed around answering an enquiry question, teachers plan for engaging hooks, interesting discovery lessons and a chance to 'show off' everything they have learnt by completing pieces of Signature Work to finish the topics. The discovery lessons include activities and tasks that challenge the children to solve problems, apply themselves creatively and express their knowledge and understanding effectively, articulately and often creatively.

Subject specific information on how we implement our Beyond Expectation curriculum can be found in the subject tabs.

Please see our Curriculum Implementation document below for more information.

Curriculum Impact

Our Beyond Expectation curriculum ensures all children achieve well across the curriculum and are well-prepared for the next stage in their education. It also aims to embed our Take Care Values in all our pupils. As pupils leave our school, we measure our impact against our intentions:

Do all children ASPIRE to be the best that they can be?

Do all children TAKE CARE of themselves, each other, the world and their work?

Do all children have the knowledge and skills to continue to LEARN AND GROW into responsible, respectful, resilient individuals who understand INTEGRITY means doing the right thing even when no one is looking?

Do all children have the OPPORTUNITY AND AMBITION to PARTICIPATE in a range of actives that offer them the chance to persevere, experiment, problem solve and succeed?

 

Mrs Allison Gibbens, Deputy Head Teacher, is our Curriculum Leader.