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St Francis Church of England School

St Francis CE Primary School Curriculum
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Our Curriculum: Ambitious, Inclusive and Transformational

We are embedding our Parish meta-narrative - JOHN 10:10B ‘living life to the fullest’, which encompasses and asks us to reflect deeply with all of our stakeholders about how we might best live our lives so that they are the richest and hold the greatest of meaning.
At St Francis School we pride ourselves on leading an ambitious and personalised curriculum, one that is humane and child-centred, thus developing the whole child — their skills, knowledge, attitudes and interests.
 
Our broad and balanced curriculum is informed by the best available evidence and is designed to build secure long-term memory of an ambitious body of procedural and semantic knowledge by the end of each key stage.
 
It provides children with the knowledge and cultural capital they need to be successful and supports all learners, particularly disadvantaged pupils, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), those known to children’s social care, and those facing other barriers to learning and well-being, enabling them to learn deeply and thrive in later life.
 
At St Francis CE Primary School we aim to provide an enriching curriculum and offer opportunities for children to increase their cultural capital. Please see the document below to view an overview of these trips, visits, workshops and events. 

Curriculum Overview

EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE

Our Nursery and Foundation Stage classes are busy, happy places where children and adults have lots of fun whilst learning and growing together. The classes follow the Foundation Stage curriculum which is a national framework for children of this age. The children learn through playing and exploring, being active and through critical thinking.  Children are encouraged to make choices, develop independence and take responsibility for their choices and actions. To achieve this, we provide an exciting stimulating indoor and outdoor learning environment with nooks and crannies for imaginative play or quiet thinking and where children can develop their skills in all areas of learning. 

Our Nursery and Reception Curriculum are based around key themes with supporting texts.

Nursery Curriculum Map

Reception Curriculum Map

KEY STAGE 1 AND 2

Long term planning for Key Stage One and Two is devised using the National Curriculum. Teacher ensure that all of the statutory elements are covered whilst also enabling breadth and depth of knowledge, skills and understanding to be achieved.  

The curriculum is now mostly planned on a single year cycle, with teachers working in phase teams to provide children with exciting learning opportunities centred around a termly project. Class teachers then differentiate termly plans accordingly in order to provide an appropriate challenge level for all pupils.  

 

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