| Our whole school curriculum is based around our core values: RIDI – Respect, Independence, Dedication, Integrity |
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The core aim of this value is… |
The curriculum supports this value through: |
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To show resilience and perseverance despite difficulties. |
- Providing a broad and balanced curriculum in line with the National Curriculum
- Ensuring clear progression in subject knowledge and skills
- Providing challenging activities
- Making links between individual subjects and applying them to various topics
- Encouraging exploration of personal talents and skills
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To be a listener, to speak with care, question critically and respect the spaces we share and people within them. |
- Allowing all children the opportunity to voice their opinions
- Teaching skills needed to seek resolutions
- Providing opportunities to communicate on a local, national and international level
- Preparing pupils for the future in using tools of communication including ICT
- Having a robust and equitable behaviour policy
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To show empathy and understanding, respect and thoughtfulness
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- Being flexible and responsive to individual needs and interests
- Developing the whole person – knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes
- Nurturing and supporting the emotional well-being of all
- Acknowledging the value in difference
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To be comfortable with who you are and with what you think and say |
- Encouraging pupils to think creatively and critically
- Teaching pupils to respect others and the environments in which they live
- Developing their physical skills and promoting their personal and social well-being
- Providing pupils with the skills needed to be confident citizens of the future
- Supporting transition between key stages
- Teaching to value intrinsic reward and motivations
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To take pride in your work and learn from your mistakes |
- Stimulating the enjoyment of, and commitment to, learning
- Encouraging the best possible progress and the highest attainment for all pupils
- Instilling pride across all areas of the curriculum
- Expecting agreed levels of presentation
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To have an innovative and imaginative approach to problem solving |
- Delivering an imaginative, constructive, and creative range of learning experiences
- Planning carefully to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum
- Enriching pupils knowledge through carefully planned challenges and experiences beyond the classroom
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To have a lively, enquiring and imaginative mind |
- Providing rich first-hand purposeful experiences
- Using Thinking Moves to deepen understanding through metacognition
- Encouraging pupils to explore indoors and outdoors including Forest School and OPAL play
- Exploring the values and beliefs of others
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