Bishops Cannings School's Curriculum Intent
At Bishops Cannings School, we believe that every child should be able to access their learning and our curriculum enables a love of knowledge to flourish and build upon throughout their time at school. Our curriculum has a clear purpose, an intent.
The curriculum at Bishops Cannings is designed to provide a broad and balanced education that meets the needs of all children. Running through our curriculum are our school's Golden Threads; key themes which we believe are vital for building links, not just across topics, but across year groups and key stages. "Community and Culture, Nature and Nurture, Voyage and Discovery and Empires and Dynasties" are our golden threads that we believe weave a coherent and well-connected curriculum which enables our pupils to deepen their knowledge and understanding. Our aim is to provide opportunities for children to develop as independent, confident and successful learners, with high aspirations, who know how to make a positive contribution to their community and the wider society. We pride ourselves on our enriched and wide ranging experiential activities which are carefully planned to support our topics and learning. We strongly believe that our curriculum should develop a sense of self within the wider world. Our Christian values of perseverance, wisdom, aspiration, thankfulness, generosity and graciousness are woven through our curriculum and underpin everything we believe at Bishops Cannings School. We believe that at the heart of every child’s learning journey should be enjoyment and a deep desire to better themselves for own personal reward and in doing so discovering the unique potential given to them by God.
Our Curriculum Leadership
At Bishops Cannings Primary School we organise our curriculum leadership into three teams: Language and PSHE, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), Arts and Humanities. In addition to this, links to PE are made through all subjects.
The rational for the curriculum teams is:
- to allow subject leaders to work collaboratively to improve standards in similar subjects.
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Greater collaborative learning between teachers
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Stronger links between key stages across the school
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A wider consultative base
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A system less likely to stall if individual teachers move on
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A greater opportunity for teachers to gain expertise for a range of subjects
Ensure that the creative curriculum policy is implemented consistently throughout the school. · Collate and review assessment data to ensure progress throughout the school. · Ensure coverage of key skills and breadth of study across both key stages. This will be achieved through planning scrutiny, lesson observations and work scrutiny.
Our Curriculum Long Term Plans
Our curriculum long term plans can be found here.
Years 5 and 6
During Terms 1 and 2 Years 5 and 6 have been studying Ancient Greece. They have experienced an Ancient Greek Workshop, travelled to London to visit the British Museum and been learning about Ancient Greece within their Art and DT lessons as well.
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Years 3 and 4
During Terms 1 and 2 Years 3 and 4 have been learning about The Romans. They have experienced a Roman Workshop and had a fantastic day out at Corinium Museum in Cirencester. In addition to this, year 4 had a wonderful morning at the Cinema in Trowbridge where they watched The Horrible History Film about The Romans.
Year 3 and 4 have also been having great fun outside and made the most of the Autumn weather on their Foraging Walk and their work on understanding seasonality.
Years 1 and 2
Years 1 and 2 have thoroughly enjoyed their learning this term and have had lots going on outside the classroom. They had a brilliant trip to Bristol Aquarium at the start of the year to support their topic learning. Year 1 have really loved being outside and learning through forest school. Year 2 have been having fun in PE learning new balances as well as doing some cooking and learning about vegetables and healthy diets.
