Curriculum Intent
The Ascension Way – our school vision
- Vision: as an inclusive Christian School, we aim to create a loving, caring and respectful community, where individuals can flourish spiritually, socially and academically as children of God, in a rich learning environment. Our vision is to inspire lifelong learning whilst encouraging resilience, independence, aspiration and appreciation of God’s wonderful world.
Our school’s vision provides our Curriculum Drivers – the principles that guide the development and delivery of that which is to be learned by our children:
Curriculum Drivers
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Aspiration
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Resilience
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- Grounded in research, subject leaders have designed our curriculum to ensure that children know more and remember more.
- Effective use of assessment for learning means that our curriculum is appropriately pitched, providing challenge and opportunities for deep thinking.
- We aim to develop children’s natural curiosity and encourage them to drive their own learning forward.
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- A variety of teaching and learning strategies are used to inspire deep, meaningful connections within and across subject areas.
- Children are taught to build on what they already know: reviewing, revisiting and retaining prior knowledge over time.
- Through our behaviour curriculum, children are taught what to do if they are stuck.
- We encourage children to be resourceful and to solve problems.
- Children across school are given responsibilities and opportunities to be creative and use their own initiatives.
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Appreciation
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Independence
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- Our curriculum is designed to ensure that children feel valued as individuals as well as understanding their personal chronology and their place in our local, national and global context.
- Curriculum design ensures that pupils are supported to flourish spiritually, socially and academically.
- Children are inspired by the curriculum. Each subject being taught discretely so that children can flourish and see individual subjects as a valid potential career pathways.
- Children learn through our curriculum and Christian values, to have interest in and respect for others and their cultures and beliefs.
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- Our curriculum is enquiry based. Key questions provoke interest and enquiry.
- A progressive and sequential curriculum means that children can retrieve prior knowledge and recognise what they can already do, with increasing independence, as they move through school.
- Our curriculum encourages children to think deeply and communicate their ideas thoughtfully, respectfully and courageously.
- Our curriculum teaches pupils to keep safe and help make positive contributions to the school and local and global communities.
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We use the National Curriculum and blend it with a topic / enquiry based approach to learning which ensures our children are excited about what happens in their classrooms.
In this school every child matters. The curriculum will be the means of providing all children with the very best opportunities for enjoyment and achievement. It comprises all learning and other experiences that the school plans for its pupils.
Strategies
• The National Curriculum will be taught to all pupils. Programmes of Study for the subjects of the National Curriculum will be used selectively as the basis for long-term and medium-term planning. They will be supplemented by judicious use of other materials and resources that form part of the whole school curriculum.
• Short-term planning will set out clear learning objectives, a strategy for differentiating the work and will show how resources are to be deployed efficiently and effectively to personalise learning for each pupil.
• Members of staff will be given responsibility for leading, managing, monitoring, evaluating and reviewing the curriculum. Teachers will be given good opportunities to use their subject expertise to enhance the curriculum.
• The Worcester Agreed Syllabus (Diocesan Syllabus) will be used as the basis for the planning and teaching of RE.
• Cross-curricular links will be made between subjects where appropriate and the cross curricular themes including PSHE and Citizenship will be planned for within the curriculum.
• Opportunities will be taken to enliven the curriculum through planned educational visits and residential trips; involvement of parents/carers, visitors, artists, crafts people, actors, and musicians; use of the school grounds, the locality and the wider environment.
• Opportunities will be sought within the curriculum to encourage community cohesion, working with other schools and communities both locally and globally.
Outcomes
Children’s work and achievement within the curriculum will be celebrated and displayed to enable it to make a significant impact on the visual appearance of the school and to contribute positively to its ethos. The curriculum that we provide will help children to understand who they are and where they live. It will help them learn about their community, the nation and the world in which they live. It will deepen their cultural awareness and increase their understanding of history, time and place. They will develop a respect for and an understanding of different cultures and beliefs. They will learn about issues facing the world and the importance of caring for their environment.