Curriculum Vision

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At Abbey Meads Community Primary School, our curriculum is designed to ignite curiosity, inspire creativity and nurture a life-long love of learning. We place reading at the heart of everything we do using it not only for enjoyment, but to open doors across the curriculum and to deepen children’s understanding of the world around them. Our curriculum is designed to connect pupils to their immediate locality as well as the wider world; it is strengthened through rich life experiences, which make up our wider curriculum, including trips, visitors and hands on opportunities. We provide an environment conducive to effective learning and value inclusion and challenge, ensuring that every child is supported to achieve their very best.

 

Our curriculum progresses systematically through clearly identified knowledge and skills and builds on prior learning. Our learning culture embraces change and continual improvement, producing well-rounded individuals equipped with the skills and attitudes needed for future success. We encourage perseverance, determination and reflection, helping children to learn from their mistakes and to consider the impact of their choices. We promote positive relationships across the school by fostering links between older and younger pupils, encouraging responsibility, collaboration and a strong sense of belonging. Pupils are given a meaningful voice through opportunities such as the school council, enabling them to contribute to decision-making and feel empowered within our school community. Above all, our curriculum is filled with wonder, excitement, fun and enjoyment – delivered in a stimulating and secure environment where every child feels valued.

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Please click here for our 'Teaching & Learning Principles'.

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Our Local Area

Swindon is now one of the fastest growing towns in Europe with a diverse industrial heritage which continues today in its engineering and car manufacturing factories, as well as major companies in insurance, computing, banking and building societies; pharmaceuticals and distribution.

 

To continue this we need to develop highly skilled, innovative and creative young people; enthusing them to create a better, brighter future, for themselves, their town and their community.

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Our Curriculum Principles

At Abbey Meads School, we follow a thematic or topic approach to learning, which links learning across curriculum areas. We provide a rich, varied and broad curriculum that brings learning to life. Whilst following clearly defined age related programmes of study, skills progressions and schemes of work across all subjects, we use our thematic approach to skillfully and creatively connect the learning for our children.

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The Ofsted Report for the inspection, which took place in September 2014, states:

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“The curriculum is impressive. It provides a range of good quality activities that promote a high level of pupils’ enjoyment. A wide variety of after-school clubs, school trips, artistic and cultural events enhance the planned activities well.”

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Please see separate curriculum subject pages for more details regarding our curriculum design.

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Please click here for The Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework - From birth to 5 years.

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Please click here for the National Curriculum - Programmes of study and attainment targets for Key Stages 1 and 2.