Curriculum Statement

Our Mission- No Child Left Behind

Park Lane Primary School is proud to be a learning hub that sits in the heart of the local community.

Intent

Our curriculum is designed to ensure all of our pupils are confident and curious learners who are well prepared to participate effectively in our ever changing society.

At Park Lane we are an inclusive community that strive to meet the needs of every member of our school. In our curriculum approach, we take into account, consider and plan for any needs in line with the Equality Act (2010) and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations (2014). If you need further information on our curriculum, please contact your class teacher or head of school.

We want our children to be curious, resilient, independent, lifelong learners who are prepared for life beyond school, so that they are able to compete effectively in our fast moving, ever changing world.

We want our children to be confident and respectful; to question and challenge what they hear and see; to learn from their mistakes and use them as a way of moving forward. We want them to experience what it feels like to achieve academic and social success and to be the best they can!

To do this our curriculum is built on key transferrable knowledge and skills we want the children to learn and apply. We aim to stimulate and enthuse the children through immersion and engagement activities such as visits, visitors, key texts and practical experiences. Within these we highlight subject specific vocabulary we wish the children to learn and use, and combine this with Oracy skills, to enable the children to communicate effectively in all areas of the curriculum and life. We live in a culturally rich community and are keen to celebrate this diversity and hence build in regular opportunities for this.

Underpinning all of this is the need for a healthy mind and healthy body and we plan core activities to cater for these.

	What we do…	What it means to us…
R	Respect Everyone	Keep hands and feet to ourselves Speak politely to everyone Always use good manners, verbally and in behaviour around the school
E	Encourage Each Other	Give praise (say well done) Give genuine feedback to help our friends’ (and peers’) learning improve We celebrate differences
S	Speak Truthfully	We are honest We speak truthfully about others and what they have done/ we have done to them We say/recognise/admit when we have done something wrong / made a bad choice and apologise for this
P	Practise, Persevere and Make Progress	We try again and again to improve our skills We do not give up We use our purple pens with pride to improve
E	Embrace Mistakes	We learn from our mistakes We look at mistakes as a way of moving our learning forward
C	Consider Our Choices	We think before we act We know we always have a choice We can say “no”
T	Thrive Together AS A Team	We work together We help each other and celebrate achievements of other children as well as our own We include everyone

Implementation

1. There is an annual overview for each year group containing all unit titles for our key drivers:

Immersion
Key texts
Oracy
Celebration of diversity
Community links
Healthy mind & healthy body

2. Underneath each of these unit titles sits clear overviews for each subject detailing:

Key knowledge to be known at the end of the unit
Key skills
Key subject specific vocabulary
Key activities – including scaffolding and challenge.

The knowledge and skills are built upon year upon year and are contained in the whole school overview.

Impact (Assess and Review)

The following assessments and reviews are carried out :

Annual teacher assessment	Will track pupil’s skills and knowledge in each subject against the whole school overview. They will use the guidance to assess whether children are working towards, within or at greater depth in each area.
Unit Knowledge organisers	These will contain key facts and can be used to support to learning at home and at school throughout the unit. An assessment/ low stake quiz will take place on this at the beginning and end of the unit.
Daily	Teachers regularly review the delivery and specific content of each sessions depending on ongoing teacher assessment.