Bishops Cannings School's Curriculum Intent
The intent of our curriculum is for children to leave Bishops Cannings School having:
- Flourished and enjoyed their time at school,
- An understanding of how to make a positive contribution to the world.
- Confidence and respect for themselves and others,
- Experienced success across a range of subjects,
- Developed independence in their learning,
Bishops Cannings Curriculum Implementation:
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 five teams: Language and Literacy, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), Arts and Music, Humanities and Health and Wellbeing.
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 a range of means including work scrutiny, lesson observations and pupil voice.
Our Curriculum Long Term Plans
Years 5 and 6
During this year, Year 5 and 6 have had some fantastic opportunities for personal development. Year 5 visited Salisbury Cathedral to learn aout the Magna Carta as well as the history of the Cathedral on their return they stopped at Westbury White Horse, one of our school houses. In December, year 5 went to Stourhead to support their work in literacy around gothic literature. Recently, year 5 represented the school at a cross Equa musical concert at the Wiltshire Music Centre.
Year 6, have had many outreach opportunities provided by Dauntsey's School; including badminton and hockey. We are lucky enough to have teaching expertise in to school weekly to support our PE curriculum in year 6.
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.
