The Curriculum at Ravenswood Primary School
Curriculum Overview
Ravenswood Primary School provide a broad, balanced and creative curriculum, compliant with the National Curriculum. A wide range of subjects are taught focusing on the development of knowledge, understanding and skills, with a strong emphasis on the core subjects of English, Mathematics and Science and designed to ensure that pupils of all abilities will excel. A curriculum where pupils develop knowledge, understanding and skills through the teaching of English, Mathematics, Science, Computing, RE, PSHE, Geography, History, Music, Art, Design & Technology, French and Physical Education will be taught, where relevant links will be made between subjects.
There will be daily lessons in English and Mathematics. The use of ICT/Computing will be incorporated across the curriculum and the whole school curriculum will be underpinned by social, moral, spiritual and cultural education, with a values based and inclusive approach. There will be the highest expectations for the behaviour and safety of the pupils at Ravenswood Primary School. The highest emphasis will be placed on the acquisition of the key skills of reading, writing and oral communication in literacy, which will be evidenced through pupils’ work across all curriculum areas. In addition the teaching of Mathematics will focus on age appropriate mathematical knowledge as a starting point, with high expectations in each year group and an application of mathematical skills across the curriculum.
Ravenswood's teaching staff and subject leaders have created an overview of the topics/areas to be covered each term. Our school curriculum covers the requirements of the National Curriculum (2014). We use the IPC which link subjects together into a thematic approach to learning.
The IPC - The International Primary Curriculum
The IPC page will detail of the units taught per year group. Some will contain a range of subjects, others are a single subject (stand-alone science units).
Each of the subjects we teach at Ravenswood Primary School have their own dedicated page. This is to keep up with the latest changes, legislation, what is going on in school and to share some of the great work our children produce.
Each subject is led and managed by a member of the teaching staff. We also have a link Govenor that liases with each subject leader.
Subjects:
- Literacy and Reading Champion - Mrs A Knox-Johnston
- Numeracy - Mrs LWalls
- Science - Mr M Hartman
- Computing - Mr N Hynes
- E-safety - Mr Philips
- Religious Education/Collective Worship - Miss R Cresswell
- PE - Mrs K Harman and Mr B Newson
- Modern Foreign Languages (French) - Miss R Palmer and Mrs C Nicholson
- Music - Miss A Jones and Miss L Perkins
- History - Mrs J Beckford
- Geography - Mrs T Hartman
- Art - Mrs K Webb
- DT - Miss L Mellamphy and Miss Sheeran
- Outdoor Learning - Miss Backhouse
- PHSE/Characterstics of Learning/SMSC - Mrs S Milburn and Mrs M Sinclair
- EAL - Mrs A Jacobs and Mrs S Begum-Miah (Led by Mrs A Knox-Johnston)
If parents and carers would like additional information about our curriculum, these are the ways to access this information:
- Class visits - share sessions or open house sessions,
- Specialist subject sessions,
- The entry and exit point to the IPC units,
- Class newsletters,
- Celebration Assemblies.
Please contact Miss Cook (Foundation subject lead) for further information.
