Curriculum Intent Statement
Our curriculum is designed over a two-year cycle through an appropriate spiral design, ensuring that key concepts and skills are revisited, deepened, and applied through a variety of contexts. This approach allows learners to build secure foundations in preparation for the next stage of their learning, while progressively developing mastery and confidence.
The intent of our curriculum is to:
- Provide coherence and continuity: Core knowledge and skills are introduced early and revisited regularly, enabling learners to strengthen understanding and make meaningful connections across subjects.
- Promote progression: Each revisit adds depth, challenge, and application, ensuring that learning moves from concrete experiences to abstract thinking.
- Support all learners: The spiral structure allows for a sequential curriculum to embed necessary knowledge and skills, reducing gaps in understanding.
- Foster curiosity and independence: By revisiting topics in new contexts, learners are encouraged to question, explore, and apply their learning creatively.
- Prepare for future learning and life: Our curriculum equips learners with transferable skills, resilience, and a love of learning that extends beyond the classroom.
Through this spiral approach, we aim to create a curriculum that is ambitious, inclusive, and engaging, ensuring every learner achieves their full potential.
Our mixed year group provision has the following key advantages:
1. Flexible, Individualised Learning
- Teachers plan using a spiral curriculum, revisiting concepts at different depths, which suits mixed-age classes.
- Learners can progress at their own pace rather than being restricted by age expectations.
2. Peer Learning and Collaboration
- Older pupils reinforce their understanding by mentoring younger peers, while younger pupils benefit from role models.
- Encourages collaborative learning and social development across age groups.
3. Stronger Sense of Community
- Mixed-age classes foster a family-like environment, reducing competition and promoting cooperation.
- Builds empathy and leadership skills as children learn to support each other.
4. Continuity and Stability
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Pupils will potentially stay with the same teacher for longer periods, creating strong relationships and better understanding of individual needs.
- Teachers can track progress over time more effectively.
5. Development of Independence
- Children learn to work autonomously while the teacher supports different groups, building resilience and problem-solving skills.