Curriculum Policy

Introduction

The curriculum is all the planned activities that we as a school organise in order to promote learning, personal growth and development. It includes, not only the formal requirements of the National Curriculum, but also the range of extra-curricular activities that the school organises in order to enrich the experiences of our children. It also includes the ‘hidden curriculum’, or what the children learn from the way they are treated and expected to behave. We aim to teach children how to grow into positive, responsible people, who can work and co-operate with others, whilst developing knowledge, skills and attitudes to learning, in order that they achieve their true potential.

Values

At Burley Oaks Primary School we strive to enjoy our learning and make it as much fun and as meaningful and relevant as possible. We offer children an excellent education in a safe, calm, creative, inclusive and stimulating environment. Every child is valued as an individual; we aim to nurture well rounded, respectful and confident children who will develop skills for life-long learning. We nurture our children on their journey and encourage them to be creative, unique, open-minded and independent individuals, respectful of themselves and of others in our school, our local community and the wider world. We take our responsibility to prepare children for life in modern Britain very seriously and ensure that the fundamental British Values are introduced, discussed and lived out through the ethos and work of our school.

Our curriculum promotes respect for the views of each individual child, as well as for people of all cultures. We value the spiritual and moral development of each person, as well as their intellectual and physical growth. We organise our curriculum so that we promote co-operation and understanding between all members of our community.

We are fortunate at Burley Oaks to have a spacious, well equipped learning environment. This is respected and used by all in school and we aim, through our curriculum, to teach respect for our world, and how we should care for it for future generations, as well as our own.

At Burley Oaks our values permeate all areas of school life and are reflected by the school's simple motto: Belong, Believe, Achieve.

Aims

At Burley Oaks Primary School, we aim to offer a balanced and broad based curriculum which enables all pupils to:

Enjoy learning
Feel successful in their learning and to promote high self esteem
Become creative, independent learners
Be given significant time to learn new skills and have time to practise those skills
Have the flexibility to decide how best to learn in different situations
Have the flexibility to decide what they are going to learn and how
Be given the opportunity to decide upon the final outcome of their learning
Be able to set own targets for learning
Know what their strengths are and which areas they need to develop
Become successful lifelong learners who are able to reach their full potential
Be able to evaluate and assess their own learning
Develop their critical thinking
Understand and value the importance of truth, fairness, right and wrong
Nurture positive relationships promoting working co-operatively with one another
Help children understand Britain’s cultural heritage
Explore their spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development.
Learn and practise the basic skills of English, Mathematics and Computing
Makes learning more meaningful by putting it into context
Challenge themselves and engage themselves in deeper learning

To view the curriculum policy in its entirety and subject policies please follow the links below.

The Trust policy for Relationships and Sex Education Policy can be found here.