Our Curriculum 

Intent:

At Sutton-on Sea, all subjects aim to:

• Provide opportunities for pupils to share prior knowledge and ask questions to further their understanding.
• Have high expectations for all, preparing children to be happy and successful in all that they do.
• Develop resilient and reflective learners.
• Develop curiosity.
• Inspire a love of learning and develop imagination.
• Be broad and balanced by acquiring relevant knowledge.
• Meet children’s interests and everyday ‘real’ life as well as global responsibility.
• Develop mutual respect through linked social and British Values.
• Enable all children to be confident and retain a variety of knowledge.
• Ensure all children achieve and progress.

Implementation:

We will achieve this by:

• Ensuring all children have full exposure to carefully planned progressions of knowledge and skills from Reception to Year 6 in all subjects.
• Tracking the key knowledge children will learn in each subject.
• Developing vocabulary.
• Revisiting skills and knowledge which are built upon over time in all subjects.
• Carefully planning support and challenge in all subjects.
• Selecting engaging texts that link to projects and provide enrichment and purpose within our whole curriculum.
• Providing a range of experiences which support learning where appropriate.
• Developing relationships of trust and respect to create confidence.

Impact:

• Through Quality First Teaching, children will have opportunities to challenge themselves, love learning and be valued and thoughtful citizens.
• Ultimately, ALL children will achieve and feel celebrated in their learning journey.