Curriculum Intent Implementation and Impact

At St Vincents our motto is Engage, Enrich and Excel

Intent 

Our curriculum intent reflects our school mission statement of Let Your Light Shine.  At the start of the children’s learning journey in EYFS, we offer a nurturing and inclusive environment, based on understanding the needs of all the children and the diversity they bring to our school community. As a Catholic school, our mission underpins every aspect of our curriculum. We develop each child to reach their potential and aim to make our children excited to learn about the wonders of the world and the society they live in. 

Knowing and remembering more is the key to enabling our children to be curious, creative individuals within school and the community. The National Curriculum programmes of study are delivered through the teaching of individual subjects for Year 1-6 and through the EYFS framework in Reception. We are ambitious for our children and have high expectations of them. Our curriculum builds on previous knowledge and skills and is sequential with clear end points.  

We aim to deliver high quality first teaching in the classroom by checking the knowledge that children have already acquired. Teachers ensure that children are challenged through high order questioning, pace and content of lessons and ambitious planning.  We want our children to be confident, resilient, positive learners who will be ready for their next phase of learning. Our curriculum is enriched by visiting speakers and educational visits. It also goes beyond the classroom where children are engaged in enriching activities such as trips, after school clubs, workshops and sporting opportunities. 

Implementation  

At St Vincent’s, we provide a rich curriculum based on the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum programmes of study and the RE curriculum ‘The Way, The Truth and The Life. Our broad and balanced curriculum helps to prepare the children for their future learning in school and wider world. Learning is sequenced with clear progression from EYFS to the end of Key Stage 2. The children’s knowledge and cultural capital is enhanced in each year group by using knowledge organisers, working walls, pupil’s work, pupil’s voice and high quality resources.  

We train our teachers and teaching assistants, so that they continue to deliver creative, high quality lessons. Teaching includes individual support, small group activities and whole class teaching.  

Impact 

We ensure that we deliver the highest quality in lessons and learning opportunities. We see regular assessment of the children’s needs as paramount in forward planning. We mark work, carry out regular formative assessment, summative assessments at the end of each term in maths and English, learning walks, pupil voice and observations. These activities form the basis of our pupil progress meetings. Pupil progress meetings take place at least once every term, giving the staff opportunities to monitor the rate of progress and for any interventions to be put in place for children who have been identified.

Teaching staff have responsibility to lead and monitor a subject area with responsibilities including: curriculum mapping, CPD, enrichments as well as monitoring their subject.

 Our children leave our school as rounded citizens who make good contributions to their community.  Throughout their time at primary school, our children develop an acute sense of moral justice.  Our curriculum ensures that children are educated about British values, whereby they respect and celebrate the diversity of the world they are growing up in. Children leave our school ready for their next phase of learning, proud of who they are and what they have achieved.

Please see our full Curriculum Intent statement below