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During 2010 we are embarking upon a
process of curriculum change and development at Grangetown. This
will further enhance pupil learning and, we believe, further
raise standards of achievement.
We will be adopting a 'themed' curriculum, geared to the
interests of our children and making full use of the local area.
Our curriculum will be planned around a series of key 'contexts
for learning', each designed to engage and excite our pupils,
and each able to provide a platform for deep learning.
Underpinning our 'themed' curriculum, we will of course be
firmly and fully covering all statutory requirements, as
expressed in the National Curriculum (ie the so-called
'Curriculum 2000').
We'll incorporate relevant aspects of the various curriculum
subjects in each theme, in a meaningful way. The international
dimension will be prominent, and we will also ensure that, for
example, ICT, thinking skills, PSHE and PE are strong features of
the curriculum.
Each theme will provide lots of rich opportunities for many aspects of
literacy, and for aspects of mathematics too.
Elements of our new approach have already been successfully
trialed during Autumn 2009 and Spring 2010.
We will also keep an eye on how the Coalition Government sees
the Primary Curriculum developing. The DfE has stated that the
National Curriculum will be reviewed in 2012 (see the DfE
website by clicking
here). Here's a recent quote from the DfE:
"Ministers are committed to giving schools more freedom from
unnecessary prescription and bureaucracy. They have always made
clear their intentions to make changes to the National
Curriculum that will ensure a relentless focus on the basics and
give teachers more flexibility than the proposed new primary
curriculum offered. The Government intends to return the
National Curriculum to its intended purpose – a minimum national
entitlement organised around subject disciplines – and will
shortly announce its next steps. In the meantime, the existing
primary curriculum will continue to be in force in 2011/12 and
schools should plan on that basis. The current framework,
introduced in 2000, provides flexibility for schools to adapt
the curriculum to their needs."
DfE,
June 2010.
Watch this space for a half-termly update, charting our
progress.
Updated on 24 June 2010 |
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