The Curriculum
Curriculum INTENT Statement Kings Hill School
Intent The breadth of our curriculum is designed with two goals:
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Design
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Themes We have developed six main curriculum themes that fundamentally underpin our curriculum aims and design. These themes encompass our values based ethos, reflect the strengths of the school and are responsive to the needs of our community and the ever changing wider world around us:
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Implementation Our coherently planned academic curriculum is underpinned by our curriculum themes and uses the EYFS or National Curriculum (DfE 2014) as the basis for content and expectations. We have structured this as follows:
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ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
COMMUNICATION
- Public Speaking
- School Council
- Class Assemblies and Productions
EXPERTISE
- Secondary School Workshops e.g. ‘Thinking Skills’
- Quiz Club
- Careers Assemblies
- Expert Visitors
INNOVATION
- STEM Ambassadors
- STEM Club e.g. Go-Karting Designers
- Digital Leaders
- Musical Creativity – Instruments and Music Technology
- Young Enterprise Project Y6
INDIVIDUALITY
- Talking Point Assemblies
- Debating
- Values Ambassadors
REAL WORLD ENGAGEMENT
- Outdoor Curriculum and Life Skills
- Cookery Programme and Roots to Food
- Eco Committee; Recycling and Pollution
- International School Links – France
- Charity Committee
- Community Outreach Projects
WELLBEING
- Wellbeing Committee
- Sensory Room & Resources/Calm Cottage
- Therapy Dog
- Extracurricular Clubs
- Play Leaders
- Running
IMPACT
COMMUNICATION Our pupils are secondary ready as motivated learners able to communicate to others clearly and articulately. They have a love of reading and literature with a well-developed vocabulary. |
EXPERTISE Our pupils are knowledgeable in a broad range of subjects. They are keen to expand and deepen their learning further with a thirst for learning. The majority of children will have achieved key expectations in all programmes of study and some will have exceeded expectations by making deeper links across subjects. |
INNOVATION Our pupils have well developed enquiry and investigative skills. They are creative, imaginative and resourceful. They embrace new technologies and show competencies such as problem solving, risk taking, planning, leadership and team working ensuring that they are well placed to be entrepreneurs of the future. |
INDIVIDUALITY Our pupils are self-confident individuals with a strong moral compass ensuring respect and understanding of equality, fairness and diversity. The values of responsibility, kindness, courage, cooperation, resilience and respect are deeply embedded. |
REAL WORLD ENGAGEMENT Our pupils are global citizens with a well-informed understanding of the world around them, the importance of community and topical issues that affect everyone’s lives such as climate change. They have an appreciation of the outdoors and an ability to be self-sufficient young adults. |
WELLBEING Our pupils integrate health and wellbeing into their daily lives. They are physically active and are resilient to set backs with a positive mind-set. They develop healthy relationships and are respectful to themselves and others online. |
CURRICULUM MAPS
EYFS
Term 1 curriculum map
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6