The Curriculum
At Derwent we provide an knowledge based curriculum for the children to ensure children get depth and breadth in their lessons.
Our curriculum aims to allow all pupils to excel academically as well as develop socially and emotionally. We have high expectations of our children but we know that they can face barriers to learning such as high mobility or difficulties with attendance.
To meet the needs of our children and their diverse backgrounds, we have a clearly structured curriculum that promotes a love of learning and intellectual curiosity as well as language development, particularly in the younger years through a consistent synthetic phoncs scheme. We promote the development of children's knowledge and understanding in all the primary subjects so that they can flourish as citizens in modern day Britain. Through our curriculum we celebrate the diversity of our community, and the communities within the UK. In line with our duties under the Equality Act 2010 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014, this includes a range of underrepresented and protected groups including gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, disability, age and race.
Our vision for our curriculum, as well as its implementation and impact, can be found in our 1 page overview below:
Federation Curriculum Overview
In our pre-school classes, Ladybirds and Caterpillars and our reception classes, Hedgehogs and Squirrels, we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage framework which set outs the areas of learning for the children. A link to the framework can be found below. The long term plans for all EYFS is on their class pages.
EYFS framework - https://assets.publishing.
In Years 1 to 6 we follow the programmes of study set out in the National Curriculum for England. A link to the National Curriculum can be found below as well as a link to a quick overview of the half term's topics across each year group. The long term plans for each class that show the content of each subject area across the year and how we bring the learning alive can be found on each of their class pages
Please contact the school if you wish to find out more about the curriculum at Derwent. We also have a separate page on our website that gives further information about our phonics programme.
At Derwent Primary School we enhance the curriculum through a host of events.
We are lucky to be able to offer the children many opportunities to undertake activities that enrich their education. These have included:
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Trips to places such as St Albans, Whipsnade Zoo and Wilstead Bird of Prey centre.
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Themed events including messy art day, Safer Internet day, Anti-bullying week, Roman's day, Dinosaur day and Armed Forces day.
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Visitors ranging from the Police and Fire Services to a performance poet, and leaders from various religious backgrounds. Community events have included an anti-bullying assembly at Henlow Church of England Academy as well as the Remembrance Day service and the Christmas Carol concert at RAF Henlow. The children have also taken part in the Christmas Fayre, and have a number of events related to the coronation of King Charles III this summer.
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Sports events through the Redborne Sports Partnership such as athletics competitions, tag rugby and gymnastics.
- PE Overview
The result of our effective curriculum is that Derwent is a high achieving school where children achieve.
We are proud that our curriculum support pupils to achieve standards above those achieved nationally.
For more information about the impact of our curriculum, please visit our page on Ofsted and Performance Tables.
We are pleased to share information about our curriculum with you.
If you require any further information, please contact your child's class teacher in the first instance.
