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Our Curriculum
From the very start of their educational journey in Reception right up to the end of Key Stage 2, we provide a nationally-recognised curriculum that is both inclusive and ambitious.
Our curriculum empowers our pupils to develop the knowledge and skills they require to be successful in the wider world. It is structured by traditional subjects and logically sequenced to ensure systematic and thorough teaching for all to ensure links are made between and across subjects. Through our curriculum, we ensure all our pupils have equal opportunities to shine within our 3 pillars: Athlete Mentality, Exceptional Outcomes and Creative Arts embedded into everything we do.
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We place an intentional focus on ensuring reading is at the heart of our curriculum. It is through the explicit teaching of vocabulary, a focus on reading in class and an accompanying love of reading that Charles Darwin Primary aims to ensure that all pupils strive towards exceptional outcomes regardless of their background.
We intend to provide our pupils with a wealth of experiences both inside and outside of the classroom. This is supported by experiences from our cultural pledge ‘7 Experiences Before Year 7’.
Through becoming a Rights Respecting school, we empower our pupils to be able to articulate their rights as well as being able to respect and understand the rights and values of others around the world.
Reading
We are passionate about ensuring every child develops the skills and knowledge they need, inspiring a love of reading that opens the door to the best academic opportunities.
In Early Years we teach children to read using the Read Write Inc. system of phonics teaching, providing them with the ability and confidence to sound-out both familiar and new words.
We have carefully planned our sequence of core texts to ensure our pupils encounter a range of themes and narrative perspectives as well as cultural and historical contexts. Our selection of texts range from Shakespeare and Greek myths through to modern classics such as ‘The Railway Children’ and ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’.
