Vision
At Robert Shaw, our curriculum aims to reflect the rich diversity of our community and builds upon our school values of being respectful, responsible and resilient. Our vision is to deliver an engaging and purposeful curriculum that encourages pupils to become curious, motivated and resilient learners equipped with the knowledge and skills to achieve and thrive as citizens of Nottingham, the United Kingdom and the world.
Our curriculum vision will be achieved by:
– having access to rich, first-hand experiences through visits and visitors;
– developing communication and oracy through vocabulary-rich teaching;
– developing positive reciprocal relationships between peers and adults;
– having a clear understanding of the global community within which they live and learn;
– engaging and interacting with high quality texts.
Robert Shaw follows the National Curriculum 2014, and aims to meet the curriculum objectives through a creative and engaging ‘big question’ based approach.
The Primary National Curriculum 2014
We underpin our work to develop our children’s global perspective through the Oxfam Global Citizenship Curriculum which informs the global dimension we aim to bring to our teaching and learning.
Reading at Robert Shaw
The teaching of reading is at the heart of our curriculum. We teach phonics daily to all pupils who need to learn to decode from EYFS to end of Key Stage 2. We use the Read Write Inc Phonics and Fresh Start schemes and daily shared reading/fluency lessons to ensure that our aim of every child leaving Robert Shaw is a confident and committed reader is possible.
Curriculum Organisation
Our curriculum is continually reviewed to give greater emphasis on developing our children’s deeper knowledge and understanding over a longer period of time – all of our topics last for one term.
We have three distinct themes during the course of the year and within each theme informed by the Oxfam Global Citizenship cirricilum:
Autumn – we develop children’s understanding of belonging in its many forms. One of the key drivers for this term is PSHE. We link this to ‘Identity and Diversity’ and ‘Social Justice and Equity’.
Spring – we develop children’s understanding of exploring. One of the key drivers for this term is Geography. We link this to ‘Sustainable Development’ and ‘Globalisation and Interdependence’.
Summer – we develop children’s understanding of discovering. One of the key drivers for this term is History. We link this to ‘Peace and Conflict’.
