Ghyllgrove Community Primary School &Resource Base for Deaf Children
Happy | Safe | Achieving
At Ghyllgrove we believe in providing a curriculum that not only follows the National Curriculum but meets the needs of the children at our school. Through our Curriculum we want to teach our children the skills, knowledge and understanding they require for the next steps in their lives. Our Learning Powers (Learn as a team, Challenge Yourself, Stay focused, Believe in yourself and Persist, progress and be proud) are threaded through our curriculum and children are taught how to use these powers to be the best learner they can be.
We want our children to:
As well as the above we intend for our children to leave Ghyllgrove:
Each Curriculum subject is mapped out in clear progression maps so that knowledge, understanding and skills build over time. Each topic within our foundation curriculum is designed to enthuse children and ‘hook’ them. Subjects are interwoven to provide a consistent and flowing term of lessons. As part of our curriculum we plan a range of opportunities to enhance their learning experience and build on their skills to become a successful citizen with aspirations such as, visits to places, inviting visitors to school, residential trips, extra-curricular sports, arts and music clubs, joining sporting competitions and music festivals when we can.
Each subject within the curriculum is led by a member of the teaching staff – please visit our individual subject areas below to find out more about what your child learns and how they learn in each subject.
SEND Curriculum
Children learn and develop in different ways. Teachers recognise this and use different teaching styles, resources and plan different levels of work in the classroom to cater for the various ways children learn. This is called 'Quality First Teaching' and is something schools must provide for all children. However, many children, at some time in their school life, need extra help.
To successfully match pupil ability to the curriculum there are some actions we may take to achieve this:
More information is available about English, Maths and Topic coverage in the curriculum letter that is sent home at the start of every term. Alternatively, this can be found on your child's class pages or a copy can be obtained via the school website or school office.
If you require any further information about your child's curriculum, our class teachers are happy to help you, or please contact the school office.