Curriculum
Curriculum at Quinton
Our curriculum is driven by our Christian vision , culture and values and the diversity of our local, national and global community.
Our school vision is:
Flourishing Together
At Quinton, we believe that to Flourish is to become the best version of ourselves in body, mind and spirit. It means being loved and recognised for who we are, uniquely made in the image of God.
Together emphasises the strength, possibilities and encouragement that can be found in community, teamwork and family. It highlights how everyone has a part to play and brings value and worth to our collective endeavours. Togetherness shines a light on our desire to be a community that is inclusive of everyone, whatever the challenges, so that all can flourish.
Our vision is linked to two important theological concepts from the Bible: Creation and Love.
The Bible teaches us that out of love, God’s plan was for all creation to flourish, including human beings. Therefore, our school vision is for everyone to be loved, valued, celebrated, and represented. At Quinton, we are ambitious for everyone; no exceptions!
We all aim to show love by being kind and compassionate, even when we disagree with one another.
Love will flow through our school as we strengthen a sense of togetherness that does not keep records of past hurts but grows through things that connect us. We hope that members of our school learn to love in generous ways, that leaves no one out. Our community will speak up for and reach out to those who don’t have what they need.
In our inclusive community, we are working to ensure that we are all:
‘Flourishing together’
Every aspect of school life, including our curriculum, is driven and embedded within our aspirational culture:
Be kind, be fair, be thankful.
In addition, we hold these as our school values: Belonging, Love, Justice, Forgiveness, Peace and Hope.
Curriculum Design
We have designed a curriculum which prepares the children at Quinton spiritually, morally, socially and culturally. Our sequential ambitious, knowledge and skills curriculum begins in EYFS, so that all children can successfully access a broad and balanced curriculum throughout their education at Quinton Church Primary School. This is underpinned by structured phonics, reading, writing and maths lessons in EYFS all the way through to Year 6, with all steps in transition to each Key Stage planned and carried out.
Our curriculum for Reception through to Year 6 is a subject lead curriculum covering all areas of the National Curriculum. As well as Literacy and Maths, we teach the subjects: History, Geography, Science, Art, DT, Computing, PSHE, RE, MFL (French) and Music. The teaching of History and Geography are skills and knowledge and skills lead. At the end of the area of study there is a retrieval element which allows the children to demonstrate their understanding of their knowledge and skills they have made throughout the subject. Our EYFS curriculum is topic based to ensure all Early Years Goals are achieved and success for all is achieved.
Each subject area has been deliberately placed alongside each other to maximise the depth of understanding, knowledge and skills, ensuring the connections are made between previous and current learning.
In Key Stage 1, a focus is placed on reading, writing and mathematics. We strive for all children to be able to read by the age of six so that they can successfully access a broad and balanced curriculum. Through the Mathematics Mastery programme, we ensure core mathematical knowledge is mastered and practised. Music, PE, creative arts, humanities and science are carefully planned with specialist support to ensure children are making links across and throughout the curriculum.
Throughout KS2, we strive to carefully develop children’s subject knowledge and build clear sequences in their minds, allowing them to begin to think more logically, critically, and creatively. Working with subject champions, teachers are equipped to design carefully crafted sequences of learning as mapped out in their medium-term plans.
Core values and drivers
Our Christian culture of kindness, fairness and thankfulness, which are our basis for teaching children about the life and work of Jesus, are taught through RE and collective worship as well and being woven throughout our wider curriculum to guide our children’s moral compass and create well round individuals who can then inspire others to live life in all it’s fullness.
Our ambitious curriculum is adapted to empower all learners to understand, maintain and build-upon what they are taught. Individual needs are met through differentiated curriculum provision, evidenced based interventions and environmental adaptions and adjustments. We have shaped our curriculum to encourage and celebrate differences. We want our children to value, respect and support others with their specific and individual needs.
Our curriculum focuses on and draws upon influential and inspirational people who represent global citizens with a range of genders, disabilities, diversity and LGBTQ+ communities studied. These inspirational people have overcome adversities by applying our school values and developing a strong and secure knowledge base. We believe they demonstrate some of the best of what has been thought and said throughout time – they provide a concrete real-life example for our children to be inspired by and aspire to be like, and through the study of these individuals children at Quinton will understand justice and show fairness to all.
Our subject centred curriculum is also driven by the aspirations and desire to live life to the full, drawing on the influences of various careers from all areas and walks of life. We invite individuals from a variety of careers, from our local community and beyond, to come into school to discuss their work and their own journey and personal experiences to help our children gain an interest in areas of work they may not have thought about or inspire to be. As well as this, we also offer experiences and enrichment opportunities including other guest speakers, school excursions and projects to build upon the areas of study and gain an insight into developing their knowledge and experience development.
We believe that a knowledge-rich, skills and values driven curriculum is core to our pupils’ future success. Once our children have acquired the knowledge from our carefully sequenced curriculum, they will then be ready to lead a successful and happy life – Flourishing Together.
If you have any questions regarding our curriculum at Quinton Church Primary School, please contact a member of the senior leadership team via the school office.