Glenurquhart Primary School · 2 Within these the cross-cutting themes of sustainability,...

Glenurquhart Primary School

Curriculum Rationale May 2017

(Reviewed February 2019)

2

Contents Contents .......................................................................................................................................................... 2

Curriculum Rationale Poster ........................................................................................................................ 1

Curriculum Rationale Development ............................................................................................................ 1

Our Vision, Values and Aims ........................................................................................................................... 3

What makes us unique? ............................................................................................................................... 4

Opportunities for Personal Achievement .......................................................................................................... 5

Partnership with our community and others which supports pupils’ learning and achievement . 6

Partnership with our community and others which supports pupils’ learning and achievement ...................... 7

Literacy and English ..................................................................................................................................... 8

Maths and Numeracy .................................................................................................................................. 11

Health and Wellbeing..................................................................................................................................13

Social Subjects ............................................................................................................................................17

Technologies..................................................................................................................................................18

Sciences .........................................................................................................................................................19

Expressive Arts .......................................................................................................................................... 20

Religious and Moral Education ..................................................................................................................21

Languages .......................................................................................................................................................21

Appendices ................................................................................................................................................... 22

Curriculum Rationale Poster

(Created Nov 2017)

Curriculum Rationale Development This Curriculum Rationale explains everything that we want for the children of Glenurquhart

Primary School and how we plan to achieve this. This has been developed by our whole school

community, involving children, parents, staff and partners to understand what we are hoping to

achieve. This informs our improvement targets and is developed around shared values and aims.

The values and principles are based on enabling all our children to become:

The Curriculum for Excellence recognises the need for children to access a broader range of

achievements, as well as striving for high attainment.

Children will learn through the four contexts of learning which include:

The eight curricular areas above

Interdisciplinary learning – making connections across subjects or between subjects through

a theme, context, challenge.

Opportunities for Personal Achievement

Ethos and Life of the School and Community

2

Within these the cross-cutting themes of sustainability, enterprise, creativity and citizenship,

including global citizenship and Scottish heritage and culture are used to provide rich contexts for

learning.

In line with all Scottish primary schools, the school curriculum is split into eight main areas which

are –

Languages Mathematics

Social Studies

Expressive Arts

Religious and Moral Education

Health and Well Being

Technologies

Our Curriculum as detailed in this document is built around the seven principles of curricular

design:

Breadth

Challenge and enjoyment

Coherence

Depth Personalisation and choice

Progression

Relevance

Through delivery of the above curricular areas pupils will develop a range of skills for learning, life

and work. Pupils will constantly reflect on this skills development as part of their on-going

reflection about learning. See our skills poster on the page 22.

3

Our Vision, Values and Aims Our vision, values and aims were developed with the children, parents, staff and community in session

2016-17.

OUR AIMS:

- Provide a safe, nurturing, bright and happy learning environment.

- Provide an engaging, challenging and creative curriculum enabling all

children to develop the skills they need to become successful learners,

confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.

- Aiming for excellence through setting high expectations for attainment,

achievement, behaviour, attendance and punctuality.

- Develop relationships with children, parents, partners and the community to

provide opportunities for all learners to achieve with a focus on inclusion

and equality.

CHILDREN’S AIMS – WE WOULD LIKE TO:

- Learn the skills we need to help us know

what we’d like to do when we are older and

be able to achieve all that we wish for.

- Work outside, learning in and about our

environment and community, being fit and

healthy.

- Enjoy giving ‘fun hundred per cent’ to our

learning.

- Have classrooms which are bright and comfortable.

- Have our work and achievements displayed so that we can be proud of it.

- Feel included, supported, confident and listened to.

- Have good friends with everyone showing our school values.

PositivityFriendshipEmpathy

Trust Respect Creativity

4

What makes us unique?

Our Curriculum is built around Community and Care (relationships.)

The children, families and staff feel our school is unique/special in the following

ways:

Our school is friendly and happy.

The staff know us well, support us to learn and are caring,

kind, positive and committed.

Children make their own good decisions.

We have a great outside playground and area to work in

and we love this. In doing so, we are given responsibility and

are learning to risk assess our own activities.

We are in the heart of community where everyone is

involved and works closely together.

We have strong links with the nursery and High School so children have

great transition experiences.

We are on the shores of Loch Ness, have Craigmonie forest right next to us,

Mary’s Rock above us and a great country setting which we enjoy spending

time in.

We have fun.

We promote opportunities to achieve both in and out of school and

celebrate these widely.

Sponsored Walk 2018

5

Opportunities for Personal Achievement [Confident Individuals]

Included in children’s profiles and tracked within school to ensure

all have opportunities.

Achievement assemblies – related to skills, personal achievements, achievements outwith school – see Achievement Tree

Citizenships committees including; Pupil Learning Council, Eco Committee, Charities and Celebrations, Health and Wellbeing,

Rights Respecting and JRSOs

Citizenship Cups awarded annually

Skills Academies run in 6 weekly blocks – P6/7 given opportunities to lead these. Includes bike ability sessions.

Headteacher awards given out weekly

Extra activities out with school hours – athletics, cross country, shinty, badminton, Brownies, chess,

football, drama, dancing, Tai Kwon Do, woodworking club, youth choir, karate, drama.

Swimming lessons

Performance opportunities – whole school performance – ‘Rocky Monster Show’, assembly presentations termly, Christmas, music festival for individuals

Achievements highlighted to local press

Enterprise opportunities –Christmas cards, crafts

Entrance to competitions – cross country, Great Glen football, Euro Quiz, Enterprising Maths Challenge, Junior Journalist, Language and Art competitions

Playground Leaders training

Baking club

Loch Insh residential for P7s

Classroom certificates – curriculum areas, friendship, effort.

Completing projects with community/parent body

Intergenerational project e.g. ICT and work at Care Centre

Staff achievements recognised and celebrated also

Homework – gains confidence

Summer reading challenge with the library and First Minister Reading Challenge

HT Homework Writing Challenge

Achievements highlighted in school newsletter

Re-cap of achievements throughout the year at end of year assembly

Shared on school blog

Outdoor learning awards – John Muir, RSPB, Woodland Trust

Crest Science Awards

Fairtrade Awards

Rights Respecting Schools Awards

Eco Awards

Connecting Classrooms Awards

Safety Online Awards

Inverness Music Festival

MOD

P7 Food project – cooking a weeks worth of family meals

P7 Prefects

Paired Reading training

6

Partnership with our community and others which supports pupils’ learning and

achievement [Responsible Citizens]

We provide regular opportunities for our local community to work with us and for our pupils

to work with the local community. These include:

Our work with the local community: Monthly visits with Care Centre for different activities

Art Exhibtion of children’s work Preparing musical and drama activities to entertain local senior citizens – Care Centre links. Raising funds for local charities including Marie Curie Cancer Care, Highland Hospice, Hall

Committee Community litter pick as part of Eco Schools project.

Annual plant show Use of Craigmonie Woods

Sustainability work at Urquhart Bay ‘The Cover’ Fundraising for the school in local halls - Ceilidh

Regular links with local schools to share good practice/resources – Great Glen football tournaments, shinty competitions, after-school clubs access.

Joint staff training Library links

Intergenerational projects – ICT School Fete

7

Partnership with our community and

others which supports pupils’ learning and

achievement [Responsible Citizens]

We provide regular opportunities for our local community to work with us and for our pupils

to work with the local community. These include:

Our local community work with us: World of Work interviews to support DYW.

Work with Morgan Sindall to provide agreed charter in kitchen build. Stramash performances with Eden Court theatre

Work with Trees for Life – sustainability, Literacy Woodland Trust, John Muir and RSPB Awards and work in local area e.g. ‘The Cover’

Working with Highlife Highland to promote active sessions for the children and access to

local coaches etc. Visiting local places of interest e.g. local shop, Fire Station, post office to make learning

relevant and fun. Working to support local RNLI, including school visits.

Feis Rois Kodaly

NSPCC Roots of Empathy

World Book Day Borlum Farm

Abriachan Forest Trust Shieling Project

Inviting the local police officer in to visit and speak with the children.

Annual visits from the SSPCA to promote care and welfare of animals. Scotmid links (Fairtrade)

Work with the Forestry Commission Ranger to develop environmental learning.

Support from Wind farm initiatives – Soirbheas – tattie project, intergenerational project, Cnocan Buraidh Local History & Restoration Project

Shinty club High School, Childcare Centre – transition links including annual careers fair

Care Centre UHI/ Inverness STEM Hub

AfRIS – Astronomy work GURCA – Glen Urquhart Rural Community Association

Cairngorm National Park – P7 Residential Parent volunteers – STEM kit car build, Literacy, Languages and Maths support

What

schemes/programmes

are followed?

How is this organised at each

level?

Main resources used including

ASN/Extension

Assessment practices

8

Yellow highlighted shows next steps – for consideration Blue highlighted – New over last year (Feb 19)

Literacy and English

Reading ASG Progression pathways and assessment

trackers

Highland Literacy Approach (HLP) for Core Reading

Emerging Literacy

4 day strategy P1-3 – books home

for support

3 day strategy P4-7 (when ready)

Term of Writer’s Craft/Non-Fiction/ Grammar/ Comprehension Strategy focus – introduced on

Monday – focus throughout week in follow-ups – linked with writing

targets

Library visit fortnightly

ERIC

Class novel (at least one term in

year)/ story time

Paired reading

First News Enjoyment of Reading

World Book Day

First Minister’s Reading Challenge

Extreme Reading Challenge (Easter holidays)

Topic studies

Book studies

ORT supplemented by Ginn from ASG schools (Early/First)

Kingscourt (Second) Four Corners

Novels SRA boxes P6/7 Prim-ed Comprehension Strategies

Ginn Pocket Readers (home P4-7) Scholastic Connectors

ASN: Fuzzbuzz, Wolf Hill, Wellington Square, Speedy

Readers, Hop On at P2, Toe by Toe, blending word cards, Talisman

Series, Totem, Titans Gauntlets

Read, Write, Count Rhyme and Analogy Packs

Curiosity Kids for P5 Book Bug packs

World Book Day

1x Key Assessment task per

term including Literacy focus

Comprehension Strategy tests

(every 3rd week) when focusing on comprehension

Assessment through writing/

discussion/ follow-up activities

Salford (for P3 and P5 across

ASG)

Key Word Assessments (ORT)

Skills progression criteria

Record of breadth – coverage

Emerging Literacy trackers

ASG Reading progression

pathway and assessment trackers.

SNSA data P1, 4 and 7

What

schemes/programmes

are followed?


level?


ASN/Extension


9

Writing

ASG Progression

pathways and assessment trackers

Emerging Literacy

Writing once a week (3 week block in

upper) Aim to increase 2019-20 Chromebooks – aiming for a third of

the class weekly in P3-7

Literacy Shed

IDL links Twinkl

Prim ed Pie Corbett

Individual targets

Max 4 Success Criteria for each extended writing – stuck in jotter

P4-7 Rotating peer/self/teacher assessment – marking 3rd of class each week – traffic lighting against

Free writing at least once a term – choosing genre from context

Key Assessment Tasks – Literacy focus once a term Emerging Literacy trackers

ASG trackers

Handwriting HLP Progression Emerging Literacy

Once a week in P1-4 (or further if required)

Pre-writing activities in Early Years Cursive for ASN or those required –

speak to Literacy officer regarding whole school framework

Jolly Phonics Various as linked with Emerging

Literacy You Tube/Twinkl Cursive/ booklet

on teaching Cursive Nelson

Emerging Literacy trackers ASG trackers

Spelling Emerging Literacy Wraparound P3-7

HLP strategies HLP common words

P3-7 Taught as per Wraparound weekly format (at least 3 times a

week) Common personal words – once a

term 3x a year personal spelling list (words commonly wrong in writing)

P1-3 Common words taught weekly in class

Jolly Phonics (P1-2) Jolly Jingles Jolly CD Jolly Big Books Jolly Finger Books Lanarkshire Active Phonic progression and plans Wraparound progressions ASN: Toe by Toe Code Cracker WASP Precision Spelling

Dictation and test Through writing

Vernon spelling (ASN) Blackwell – start, middle and end

of school session Emerging Literacy trackers Precision spelling

SNSAs Key Assessment Task – Literacy

focus once a term

What

schemes/programmes

are followed?


level?


ASN/Extension


10

Listening

and Talking

ASG Listening and

Talking Progression Pathway

Words Up pathways – to be reviewed

Highland Council

Listening and Talking progression broken down by SALT and Jenny

Wilson (to look at this year)

Show and Tell

Circle Time Emotional check – in (at least once a

day) Newsround Social skills CDs

Listening to instructions Writing topic given home to discuss

night before/prior to writing Class messengers Class presentations

Assemblies Citizenship Groups

Blanks Questioning

Prim-ed Listening

First News Newsround

Folens Listening Skills Big Talk Relaxation Scripts

Blanks Question Fans Words Up posters

Class talk (at least once a year First

*** and Second level) Group presentation assessment (at

least once a year – Second level) Debating skills – Second level

What

schemes/programmes

are followed?


level?


ASN/Extension


11

Maths and Numeracy Practical

Maths

(General)

ASG – Agreed progression pathways

Early – Soft start incorporating skills/ song, rhymes throughout. Termly planner – following ASG

progression First and Second levels:

4 groups – 2 groups with teacher a day 1 group active/game, 1 group follow-up activities

Mental maths daily

All groups on same topic where possible

Outdoor when possible/appropriate – IDL when appropriate – see planners

Heinemann Active Maths Messy Maths Outdoors

TJ

Heinemann Active Maths question banks SNSA

Number

operations

ASG – Agreed progression pathways

New Zealand Maths Maths Recovery boxes

Teaching Number books Easilearn

TJ/SPMG/Maths in Action Heinemann Active Maths Card games

Home Learning Packs Plus 1/ Power of 2

PSAs trained in use of Maths Recovery approaches and card games

Ten frames Rekeneks

Decimax ICT Education City – home use too (think

its) Numeracy blog

BBC Bitesize Topmarks Snappy Maths

Woodlands Junior

Heinemann Active Maths question banks

Maths basic facts and +/- diagnositcs – September and June

HNP Achievement trackers – ongoing PSA communication trackers

Key Assessment focus – Numeracy once a term

What

schemes/programmes

are followed?


level?


ASN/Extension


12

Active Learn

Mental

Maths

ASG progression

Maths on Track? Heinemann Active (Peter Patilla ideas)

Maths in Minutes Card games – PSA trained also and

included in Maths Home Learning packs ICT as above

Speed Challenge – Topmarks Highland Numeracy blog

Highland Numeracy – basic fact trackers – twice a year to feed into SPP decisions – start of term 2 and

3. Heinemann Active Maths question

banks Maths basic facts and +/- diagnositcs – September and June

Highland Numeracy trackers

Problem

Solving/

Applied

Maths

(Topical

Maths)

Skills progression for

problem solving

Finance Week/Enterprise Week

Science Week

Heinemann Active Problem Solving

CDs Through work in class Prim-ed Problem Solving

Maths assemblies? New Zealand Maths (throughout it)

Think-it boards

As part of ongoing maths

assessments

What

schemes/programmes

are followed?


level?


ASN/Extension


13

Health and Wellbeing Mental,

emotional,

social and

physical

wellbeing

Highland Council progression framework

Daily emotional check-in

Jenny Mosley circle time

approach: bubble Time, circle time and golden time

Themed assemblies with class tasks throughout the year

Resilient Kids programmes:

Nursery-P1 transition – term 1

Middle school – term 2

P7 – term 3

Global citizenship calendar day

Health and Wellbeing Week – Jan

each year

Creating Confident Kids

Anti-bullying week and focus throughout year

Wellbeing Citizenship group

Relaxation skills academy

Bike Ability

Shared Vision, Values and Aims Resilient Kids (P1, P2-4 and P7) Creating Confident Kids

(Assemblies) Health for Life Resource book

Confidence to Learn Huge bag of worries storybook Prim-Ed Health

Roots of Empathy (P4) previously Daily emotional check-in

Children First Blue room – soft area Good to be Green

Eqaulity and Diversity – books and lessons

Growth Mindset learning – Live N Learn, Jammin Fitness HT Coaching sessions

Bubble – nurture space Lego therapy

HPAC resources

Say – comments through discussion.

Make/Write/Do - Assembly follow-up activities e.g.

posters, presentations to whole school.

Do – drama presentations

Ongoing observations building an overall picture.

Key Assessment tasks

Planning for

choices and

changes


Achievement Assemblies World of Work – interviews and presentations.

Community visitors Committee groups – pupil voice

Enterprise boxes Jenny Mosley resources Creating Confident Kids

Resilient Kids – transition packs Good to be Green

World of Work presentations Blog – photos of visitors/visits Achievement Tree in hall

Achievement trackers Pupil conversations

What

schemes/programmes

are followed?


level?


ASN/Extension


14

Planning discussions – children’s

ideas Transition visits / policy

ASN Passports Circle Time Role play

After school clubs Structured golden time choices

My World of Work website Enterprise activities – boxes Good to be Green approach and

incentives Weekly star writers

ASN – Individual timetables and Make a Deal Health and Wellbeing Week – Jan

each year

Key Assessment Tasks

Growth Mindset learning – Live N Learn, Jammin Fitness

Pupil profiles

Physical

education,

physical

activity and

sport


Daily Mile (3 x a week) Upper P.E. once a week with High School Outdoor learning – at least one lesson a week Community clubs – football, shinty, badminton, karate, Highland Dancing, athletics Visiting coaches – Caley Thistle trainers, dance workshops Bike Ability Swimming P5-6 Multi-sports P1-3

Health and Wellbeing Week – Jan

each year

Go Noodle Top Play Top Sports Daily Activity Book Outdoor Learning books Outdoor learning – 12 week programme School nurse Active Schools Coordinator Sports Leaders (High School) P6 Junior Leaders Better Movers, Better Thinkers videos Cosmic Kids Yoga Just Dance (You Tube)

Observation Video

Skills observation sheets Daily mile individual records/ Class challenge

What

schemes/programmes

are followed?


level?


ASN/Extension


15

Food and

health

Highland Council

progression framework Education Scotland

food progressions

High 5 – at least once a year

Skills Academy – baking skills Farming topics

IDL focus P7 Food Project – Food@GUPS Health and Wellbeing Week – Jan

each year

High 5

Eat Well Guide HPAC

Dave Rex Sugar app School nurse

Farm to Fork Glachbeg Croft

Corrimony Farm Pizza Express Quality Meat Scotland

Food for Thought

Displays of health eating

Graphs – healthy food choices Diaries of healthy eating

High 5 records Key Assessment Tasks P7 evaluations of food project

Health and Wellbeing Week evaluations

Skills academy – assessment sheets

Substance

misuse

Highland Council

progression framework

IDL topics e.g. People who help us

Community visitors – Police P7 Safe Highlanders event – term 4 Health and Wellbeing Week – Jan

each year

Community Police Officer

Prim-ed resources Police Box Health for Life box

Safe Highlanders HPAC resources

Role play observations

Drama presentations Design medicine packaging Write list of rules


What

schemes/programmes

are followed?


level?


ASN/Extension


16

Relationships,

sexual health

and

parenthood

Highland Council

progression framework

Stranger Danger

Roots of Empathy

Pants rule - NSPCC

HPAC BBC Active

Ask Lara Living and Growing – sex video

Life timeline


What

schemes/programmes

are followed?


level?


ASN/Extension


17

Social Subjects Social

Subjects

Highland Council Progression Pathway

where fits into IDL School IDL overview

Skills progressions

Topic overview grid for each stage World of Work Week

Enterprise Week

Children in History Pack Topic boxes

Mapping Skills Prim-ed photocopiable resources for

topics and mapping skills European Union Library resources

Newsround First News

ICT – Twinkle, Sparklebox, TES, Topmarks Parliament Resources and Games

(YouTube) Citizenship – Prim-ed

Generation Science Care Centre links Urquhart Castle

Various partners Museum boxes

Equality and Diversity books and lessons Show Racism the Red Card

Rights Respecting Resources Require sustainability resources

KWL (What we know, want to know and how we’ll find out, what

I’ve learnt) charts at start of topics and throughout – displayed on

walls Children agree at start how they will show their learning – say,

make, write, do

What

schemes/programmes

are followed?


level?


ASN/Extension


18

Technologies Technology

Progression being developed within ASG/Authority

Mrs Mann – term spent on Technology for each class Incidental through IDL

2 year rota for composite classes Lego Therapy

Adapt CCR – to block of Science, Technology, ICT on rotation – with class teachers taking responsibility for

topics in other terms. STEM Skills Academies

Blueprints Lego Education Resources to be purchased alongside

Highland Progression framework Barefoot Computing training

As part of IDL Skills Academies assessments

ICT Progression being

developed within ASG/Authority

Mrs Mann has been taking a group of

children weekly – Internet Safety –Each class blogs weekly

Use of digital camera Links with Art and Design Powerpoint creations up the school

Digital video editing Coding and Robotics – link with UHI

Ipad for specific needs All children rotated on word processing for writing

Structured Golden Time Options

Miss MacDonald leadership project

Nelson Thornes Lego Mindstorms

Generation Science BBC Dancemat Clicker

Softease Studio Active Maths

Education City Topmarks Smartboards

Barefoot Computing training Chromebooks

Ipads Tablets

As part of IDL

What

schemes/programmes

are followed?


level?


ASN/Extension


19

Sciences Science School bundles

Highland Council

progression

Mrs Mann – CCR for each class inclu. younger classes Numeracy – some areas covered

through Science Outdoor Learning

Science Week – ASG planned STEM Skills Academies Work with STEM development officer

STEM world of work week UHI links

Skills Development Scotland links

Ginn Science BBC Bitesize Forestry Commission Rangers

RSPB High School links

Trees for Life links Shieling Project Abriachan Trust

Glachbeg Croft Observatory (Culloden)

Aigas Reach out reporters STEM Prim-ed boxes and books

CREST awards STEM Home Learning packs

AfRIS

As part of IDL Skills Academies assessments

What

schemes/programmes

are followed?


level?


ASN/Extension


20

Expressive Arts ART Progression available on

server Linked to IDL Specific focus in certain terms

Borders Art

Pintrest

TES

Scholastic

Usborne Art Books

Artist packs

PSA led craft activities

Competitions/ exhibition

Self/Peer Assessment Teacher’s own assessments Key Assesment Tasks

MUSIC

Heinemann Lively Music Highland Active Music Kodaly BBC Sounds of Music Require set pathway

Strings, chanter and brass tuition Fischy Music in Assemblies Requires development

Feis Rois

Kodaly

Gigga Jam – Drumming, Guitar

Fischy Music

BBC Sounds of Music

Lively Music

Out of the Ark resources

Consider Music Express

Related to pathways Individual assessments from music

tuition

DANCE Highland PE Progression Mrs Woodhouse – CCR teacher Social dance in Christmas term Go Noodle

Time to Move Hop, skip and jump Go Noodle

Teacher’s own

DRAMA Related to resource packs Linked to IDL Whole School Performance Eden Court Outreach – Burns, IDL Christmas Nativity

Fife Pack

Strathclyde Pack

Out of Arc

Scholastic Resources

ORT Play Scripts

HLP Drama activities

Circle Time

Hop, skip and jump

Visiting theatre productions

High School Performances and links

Teacher’s own

EXPRESSIVE ARTS EACH NEED A PROGRESSION PATHWAY WITH CLEAR ASSESSMENT PRACTICES AND RESOURCES

– being developed across ASG

What

schemes/programmes

are followed?


level?


ASN/Extension


21

Religious and Moral Education RME Fife RME

Progression requires review

Topic overview termly Prim-ed Assemblies Judith Lowndes resource BBC bitesize Tes Twinkl

Teacher’s own

Key Assessment Tasks

Languages 1+2

Languages

Highland Council progression pathways for French Go Gaelic planners for Gaelic

P1-7 French (L2) at least half hour weekly + embedded throughout the week P5-7 Gaelic (L3)

Miss Mullin leadership project Powerlanguage Platform MLPS Training Blasad Gaidhlig Twilight training Adult classes in community Working group

As per Highland Council trackers

Appendices

Skills Overview poster (updated Dec 2018)

Assessment Model

DYW at Glenurquhart poster

Pupil Voice

Engaging Staff in School Improvement poster

Engaging Partners in School Improvement poster All reviewed as of February 2019

What makes a good lesson – reviewed with pupils and staff Feb 2019

Looking forwards, outwards and inwards poster (new Feb 2019)

Glenurquhart Primary School · 2 Within these the cross-cutting themes of sustainability,...

Documents

Transcript of Glenurquhart Primary School · 2 Within these the cross-cutting themes of sustainability,...