Our Curriculum Intent
At Oare CE Primary School, our aim is to provide all of our children access to a broad and balanced curriculum which is ambitious, engaging and provides a range of learning opportunities, rich first-hand experiences and challenge. We will ensure children will develop a life-long love of learning. The curriculum ensures each child’s learning journey is coherent and progressive, with learning being linked across subjects and experiences, and connections made across year groups.
Underpinning all our work are our core values:
Wonder, Equality, Community, Aspiration, Resilience, Empathy
We Care Curriculum
At Oare C of E Primary School, ‘WE CARE’ deeply about our curriculum. In recent years, curriculum development and pedagogy has been the subject of much exciting research and it is now recognised that a broad and balanced curriculum, carefully designed to ensure that new learning is built upon what has been previously taught, is central to a strong curriculum model that supports excellent outcomes for all children.
Our knowledge-rich curriculum ensures our learners are aware of and understand the wider world – and their place in it. It ensures they are equipped to take an active role in their community and work with others to make our planet more equal, more fair and sustainable. We provide our learners with opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills and values they need to engage with the world and give them the belief that they can make a difference.
Our curriculum seeks to link learning to the rich heritage and cultural opportunities available in our local area; we have fostered links with local farms, charities, businesses, world heritage sites and cultural groups to support our ambitious curriculum.
Pupils are encouraged to welcome the diversity of each other’s views and are empowered to take more responsibility for their learning. They are given a voice and the confidence to use it.
Curriculum Implementation
We follow the National Curriculum. In Reception, children are taught the development skills identified in the revised Early Years Curriculum 2023. These include life skills that will support their learning and integration into school life.
The mornings at Oare Primary School consist of daily maths and English, with dedicated time to phonics (EYFS/KS1) and daily reading for every age group.
In the afternoons, we teach Science as well as the foundation subjects: Religious Education, PE, Geography, History, Art and Design Technology, Latin, Personal, Social and Health Education, Computing and Music. All children participate in Forest School activities throughout the school year making the most of our rural environment and dedicated school woodland.
Recent research into how knowledge is transferred into long-term memory has led us to teach Geography and History in blocks. We feel that this means our learners receive a more focused and immersive learning experience and that it enables their knowledge to become more clearly embedded.
In all subject areas, we build on the knowledge children acquire in each year group, ensuring our implementation is systematic and coherent.
