Article 28 (right to education)
Every child has the right to an education. Primary education must be free and different forms of secondary education must be available to every child. Discipline in schools must respect children’s dignity and their rights. Richer countries must help poorer countries achieve this.
The children and their learning are at the core of everything that we do Grafton Primary School. Our school motto 'Together we learn. Together we Achieve' reflects our vision, in that, in order to prepare children as life long learners and global citizens, we must provide a curriculum that will go beyond the statutory content. Our curriculum is designed to take into consideration our children's varied backgrounds and cultural experiences; so we believe our children deserve a curriculum that does not narrow their life chances but expands them, enabling social equity and mobility.
At the heart of the design process, we take into consideration our position and impact as a Rights Respecting school. We create a community where children's rights are learned, taught, respected, protected and promoted. We are clear about ensuring our children are respectful in every interaction they have and also understand their own rights, as well as the rights of others. All staff, governors and the school community also learn about the rights of the child and put them into practise every day also. The rights of the child are embedded in our curriculum which combines high quality, challenging teaching, using everyday opportunities to extend each child's depth of knowledge and skills, developing an understanding and fascination in the world around them.
Grafton Primary School aims to nurture and prepare children educationally, socially, morally and physically for their continuing education and beyond by basing our aims on our vision.
Our core aims are to develop strong academic outcomes through:
The children and their learning are at the core of everything that we do at Grafton Primary School. Our school motto 'Together we learn. Together we Achieve' reflects our vision, in that, in order to prepare children as lifelong learners and global citizens, we must provide a curriculum that will go beyond the statutory content
R - Relevant, research-based, reflective
E - Engaging, enquiry-led
A - Aspirational, achievement for all
L - For life-long love of learning
When planning the curriculum at Grafton Primary we ensure that it is:
Relevant- We work to adapt the curriculum to the changing demographic and needs of the school, so that children are able to see themselves in the curriculum we teach and their learning and sense of self is recognised.
Research-based- We strive to ensure that we are up-to-date with our pedagogy and the latest understanding of approaches to learning that might benefit our children. We will spend time researching the best ways forward for our children.
Reflective- We take the time to reflect on our school offer, checking that what we offer to the children is appropriate and meets the requirements of the National Curriculum as a minimum. We continue to assess what our children need in their learning, so that they achieve well.
Engaging -We understand that when children are engaged by their learning they are more likely to attach to and remember concepts. We work hard to make lessons interesting in a variety of ways, as well as using trips and experiences to expand their world.
Enquiry-led Using enquiry-led learning helps children to take a ‘big question’ and respond to this. Exploring the questions both through the academic and personal development curriculum.
Aspirational - We are unashamedly aspirational for our children and we want and expect them to leave Grafton with all the skills needed for their futures. There is no ceiling for our children and we expect the very best behaviour for learning and the best teaching of subjects.
Achievement for All- We are an inclusive school where all children are expected to achieve and make at least good progress from their starting points. Learning is carefully planned for and children are taught well and learning is adapted to support and extend learning.
Life-long learning- Above all we want to impress on pupils that learning is a life-long process and we are building children’s skill to be curious and determined in their learning so that they are able to replicate these skills beyond their time at Grafton.
Curriculum Implementation
The statutory National Curriculum and school-chosen learning is mapped out by Subject Leaders and overseen by Curriculum Leads. Learning is organised into half terms under a ’topic’. Lessons are planned using schemes of work.
The schemes of work build carefully across the school year and throughout the school, where skills are built upon and learning is sequenced in order to build knowledge and memory skills over time
Where possible, lessons are cross-curricular which helps to build depth and prior learning as children encounter new skills and concepts.
Enriching the curriculum
Personal development
We provide a rich curriculum which is beyond the statutory requirements, and seeks to develop the whole child. In our ever changing and challenging world,the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of our pupils and their understanding of British Values is important. Our Core Values and Rights Respecting work support the children to develop their personal skills, which will support them throughout their lives. These are taught discretely, through the curriculum and through assemblies.
Experiences and Opportunities
We plan a variety of ways to enrich learning, build self esteem, widen horizons and create lasting memories.
These take many forms:
If you would like to find out more about our curriculum, then please contact Miss Thomas or Mrs Gray (Deputy Headteachers/Curriculum Leads) to discuss in more detail.
We measure the impact of our curriculum through:
To support learning at home, year groups send out curriculum overviews at the beginning of each term, to provide parents and carers with information about the learning ahead. These overviews can be found on the year group pages of the school website.
For further information on our curriculum please contact the school office.
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