Curriculum
St Gilbert's Curriculum
A Rationale for Curriculum Design at St Gilbert’s RC Primary School – INTENT
‘Inspired by St Gilbert, as God’s family, we are growing in love and faith, becoming the best that we can be’.
Inspired by our role model, Jesus Christ, our curriculum aims to develop all our children so that they are able to, ‘have life and have it to the full’. (John 10:10). We see each individual as a child of God, made in His image and likeness and, therefore, deserving only of the very best.
At St Gilbert’s, our curriculum is ambitious and aims to give all of our learners the knowledge and cultural capital that they will need to succeed in life and indeed live their lives to the full.
Our curriculum is based deeply in our Core Gospel Values of
- Compassion
- Forgiveness
- Faith
- Fullness of life
- Courage
- Resilience
We believe that being fluent in knowledge leads to children being able to develop and apply the relevant skills that they need in order to make them successful learners. Therefore, our curriculum is coherently planned and sequenced, and focuses on an in-depth understanding of topic areas. it builds on prior knowledge and we relate this to our children's lived experiences using our rich local environment and community.
At St Gilbert’s we want to develop learners for the 21st century and beyond. Today's St Gilbert's pupils are tomorrow's leaders and community.
- We want them to be Critical thinkers and problem solvers
- We want them to be good Communicators who are able to understand their learning and coherently present their ideas
- We want them to be excellent Collaborators who can work co-operatively and productively with others
- They are already Co-Creators and stewards of God’s creation. We want them to continue to develop this talent so that they can produce the highest quality work and use this talent in order to change, challenge and transform the world in which they live in order to make it a place fit for God’s children
Moreover, at St Gilbert’s, we want to develop lifelong learners who have a real love of learning – innovators who are not afraid to take risks and, as a result, develop as confident, independent and resilient learners.
The curriculum that we offer at St Gilbert’s starts with and takes into account the needs of all of our pupils, and is designed to encourage them to challenge and question the world in which we live and think about how their place in the world can make it better. We want to develop future change makers who believe that all is achievable through hard work, dedication and determination.
In order to ensure that our curriculum is relevant to our children, we draw on the rich reserves of our locality in order to support topics taught. The curriculum is further enhanced by a variety of extra-curricular learning opportunities, outdoor provision, trips, visits by external agencies and extra-curricular clubs.
To summarise, we offer a broad curriculum that has a clear intent for each subject area. This clearly informs our planning, teaching, learning and assessment. Our aim is to uncover and grow to fruition the unique God-given gift that each individual bears.
If you wish to find out any further information about the curriculum please speak to your child's class teacher. You can also click on the link below that will take you to the National Curriculum on the Department for Education website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum
For more information on our approach to ensuring the curriculum is accessible for children with SEND, please follow the links below:
https://www.stgilbertsrc.co.uk/local-offer/
https://www.stgilbertsrc.co.uk/send-information-report/