Our Intent and Implementation

The intent of our curriculum is built around our three core Christian values of Love, Hope and Joy and the theological underpinning of the Parable of The Lost Sheep.

Our Curriculum Intent

At Milton on Stour CE Primary School, our intent is to teach a broad and balanced enquiry led curriculum based upon the needs of our children, which builds upon their strengths, celebrates their uniqueness and challenges them to do and become more.

We aim to design a memorable curriculum which recognises and builds upon prior learning and knowledge,with increasingly challenging enquiries. Our intent is to provide meaningful first hand learning experiences in and out of the classroom and develop more opportunities to  appreciate and participate in the arts and a widening range of sports.

Through our curriculum we aim for our children to develop confidence, resilience and empathy. We will support them to develop the breadth of skills, attitudes and knowledge necessary for them to be successful, responsible and happy citizens. We will place a strong emphasis on the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of all our pupils and we will embed the clear set of values that underpin expectations for behaviour for all members of our school family.

Community involvement is core to our curriculum and this year our developing curriculum intent embraces the community in which we are situated, It recognises local history, heritage, geographical and business links and supports the children in developing a greater understanding of the world around them. Our developing curriculum design will encourage the children to ask and answer questions about their local and global community.

Throughout their time at Milton we hope for the children to develop a sense of belonging and responsibility to their local and global community. We hope they will leave us with the confidence and skills to make safe decisions, holding high aspirations for themselves, and being equipped for the next stage in their lives.

Implementation

We use a range of schemes to help us achieve this, many of which we have recently introduced, and are embedded through CPD and external support for example from The Jurassic Maths Hub and Reading Hubs

Our schemes to support the implementation of the National Curriculum include:

Jigsaw PSHE and SRE

The Emmanuel Project RE

Purple Mash Computing and Online Safety

White Rose - Maths

Mastering Number Maths

Learning By questions Maths  

Little Wandle  Phonics and Early Reading

Language Angels  French 

We follow our own scheme for writing and PE

 Impact

Teachers will use ongoing assessments to ensure that children are making more than expected progress. In Years 2-6, we have adopted White Rose, Pira and Gaps assessments which the children will complete three times a year to track progress in Maths, Reading and Grammar. From the standardised scores, teachers will be able to track progress, identify gaps and support those children at risk at falling behind. We have adopted the tracking tool Insight Tracking to support the process and regular assessment and monitoring meetings will allow teachers to analyse data and track groups of learners.