Curriculum

‘Our Christ Church community is underpinned by a strong shared ethos of high expectations, enthusiasm for challenge and our unique Christian values. Our values are the foundation of our engaging, balanced curriculum, which enables all children to flourish. Our strong links with our Church and community help to build resilient learners, well-equipped to contribute to society.’

Our aim for everything that we teach at Christ Church is to engage and promote high levels of progress and enjoyment. We approach our curriculum through exploring six ‘Big Questions’ across the academic year. We link high quality texts to our Big Questions, which weave Reading throughout our curriculum.

Subject leaders carefully track the National Curriculum skills taught through the half termly Big Questions to ensure full coverage of the National Curriculum across school.

Download our Big Question overview here.

Download our Curriculum Policy here.

Inclusion At Christ Church

How we adapt our curriculum and learning environment

At Christ Church C of E Primary School, we believe that inclusive education means supporting all pupils to learn, contribute and participate in all aspects of school life alongside their peers. Our curriculum includes, not only the formal requirements of the National Curriculum, but also a range of additional opportunities to enrich the experiences of our children. Our curriculum also includes develops the social skills that are essential as we strive to achieve our vision as a church school.

Our school community is underpinned by a strong, shared ethos of high expectations, enthusiasm for challenge, learning and our unique school values. These values guide our curriculum and enable strong links with our Church and community, building resilient learners who are well-equipped for the future.

Why is inclusive education important?

• It improves learning for all children regardless of their needs.
• It promotes understanding, reduces prejudice and strengthens community.
• It ensures that children with special education needs are equipped with the skills needed to thrive as adults in the future.

Strategies to support inclusive practice in our curriculum

• High quality first teaching using flexible groupings.
• Ensure all pupils can access the curriculum through: ensuring all pupils can hear instructions, using questioning skills to ensure engagement, visual prompts and scaffolds, adapting print to suit needs, using models and concrete manipulatives, use of accessible technology,
• We personalise learning to meet the needs of pupils. Teachers personalise tasks to support all pupils to have the opportunity to be successful. This includes using visual aids and prompts, recording work in different formats and hands-on experiences.

Some of the additional actions we may take to achieve this are:

• Help all pupils achieve to the best of their abilities, despite any educational need or disability they may have.
• Modify the curriculum to meet individual needs.
• Ensure that teaching staff are aware of and sensitive to the needs of all pupils, teaching pupils in a way that is more appropriate to their needs.
• To make suitable provision for children with SEND to fully develop their abilities, interests and aptitudes and gain maximum access to the curriculum.
• Use accessibility tools to help pupils access the curriculum.
• Use a range of recording tools to show the progress the children make.
• Making classroom adaptations, such as quiet spaces for working and seating arrangements.