Curriculum Overview

Principles and Purpose

Lillington Nursery and Primary School use Cornerstones as the main framework for our curriculum.

As a school we have looked at our key principles that reflect our values, context, pedagogy and needs of the children.

Our curriculum will give children the opportunity to:

• See clear links between different aspects of their learning
• Understand the purpose and value of learning and its relevance to their past, present and future aspirations
• Experience the challenge and enjoyment of learning
• Develop new skills through a variety of interesting contexts
• Explore the breadth and depth of the national curriculum through a coherent and progressive framework
• Develop and demonstrate being independent and resilient learners
• Develop a rich and deep subject knowledge

Through Well-being our children will be given the opportunity to:

• Develop self-esteem and confidence in their abilities
• Learn how to respect themselves and others
• Reflect and think mindfully about their learning
• Recognise that people are good at different things
• Follow their own interests and be themselves
• Build respectful and supportive relationships

Through pupil voice our children will be given the opportunity to:

• Make a positive contribution to the school and local community
• Explore ways of becoming an active citizen
• Express their opinions respectfully on a range of different topics and issues
• Contribute to planning their own learning through homework projects
• Take part in democratic activities across the curriculum
• Make choices about things that are important to them

Our Curriculum will be taught through a pedagogy that:

• Excites, promotes and sustains each child’s interest
• Promotes problem solving, creativity and communication
• Enables and fosters children’s natural curiosity
• Offers all children a memorable experience
• Promotes innovation and entrepreneurialism
• Enables children to reflect on and evaluate their learning

We will enrich our curriculum by:

• Providing on and off site subject or topic-related activities
• Offering opportunities for children to learn outdoors
• Developing partnerships with external providers that extend children’s opportunities for learning
• Holding specialist curriculum days or weeks
• Welcoming parents and carers to take part in children’s learning and experiences
• Using quality resources in and out of the classroom