Gilthill Primary School
Curriculum
Our Curriculum
Our curriculum is designed to support our whole school vision, where we aspire to:
‘Inspire today’s children to embrace tomorrow’s challenges.’
Curriculum intent
Our curriculum is designed to support our whole school vision, where we aspire to:
‘To inspire today’s children to embrace tomorrow’s challenges.’
To achieve this, we have designed our curriculum around three main aims:
1) To nurture excellent communication skills by embedding a structured oracy framework that empowers children to confidently express their ideas and emotions, adapt to new situations, and engage in purposeful dialogue. Through rich opportunities to talk, listen, question, and reflect, we aim to develop active, motivated learners who recognise the many possibilities ahead of them and feel equipped to explore them.
2) To embed our Gilthill learning values in order to create a positive, nurturing learning environment that enhances academic achievement and strengthens students’ social and relationship skills for life. Through these values, we aim to ensure every child develops a strong sense of belonging, feels valued within our school community, and is supported to thrive both personally and academically as they prepare for future challenges.
3) To provide a coherent and well-structured curriculum that offers a broad breadth of knowledge relevant to our pupils and ensures the sustained acquisition of essential knowledge, skills and understanding about the world around them and the society we live in. Our curriculum is designed to give every child strong foundational skills needed to access learning confidently, while remaining ambitious, broad and balanced for all. We are committed to adapting our curriculum thoughtfully to meet the diverse needs of every learner, ensuring that all pupils can engage, progress and thrive.
‘Teachers use ‘learning threads’ to help pupils connect their knowledge. This ensures pupils know how any new learning relates to what they have learned before. Teachers use their good subject knowledge to engage pupils in clear and meaningful learning activities. Pupils work hard to complete the tasks teachers give them. As a result, pupils are remembering more and growing in confidence as learners.’ Ofsted 2022.
If you would like any further information about our curriculum please contact Mrs Langmaid, our curriculum lead, by emailing the school office at office@gilthillprimary.org
