Curriculum Subjects

Curriculum

English Curriculum Intent

English Policy

Phonics And Early Reading Policy

Reading Policy

Writing

Reading

At St Patrick’s RC Primary School we have adopted a mastery approach for the teaching of mathematics, following the White rose maths scheme of work. Underpinning this pedagogy is the belief that all children can achieve in maths. We believe in promoting sustained and deepened understanding by employing a variety of mastery strategies, with teaching for conceptual understanding at the heart of everything we
do. We aim to create independent mathematicians who are well equipped to apply their learning to the wider world.
Teaching for Mastery aims to provide all children with full access to the curriculum, enabling them to achieve confidence and competence – ‘mastery’ – in mathematics, rather than many failing to develop the maths skills they need for the future.

Key features of our Maths Mastery curriculum:
 High expectations for every child
 Fewer topics, greater depth
 Number sense and place value come first
 Research -based curriculum
 Objects and pictures always before numbers and letters
 Problem solving is central
 Calculate with confidence– understand why it works

Mathematics Mastery places emphasis on the cumulative mastery of essential knowledge and skills in mathematics. It embeds a deeper understanding of maths by utilising a concrete, pictorial, abstract approach so that pupils understand what they are doing rather than just learning to repeat routines without grasping what is happening. St Patrick’s mastery curriculum is taught using the ‘White rose Maths’
scheme of learning.

Maths Policy

Useful Documents

Helping Children with Mathematics Year 5 Year 6

Our Aims

Our aims for the teaching of Religious Education are to enrich the lives of our pupils in the:

• Love of God for everyone and everything He created
• Understanding of the ‘Good News’ of the Lord, to enable ourselves and others to respond to God’s love
• Teaching of the Catholic faith
• Growth of faith by relating the Gospels to their lives and levels of understanding, linked to our Mission Statement and the Come and See programme
• Development of prayer and worship
• Awareness and respect of other faiths and cultures

Curriculum

Since its introduction to the Diocese of Nottingham in 2012, we have been following the Come and See RE programme.

Topics covered across the school are:

Collective Worship

All classes participate in a daily act of collective worship.  This may take the form of class prayers, liturgies or assemblies. This is also linked to the Word of the Week (WOW), which are an integral part of school life, and to the Ten:Ten resources, used by staff and pupils to promote and develop whole school and class-based collective worship in an innovative and reflective way.

RSHE Curriculum Intent

Science Curriculum Intent (1)

Knowledge Organisers

Nursery and Reception have outdoor opportunities on a daily basis. In addition to this Reception have a taught PE lesson once per week. All other classes have two taught PE lesson of an hour per week (children bring their PE kits to school and get changed).

The areas of physical activity (games, gymnastics, dance, athletics, swimming and outdoor activities) are set out in the Foundation Stage Curriculum and National Curriculum 2014. The PE curriculum at St Patrick’s is based on these requirements and is detailed on the long term year planner. St Patrick’s have adopted PE Resources from ‘Get set for PE’.  Each year group will learn PE in accordance with the long term planning. This will ensure continuity and progression through school in order to continue to improve standards in PE.

PE Curriculum Intent

Art Curriculum

DT Curriculum

MFL Curriculum Intent

At St Patrick’s our whole class music lessons are provided by the OLOL music services.