Curriculum
At Meadows Primary School and Nursery we seek to ensure that our curriculum enables our children to aspire, grow and flourish in their learning and personal development.
We seek to ensure that our curriculum is exciting, engaging and progressive, with a clear focus on knowledge and skills and consistent opportunities for our children to:
- aspire – know they can achieve anything they desire,
- grow – never give up,
- flourish – doing very well and realising their endless potential.
We are proud that our curriculum intent promotes our vision for teachers and children, through a curriculum which facilitates:
In continuously recognising the importance of human creativity and achievement as a key pathway to aspiration, growth and flourishment of civilisation alongside meaning and context to our children’s place in our world, we seek to prepare children for successful, values-based lives in Modern Britain and beyond.
Our Four C's
Our curriculum is underpinned by four highly relevant world issues, known as the four Cs:
- Communication - Nurturing confident, effective and kind communicators is a priority in our school.
- Conflict - Nurturing peaceful, respectful and united young people is a priority in our school.
- Conservation - Nurturing our next generation, creating a better future is a priority in our school.
- Culture - Nurturing accepting, tolerant broad-minded individuals who respect the cultures, backgrounds and traditions of others is a priority in our school.
Our Curriculum Narrative
Our curriculum narrative begins with communication, as we feel that this world issue is the basis for all the others. If our pupils start working on understanding the importance of communication from the beginning of the school year then they can access and understand diverse cultures, resolve conflicts and engage in conservation. Next, we look at conflict, as it has a natural progression from communication in using those skills to explore why people fall out, how we can resolve our own conflicts and know how and why conflict occurs on a global scale. We can also use communication skills to engage in ‘polite conflict’ in the form of debate and discussion. We then explore conservation. With the foundation of communication running throughout, we will explore how solving conflicts can help to conserve peace but also how we can discuss, explore and implement good conservation practices both in school and in our wider locality. Our final theme is culture as we want our pupils to understand the significant role conservation has in protecting cultures and to end our school year on a high by embracing, celebrating and sharing each other's cultures.
Meadows Curriculum Intent and Rationale
To further understand the rich intent of our curriculum, please explore the document below.
meadows intent and rationale.pdf
Our Curriculum Subjects
In our engaging, thematic curriculum, it is essential to us that our children still understand the subject disciplines they are being immersed within. To support this, all of our lessons identify the subject being taught, and the core purpose of this subject.
History is the story of what happened in the past—ancient history is about long-ago times like pharaohs and pyramids, while recent history is about more modern events like inventions and world changes.
Geography is the study of Earth’s land, water, and people—physical geography looks at natural things like mountains and rivers, while human geography explores how people live, build cities, and use the land.
Science is the way we learn about how things work—theory helps us understand ideas, and practical science lets us test them through experiments and discovery.
RE (Religious Education) is learning how different people live, believe, and celebrate—exploring religions, cultures, and important religious events from around the world.
PE (Physical Education) is having fun while learning new skills, playing sports, and understanding why health and fitness help us grow strong and feel good (both physically and mentally).
Art and Design is being creative—learning new skills, exploring different materials like paint, clay, or digital tools, and expressing ideas in fun and imaginative ways!
Computing is learning how computers work—exploring programs, coding, and understanding the special language of computing while building fun and useful digital skills.
Design and Technology is designing, making, adapting, and evaluating things—using creativity and problem-solving to turn ideas into real, useful objects.
PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Emotional education) is about helping us grow, make good choices, and understand our feelings, friendships, and wellbeing as we learn about ourselves and others.
Music is making and listening to sounds in a way that shows ideas and feelings; learning to sing, play instruments, create your own music, and understand how music works.
Year Group Long Term Plans
We are delighted to be able to share with you our carefully mapped out learning journeys, demonstrating how our subjects are taught throughout the year.
Nursery - 2 to 3 year olds - Long Term Plan