Growing, Exploring & Achieving Together
Our curriculum follows the National Curriculum and is planned with four main aims which closely tie in with our school vision:
- To create passionate and enthusiastic learners
- To enable everyone to be ambitious for a lifetime of learning
- To broaden the horizons of our pupils
- To create a sense of community where everyone knows they are valued
We have planned carefully to allow children to revisit skills and knowledge throughout their time at our school whilst also having fun and memorable experiences.
The ‘Melbourn Offer’, is a strategic plan to ensure that all of our children have essential experiences whilst with us. These life-long learning moments allow them to further understand their role in the local community and the world.
When providing the curriculum Melbourn Primary School complies with its duty under the Equality Act 2010 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 in making the curriculum accessible for those with disabilities or special educational needs.
The National Curriculum
Curriculum Progression
At Melbourn we truly value each subject and ensure it has a place within our curriculum. The curriculum is structured to provide continuity and progression throughout year groups, key stages and the whole school. We organise the curriculum through a mixture of topic work and discrete subject teaching. Our aim is to delve ‘deeply’ into specific subject areas to allow our children to become passionate about what they learn.
In addition to our subject curriculum we offer an outdoor learning curriculum based on the principles and ethos of forest school. This is closely linked with our learning and children often use the outside space and local area in addition to their set ‘Forest School’ sessions.