We aim to provide a curriculum that develops skills relevant to 21st Century living, builds knowledge and provides rich, memorable experiences. Through our curriculum our children will become aware of their individual and collective responsibility and contribute positively to our school community, local community and society at large.
To implement this, the curriculum is driven through experiential and outdoor learning and memorable experiences. Links are made with other curriculum areas ensuring that all skills/objectives are covered during the year. We also provide and include:
By doing all this, we aim for learners at Cuxton to be:
• resilient • have a growth mindset • effective contributors • confident individuals
• successful learners • responsible citizens • prepared for the next stage
The impact of our curriculum is:
All aspects of our curriculum are accessible to all children, irrespective of their ethnic background, gender, disability, religious or linguistic background. We strive hard to meet the needs of those pupils with special educational needs, those with disabilities, those who are more able, those with special gifts and talents and the children who are learning English as an additional language. We provide a rich, challenging curriculum, which stretches all of our children. Staff are aware of children who have exceptional talents and gifts and monitor or track their progress carefully to ensure their academic potential or talent is continually developed. For further details see our separate policies in our Policies Page.
In the document below are the experiences that we aim to offer to all children throughout their time at Cuxton. In keeping with our vision, we believe it is important to offer a range of memorable experiences as this makes learning more effective and also more fun!
Alongside these experiences, children will also be able to attend additional trips as they move through the school. For example: we regularly attend the Mini Youth Games sporting events; we run events for the school choir; there are road safety trips; and visits to religious places of worship, all of which are in addition to the experiences listed below.
The Primary First Trust has the following overarching educational concepts and all of the schools consider this when designing their own bespoke curriculum:
In doing so, our family of Primary First Schools nurture happy, confident and capable young people ready to play their full part in the world at large.