At The Rackham C of E Primary School, we offer a knowledge based curriculum that builds on prior learning, knowledge, understanding and skills of all children, whatever their starting points so ensuring progression through each Key Stage.
We offer a broad and balanced inclusive curriculum that promotes spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development in order to prepare our children for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life. We promote community cohesion and embed British values.
The curriculum incorporates the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum (2014), experiences and opportunities to best meet the learning and developmental needs of all learners.
The staff and Governing Body aim to:
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Provide a broad, balanced inclusive curriculum, relevant to the needs of each child and which considers the developmental stage a child has reached.
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Encourage the effective use of linguistic and mathematical skills.
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Equip each child with scientific, historical, geographical and social skills that will enable him/her to begin to understand and care for the world in which we live.
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Encourage the physical, artistic and creative growth of each child.
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Encourage shared participation.
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Develop awareness and appreciation of the needs of others including personal, social, moral, spiritual and religious values.
Inclusion
Teachers set high expectations for all pupils. They will use appropriate assessment to set ambitious targets and plan challenging work for all groups, including:
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More able pupils
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Pupils with low prior attainment
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Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
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Pupils with SEN
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Pupils with English as an additional language (EAL)
Teachers will plan lessons so that pupils can study every National Curriculum subject and ensure that there are no barriers to every pupil achieving.
Opportunities for learning beyond the classroom are rich. These include adventurous residential trips in Year 4 and Year 6, a wide variety of extracurricular clubs at lunchtimes and after school and many inspiring visits from our local community and beyond. We also offer Forest School as part of our curriculum to all pupils over the course of the academic year.
Curriculum Lead
Mrs S Deery is the Curriculum Lead at The Rackham overseeing curriculum along with teaching and learning. If you wish to speak about our curriculum with Mrs Deery, please make contact initially via office@rackham.cambs.sch.uk.
Curriculum Subject Areas
Teachers take responsibility for individual subject areas. If you wish to speak about a specific subject in the curriculum, please make contact initially via office@rackham.cambs.sch.uk detailing your request.