Core and Non-Core Curriculum Overviews
English
At Brook Acre Primary School, we believe that English and communication are key life skills. Through the English curriculum, we will help children develop the skills and knowledge that will enable them to communicate effectively and creatively through spoken and written language and equip them with the skills to become lifelong learners.
English is at the heart of all children’s learning. It enables children both to communicate with others effectively for a variety of purposes and to examine their own and others’ experiences, feelings and ideas, giving these order and meaning.
We believe that Reading is a life skill that every child should be entitled to have. Without the ability to read and decode text, so much is closed off to a child and later as an adult. We want not only to inspire children through books but also to promote a love of reading to empower our children to become life long readers. Books should not be seen as a chore but as a gateway to other worlds, the opening of our imaginations.
English is central to children’s intellectual, emotional and social development it has an essential role across the curriculum and helps pupils’ learning to be coherent and progressive. Brook Acre firmly believes that the teaching of the English curriculum will be inclusive to all children, inspiring them through an outstanding learning experience, which will enable them to make good progress and leave us as responsible, happy citizens with hopefully a love of Reading.
Please click on the images below for further information about Reading and Writing across our school.
Maths
At Brook Acre Primary School, the maths curriculum enables a framework for learning that can be personalised and responsive to the pupils within each cohort. We utilise the NCETM Progression Maps (https://www.ncetm.org.uk/classroom-resources/progression-maps-for-key-stages-1-and-2/) as a basis to develop thinking within each topic area and draw upon various resources to support teaching, including White Rose. The curriculum provides opportunity for children to regularly revisit skills taught so that they become fluent in these areas, mastering each concept as they move on to apply learning in different ways. The teaching of mathematics contextualises skills so that children can relate to how they would be used in their everyday lives.
Pupils at Brook Acre enjoy maths sessions and teaching staff work hard to ensure high levels of engagement and motivation, creating a culture of learning that celebrates questions and searches for evidence to support thinking.
We enable children to make rich connections so that they develop fluency, mathematical reasoning, and competency in solving increasingly sophisticated problems. We promote a culture of taking risks and embracing challenge whilst developing perseverance and resilience skills. Staff use assessment opportunities to tackle misconceptions and give children relevant and constructive feedback in order to support future learning. Manipulatives and mathematical representations are used, where appropriate, to scaffold and assist children when engaging with mathematical concepts. Structured interventions and tasks then provide additional support and challenge.
Science
In Science, children are able to predict and experiment to satisfy their curiosity. At Brook Acre we want to give children the chance to enjoy Science lessons! Clink on the link below to see our Science Curriculum.