Morland Church of England Primary School Curriculum 

‘Through God all things are possible’

Respect, Kindness, Perseverance

‘All children can achieve; learning knows no limits’

Curriculum Intent

The curriculum at Morland offers a clear progression of opportunities to develop children spiritually, morally, emotionally and academically. It facilitates an accumulation of knowledge, skills and understanding. Positive attitudes towards learning are fostered throughout the school to ensure the children leave us as highly motivated, independent, responsible and considerate members of the community. We intend that all of our pupils will be successful in the acquisition of knowledge. Pupils are encouraged to be responsible for their own learning and to persevere. 

Curriculum Implementation

We plan using meaningful links and take account of the learners’ interests and fascinations across the curriculum to engage the children in their learning. Through the planned delivery of learning objectives, we ensure progression, development and embedding of the pupils' skills, knowledge and understanding. Every effort is made to ensure pupils develop a clear appreciation of their local area and the wider world and to ensure they learn creatively, becoming responsible for their learning.  To ensure fidelity of the chosen programmes - we deliver several areas of the curriculum independently: We follow ‘Read Write Inc.’ (RWInc) and Little Wandle to deliver phonics and reading; 'Essential Writing' to deliver writing for English;  ‘White Rose Maths' across the whole school to deliver Mathematics; The Emmanuel scheme of work is followed for R.E.  For science and geography we use 'Kapow' to build scientific knowledge and investigative skills.  We use a range of sources to support our delivery of lessons in PHSE and RSE, including 'Kapow', 'POL-ed' and 'Thrive', enabling us to respond and deliver bespoke lessons to meet the needs of our pupils. History and computing are mapped and delivered independently to offer our pupils a sense of pride in their locality.  Our Performing Arts and Music curriculum offers pupils a broader opportunity for performance and self-expression.

Each year group and subject have the key knowledge mapped to identify the minimum knowledge expectations. Everyone at Morland recognises the need for our curriculum to reflect the needs of the children and the families in our local area and as such Morland has become a ‘Thrive School’, where kindness and the Thrive principles underpin the whole implementation of our curriculum. Pupils are supported to understand their own feelings, develop compassion and forgive each other.

Curriculum Impact

Learners at Morland develop their knowledge and skills across the curriculum, over time. As a Thrive school, we aim to ensure that all pupils gain confidence as a person and as a learner and develop their creativity, interests and aspirations. The curriculum is developed to offer inspirational opportunities and to support the learners in being ready for the next stage in their learning lives.

The impact of our curriculum is measured using several methods such baseline/on-entry and exit data, informal and formal school-based assessments, progress measures and national statutory testing. This is evidenced in a variety of ways such as Individual and class workbooks; year group, class and club displays; School based events, experiences, presentations and celebrations, the school newsletter and website.