Building the Kingdom - our Connected Curriculum
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"So God created mankind in his image, in the image of God he created them, " (Genesis 1:27)
Building the Kingdom is a highly ambitious curriculum aimed at challenging every one of our children to discover an authentic love of learning for life.
At St Vincent’s we strive to ensure that each one of our children, as they grow and develop through our school, will come to realise their true ‘giftedness’ as unique human beings, made in God’s image, with a voice for social justice that needs to be heard in the world. Through our inclusive curriculum, we aim to encourage dialogue, discussion and debate with all our children, staff and parents, prompted by our Catholic Social Teaching themes
A connected curriculum was introduced across the school in September 2016. There is a 2 year cycle in EYFS and a 4 year cycle in KS1 and KS2. We are currently on Year A in EYFS and Year B in KS1 and 2
Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum
YEAR A
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Knock! Knock! Call to family, community and participation |
Where my wellies take me ! Dignity of work |
Splish! Splash! Splosh!
The Life and Dignity of the Human Person |
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YEAR B
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On the Move NB: This theme will pick up some of the Knock Knock work for the Nursery ( Me on the move, on the move around our school, around our place, me and my bike on the move etc) Rights and responsibility |
Out of the egg Care for God’s Creation |
Biscuits, bears and bees Solidarity |
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KS1 and KS2 Curriculum
Year A | Autumn
London
The Life and Dignity of the Human Person | Spring
Wonderful water
Rights and responsibility
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Olympics
Call to family, community and participation |
Year B | Autumn
If you could go down to the Woods today
Care for God’s Creation | Spring
Raiders and Traders
Dignity of work | Summer
Come with me
Call to family, community and participation
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Year C | Autumn
The Memory Box
The Life and Dignity of Human Person | Spring
Incredible Inventions
Dignity of work | Summer
African Adventure
Solidarity |
Year D | Autumn
The Secret Quest
Rights and Responsibilities | Spring
Ice Worlds
Care for God’s Creation | Summer
A World of Difference
Option for the poor and vulnerable |
Our curriculum continues to be based upon:
‘Irresistible learning’ - the provision of a breadth of opportunities; a creative and highly challenging curriculum, with key skills at the core, enriched by educational visits and experiences.
Creating learning experiences which bring together all the areas of the curriculum, and present these in topics which are designed in partnership with the children, which are fun, exciting, relevant and engaging
Delivering a curriculum that provides highly positive, memorable experiences and rich opportunities for high quality learning; has a very positive impact on all pupils’ behaviour and safety; and contributes very well to pupils’ achievement and to their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
Developing children’s confidence and expressive skills through a curriculum which supports the arts at its heart and encourages our pupils to express themselves through a wide and diverse range of artistic media.
The curriculum is enriched through the creative use of ICT and current technology
We offer a variety of extra-curricular activities to channel the personal development of individual pupils, including a range of sport, music, drama and art.
The teaching of Reading and Maths has a clear structure and is developed systematically throughout the school, starting with a structued and ambitious Early Reading and Phonics programme
If you would like to know more about our curriculum, please do not hesitate to make an enquiry through the school office