Curriculum
St George’s RC Primary School York
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Intent
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- To make the teachings of Jesus alive and relevant to our lives today
- To encourage EVERYONE in our school family to constantly ask the question WHY?
- To develop a LOVE of learning for everyone
- To encourage everyone to be life long and curious learners
- To make everyone feel proud of themselves
- To make everyone feel valued
- To help children understand their place in the world
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Implementation
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- Christ and Love are at the centre of all that we do
- We stand on the shoulders of giants
- We TEACH and MODEL rather than assess
- We make sure every teacher has outstanding subject knowledge
- The teacher is the expert in the room and shares knowledge and facts with the children
- We know that the best resource teachers have is EACH other ~ so we share all of our skills
- We make sure that art, music, drama, DT, gardening, cookery, sculpture and local visits are just as important as maths and English
- We make our learning environments just right for the children
- We recognise the classroom environment as the ‘third teacher’. The TEACHER is the number one teacher at school, the children are number two and the environment is number three
- We adapt and change things to suit each child
- We have no public rewards or sanctions
- Children choose their own levels in every lesson
- All children take part in Collective Worship regardless of their own faith. We are a very spiritual school and come together every day to pray, sing and reflect
- We use our context of living in YORK city centre as a thread that runs through our curriculum
- Children are respectful and tolerant as they have the amazing and unique opportunity to meet children from all faiths, backgrounds and ethnicities
- Nothing is seen as a problem here
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Impact
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- Catholic life of the school is outstanding
- Children are HAPPY, confident learners
- Children arrive in school every morning happy and excited
- The teaching of knowledge and facts leads to independent, confident learners
- Behaviour is outstanding
- Welfare and personal development is outstanding
- Children make excellent progress from their individual starting points
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Subject Areas
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National Curriculum: Primary Curriculum
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