Wider Curriculum

Subject Lead: Alice Audin

Our Art and Design curriculum encourages creativity, self-expression and confidence whilst developing children’s artistic knowledge and technical skills.

We use the Cornerstones Curriculum to support the teaching of Art and Design. It provides a clear framework for progression, aligned with the National Curriculum, alongside high-quality resources to support teaching and learning.

Children explore visual elements and a range of art forms, artists, movements and cultural traditions. They develop practical skills through areas including drawing, painting, printmaking, textiles and sculpture.

As they progress, children work with increasing independence and encounter more complex techniques and ideas, including opportunities to explore personal, environmental, social and political themes through art.

The scheme provides complete coverage of the National Curriculum programmes of study.

This curriculum document provides an overview of coverage in Art and Design.

Subject Lead: Aniqa Habib

Our Computing curriculum develops children’s knowledge, skills and understanding so that they can use technology confidently, creatively, responsibly and safely.

We use the Teach Computing Curriculum from the National Centre for Computing Education to support the teaching of Computing.

Our Computing Progression Map can be viewed HERE.

Learning is carefully sequenced so that children build their knowledge and skills over time. Children develop their understanding across the three main areas of the Computing curriculum: computer science, information technology and digital literacy.

Children learn about computing systems and networks, programming, creating digital content, and data and information. They have opportunities to apply their knowledge through practical tasks and increasingly independent use of technology.

Online safety and responsible use of technology are reinforced throughout the curriculum so that children develop the knowledge and behaviours needed to use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly.

The curriculum provides coverage of the National Curriculum programmes of study for Computing.

Subject Lead: Alice Audin

Our Design and Technology curriculum develops creative, practical and increasingly independent designers and makers.

We use the Cornerstones Curriculum to support the teaching of Design and Technology. It provides a clear framework for progression, aligned with the National Curriculum, alongside high-quality resources to support teaching and learning.

Children learn to design, plan, make and evaluate products through work involving structures, mechanisms, cooking and nutrition, and textiles. They develop practical techniques, learn to work safely and consider how successfully their finished products meet their intended purpose.

Relevant learning about electrical systems and computing is connected with learning in other curriculum areas where this strengthens children’s knowledge and understanding.

The scheme provides complete coverage of the National Curriculum programmes of study.

This curriculum document provides an overview of coverage in Design and Technology.

Subject Lead: Preesha Lachani

Our Geography curriculum develops children’s knowledge of people, places, environments and geographical processes, alongside the skills needed to think and work as geographers.

We use the Cornerstones Curriculum to support the teaching of Geography. It provides a clear framework for progression, aligned with the National Curriculum, alongside high-quality resources to support teaching and learning.

Children study a broad and diverse range of locations and develop their understanding of human and physical geography. They develop geographical skills through the use of maps, atlases, globes and other geographical information.

Fieldwork provides opportunities to investigate environments directly and apply geographical knowledge and skills in meaningful contexts.

As children move through school, their learning extends from the United Kingdom and coastal environments to areas including mountains, rivers, agriculture, land use and the polar regions. The scheme provides complete coverage of the National Curriculum programmes of study.

This curriculum document provides an overview of coverage in Geography.

Subject Lead: Susan Jarrett

Our History curriculum develops children’s knowledge and understanding of the past and their ability to think and work as historians.

We use the Cornerstones Curriculum to support the teaching of History. It provides a clear framework for progression, aligned with the National Curriculum, alongside high-quality resources to support teaching and learning.

Children develop chronological understanding and explore important historical concepts including cause and consequence, similarity and difference, continuity and change, and significance. They also learn to use evidence and enquiry to investigate and interpret the past.

Children encounter a rich and diverse range of British and world history, alongside opportunities to explore people, places and events connected with their locality.

Knowledge, vocabulary, concepts and historical skills are introduced, revisited and developed over time so that children build an increasingly secure and connected understanding of the past. The scheme provides complete coverage of the National Curriculum programmes of study.

This curriculum document provides an overview of coverage in History.

Subject Lead: Abigail Foulkes-Murray

Our Music curriculum develops children’s musical knowledge, skills, creativity and confidence. We aim for all children to experience the enjoyment of making music and to develop an appreciation of music from a range of traditions, styles and periods.

Music is taught every week across the school by a specialist music teacher from Brent Music Service. This ensures that all children benefit from regular, high-quality specialist teaching and have opportunities to develop their practical musicianship, creativity and confidence.

Our Music Progression Map can be viewed HERE.

Through their weekly music lessons, children develop their skills in listening, singing, playing, improvising, composing and performing. They learn to listen with increasing concentration and understanding, use their voices and instruments expressively, explore how music is created and communicate their own musical ideas.

Learning is carefully sequenced so that musical knowledge, vocabulary and skills are revisited and developed over time. Children build on their previous learning and become increasingly confident and independent as musicians.

Children also have the opportunity to take part in our school choir. The choir provides an additional opportunity for children to develop their vocal skills, sing collaboratively and experience the enjoyment of performing as part of an ensemble.

Through our partnership with Brent Music Service and wider musical opportunities within school, we aim to give every child meaningful experiences of music as a listener, creator and performer and to establish strong foundations for future musical learning.

Our Music curriculum supports the requirements of the National Curriculum programme of study for Music.

Subject Lead: Luisa Sinclair

Our PSHE curriculum supports children’s personal, social and emotional development and helps them develop the knowledge and skills they need to make informed choices, build positive relationships and prepare for life beyond school.

We use Jigsaw to support the teaching of PSHE.

Our PSHE Progression Map can be viewed HERE.

Learning is structured progressively across the school and provides opportunities for children to explore areas including relationships, health and wellbeing, personal development, aspirations and their responsibilities towards themselves and others.

Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) is taught through our PSHE curriculum. In primary school, Relationships Education and Health Education are statutory. Children learn about healthy and respectful relationships, families and people who care for them, physical and mental wellbeing, keeping themselves safe and how and where to seek help.

Teaching is age-appropriate and responsive to the needs of our pupils. Through PSHE and RSHE, children are supported to develop confidence, resilience and respect, and the knowledge and skills they need to participate positively in their school, community and wider society.

Further information about our approach, including the teaching of Relationships and Sex Education and parents’ rights, can be found in our Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) Policy.

Subject Lead: Davou Fom

Our Physical Education curriculum develops children’s physical competence, confidence and enjoyment of physical activity and supports them to understand the importance of leading healthy, active lives.

We use Get Set 4 PE to support the teaching of Physical Education.

Our PE Progression Map can be viewed HERE.

Learning is carefully sequenced so that children develop and apply their physical skills with increasing control, confidence and competence. Children have opportunities to participate in a range of activities and to develop their ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

Through PE, children develop physical skills alongside qualities such as teamwork, communication, resilience and respect. They are encouraged to reflect on their performance and recognise how practice can help them improve.

The curriculum provides coverage of the National Curriculum programmes of study for Physical Education.

Subject Lead: Sagal Nunow

Our Religious Education curriculum develops children’s knowledge and understanding of religions and worldviews and encourages them to engage thoughtfully with questions of belief, meaning, values and human experience.

We follow the Brent Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education.

Learning is sequenced so that children develop and build upon their knowledge and understanding as they progress through school. Children encounter a range of religious and non-religious worldviews and explore beliefs, practices and different ways in which people understand and experience the world.

Children are encouraged to ask questions, consider different perspectives, use appropriate vocabulary and communicate their ideas respectfully.

Religious Education provides opportunities for children to develop their understanding of the diversity of beliefs and perspectives within their local community and wider society.

Right to withdraw from Religious Education

Parents and carers have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of Religious Education. Those who wish to exercise this right should contact the school to discuss the arrangements.

Subject Lead: Preesha Lachani

Our Spanish curriculum develops children’s confidence, curiosity and enjoyment in learning another language. It provides children with the foundations they need to communicate in Spanish and prepares them for further language learning.

We use the Rachel Hawkes Primary Languages curriculum to support the teaching of Spanish in Key Stage 2.

Our Spanish Progression Map can be viewed HERE.

The curriculum is carefully sequenced so that children build their knowledge of Spanish progressively over time. Children develop their understanding of phonics, vocabulary and grammar alongside the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Children are taught to recognise and produce Spanish sounds accurately, develop an increasingly rich vocabulary and understand how words and sentences are structured. They have regular opportunities to listen and respond to spoken Spanish, take part in conversations, read and understand written language, and communicate their own ideas in speech and writing.

Previously learned language is regularly revisited and applied in new contexts, helping children to make connections, develop fluency and become increasingly confident and independent language learners.

Through Spanish, children also develop their awareness of other languages and cultures and build a strong foundation for language learning at secondary school.

The curriculum supports the requirements of the National Curriculum programme of study for languages at Key Stage 2.