Curriculum Overview

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At Causeway Green Primary School:

  • We have an excellent foundation in the core subjects of reading, writing and maths

  • We create a broad curriculum, where our children experience a range of exciting and inspiring subjects such as music, art and sport and ‘beyond the curriculum’ experiences, including dance and performance.

  • We provide a curriculum that ensures children and young people leave our school ready for life and ready for their next stage of learning – this includes embedding life skills, digital skills, oracy and a range of life skills throughout our curriculum.

  • Our curriculum reflects the issues and diversities of our community, ensuring all children and young people are represented.

  • We have an assessment system that captures the strengths of every child and the breadth of curriculum, with the right balance of assessment methods whilst taking part in national testing and examinations (Reception Baseline Assessments, Y1 and Y2 Phonic Screening Checks, KS1 non-statutory testing, Multiplication Tests in Y4 and KS2 SATS).

Our curriculum intent is to:

  • Engage pupils and motivate them to learn

  • Be challenging and aspirational

  • Be relevant to the pupils

  • Be fully inclusive

  • Be broad and balanced

  • Have clearly defined aims while remaining flexible during delivery

  • Place key skills in literacy and numeracy at its core

  • Emphasise the importance of communication skills

  • Draw from the local context, including the environment, history, and expertise

  • Provide opportunities for pupils to engage purposefully with a range of technologies

  • Be delivered by inspirational and skilled teachers

  • Impart knowledge and develop skills, building on previous learning to ensure both are embedded

  • Prepare pupils for the next stage of their education and for life in modern Britain (our mission statement)

We are proud of our curriculum and keep these factors in mind to create a vibrant learning community where all pupils are successful learners who are valued and able to thrive. As we work hard to achieve this, the curriculum we offer will undoubtedly be outstanding.

Our RESPECT values underpin our curriculum. As we prepare our children for life beyond school, we will play a critical role in helping to shape curious, resilient, determined, passionate young people who can face the challenges of the future with confidence. We will provide curriculum opportunities that encourage pupils to develop a wider range of skills and qualities, such as leadership, communication, empathy, and perseverance, which are vital for each pupil’s successful learning. Learning at our school will contribute to cultural, physical, spiritual, moral and social well-being and play a part in extending each child’s understanding of our RESPECT values and our British values.

What are our RESPECT values?

Resilience – We encourage determination and see challenges as chances to grow.

Empathy – We teach kindness and fairness, helping children develop strong social skills.

Self-Awareness – We promote confidence and honesty, teaching children to adapt and be humble.

Positivity – We believe a positive attitude can change lives, and we celebrate each other’s successes.

Excellence – We inspire curiosity and creativity, motivating children to do their best.

Communication – We focus on good communication skills, including listening and providing feedback, to strengthen our interactions.

Teamwork  - Together Everyone Achieves More – we work together to support each other and succeed.

These values are part of our daily teaching, helping every child grow both academically and personally.

When preparing pupils for the next stage in their education and for life in modern Britain, we reference the Top 10 Skills of the Future, taken from the World Economic Forum report 2025. These skills include:

  • Analytical thinking and innovation

  • Active learning and learning strategies

  • Complex problem-solving

  • Critical thinking and analysis

  • Creativity, originality and initiative

  • Leadership and social influence

  • Technology use, monitoring and control

  • Technology design and programming

  • Resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility

  • Reasoning, problem-solving and ideation

These life skills are born through carefully planned activities which enrich school life and learning, giving pupils different perspectives, personal successes, independence, inspiration and experiences, both big and small.

We follow the National Curriculum for all year groups. The Curriculum Area of our website is regularly updated. Our Subject Leaders are working hard to bring you the most up-to-date curriculum information, allowing you to see our full programme of teaching in every subject, in every year group. Watch this space! In this section of the website you can read all about our engaging, progressive and inclusive curriuclum.  Visit each of the curriculum areas to find out more.

Every term we will provide Curriculum Newsletters, parent/carer workshops and Stunning Starts & Fantastic Finishes, which help to inform parents/carers what their child will be learning about this term. Please see the termly Curriculum Newsletters for the content of our curriculum in each year group. These can be found on the class pages.

If you would like further information about our curriculum, then please speak to your class teacher or the Assistant Head Teacher for your phase. Mrs Chance for Early Years, Mrs Jarvis for Y1 - Y2, Mr Keeling for Y3 - 4 and Mrs Bastable for Y5 - 6. Alternatively please email [email protected]