Category: Curriculum

At St Adrian’s we know that the children care about our world and want to protect it. Therefore, at the heart of the geography curriculum is ‘Protect our beautiful world’.

We believe that geography helps to provoke and provide answers to questions about the natural and human aspects of the world. Children are encouraged to develop a greater understanding and knowledge of the world, as well as their place in it.

The geography curriculum at St Adrian’s provides progression which enables children to develop knowledge and skills that are transferable to other curriculum areas and which can and are used to promote their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

Geography is an investigative subject, which develops an understanding of concepts, knowledge and skills. We seek to inspire in children a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people which will remain with them for the rest of their lives; to promote the children’s interest and understanding of diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes.

Key documents

Progression in geography at St Adrian‘s

National curriculum for Geography

Topics at a glance

Geography in the Early Years

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	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Year 1	My Area – plans, maps, keys and arial photos	Weather patterns	The UK – countries, capitals and seas
Year 2	It’s a Wonderful World Part 1 (Continents and oceans)	It’s a Wonderful World Part 2 (Continents and oceans)	Let’s visit Brazil and compare with St Albans
Year 3	UK towns, cities and features	Water and rivers	Europe and the Americas
Year 4	Compare a region in the UK with a region in Europe and South America	Features of the Earth	A local field study
Year 5	Cutting up the globe	Energy and sustainability	Biomes
Year 6	Population	Migration	Globalisation

At St Adrian’s our pupils will:

• learn about the science and foundations of computing to develop understanding
• develop skills to produce purposeful and creative content for a range of applications, and know that there are many careers they can aspire to by acquiring these skills
• be competent, respectful, responsible and safe users of technology, discerning of its content, so that they have the opportunity to participate positively in a global community.   

Our aim is to deliver fun and engaging computing lessons within a meaningful context that develop creativity, resilience and problem-solving/critical thinking skills. We look to embed knowledge and use of technology across the curriculum where it can enhance the learning experience, or be used to ensure learning opportunities are made accessible to every child.

Key documents

Progression in computing skills at St Adrian’s

National curriculum for Computing

Topics at a glance

	Autumn	Spring	Summer
YEAR 1	WE ARE INTERNET USERS Using the Internet safely, responsibly & respectfully	WE ARE EDITORS Typing and changing text	WE ARE PRESENTERS Filming the steps of a recipe
YEAR 1	WE ARE CODERS Using a programmable toy	WE ARE ARTISTS Creating digital art	WE ARE PHOTOGRAPHERS Creating a digital self-portrait
YEAR 2	WE ARE INTERNET USERS Using the Internet safely, responsibly & respectfully	WE ARE COLLECTORS Collecting and presenting data	WE ARE CODERS Creating on-screen programs 2
YEAR 2	WE ARE CODERS Creating on-screen programs 1	WE ARE RESEARCHERS Researching and presenting a topic	WE ARE ANIMATORS Making an animation
YEAR 3	WE ARE INTERNET USERS Using the Internet safely, responsibly & respectfully	WE ARE OPINION POLLSTERS Collecting and analysing data	WE ARE CODERS Finding and correcting bugs in programs
YEAR 3	WE ARE CODERS Programming an animation	WE ARE TECHNICIANS Exploring computer networks	WE ARE DIRECTORS Videoing performance
YEAR 4	WE ARE INTERNET USERS Using the Internet safely, responsibly & respectfully	WE ARE MUSICIANS Creating digital music	WE ARE PRODUCT DESIGNERS Prototyping an interactive toy
YEAR 4	WE ARE CODERS Making an adventure game	WE ARE HTML EDITORS Making web content with HTML	WE ARE METEOROLOGISTS Researching & presenting the weather
YEAR 5	WE ARE INTERNET USERS Using the Internet safely, responsibly & respectfully	WE ARE BLOGGERS Sharing thoughts and opinions online	WE ARE CRYPTOGRAPHERS Cracking codes
YEAR 5	WE ARE CODERS Developing an educational game	WE ARE QUIZMASTERS Creating and analysing data	WE ARE ENTREPRENEURS Launching a digital gallery
YEAR 6	WE ARE INTERNET USERS Using the Internet safely, responsibly & respectfully	WE ARE CODERS Generating geometric art	WE ARE PUBLISHERS Creating a digital yearbook
YEAR 6	WE ARE WEB DEVELOPERS Creating a website	WE ARE ANALYSTS Developing artificial intelligence	WE ARE DETECTIVES Analysing our digital footprint

Children at St Adrian’s follow the National Curriculum. However it is our intent to wrap the statutory National Curriculum in a series of interconnecting, overlapping and enriching experiences that will deliver a broad and balanced curriculum.

Click this link for a presentation on The St Adrian’s Catholic Primary School curriculum

Curriculum Principles

Principles and values

Inclusion and enrichment

Skills and attitudes

A link to a presentation on our Long Term Plans for each subject can be accessed here: Curriculum Intent – Long Term Plans

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An overview of the curriculum for each subject at St Adrian’s can be found by following the links in the menu to the right.

The content of our school curriculum in each academic year for every subject can be found by clicking on the appropriate button below. This information may also be found by following the curriculum info link on each of our class pages.

• Year 1 curriculum overview
• Year 2 curriculum overview
• Year 3 curriculum overview
• Year 4 curriculum overview
• Year 5 curriculum overview
• Year 6 curriculum overview
  

Intent

Religious Education is central to the curriculum at St Adrian’s and is at the heart of the philosophy of Catholic Education. The primary purpose of Catholic Religious Education is to come to know and understand God’s revelation, which is fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ. In addition, it teaches about our faith in the context of a school that proclaims the Gospel and invites the individual to respond to the message of Christ.
Religious Education is concerned not only with intellectual knowledge but also includes emotional and affective learning.

At St Adrian’s, we will develop the pupils’ moral formation, Religious Education, personal and social responsibility and other civic virtues, which are essential contributions to the development of the Common Good. In addition, we aim to embed a relationship of love between the child and God and between the child and other people in a community. Religious Education fosters this relationship through daily prayer, collective acts of worship and liturgy celebrations. As a Catholic school, we feel it is important that children learn how to cooperate with others, respect others and forgive others. Scripture, teachings of the Church and the teachers’ witness and example are how these are taught.  We work closely with our parishes to prepare liturgies and sacraments, and we value the partnership between home, school and parish and the wider community. Through the teaching of RE, we also develop pupils’ reading skills.

10% of curriculum time is devoted to the teaching of Religious Education, which is separate from times of prayer and collective worship. The pupils receive 2.5 hours a week of taught RE in Reception to Year 6 and 1.5 hours for our Nursery Class.

At St Adrian’s, we use several work schemes to meet the requirements of the Bishop’s Conference and the Curriculum Directory for Religious Education, which sets forth the expectations for what should be covered by Religious Education teaching in Catholic Schools in England and Wales. Children are assessed in RE using the Diocese of Westminster’s Agreed Understandings of the Levels of Attainment for Religious Education.

The Aims of Religious Education

1. To present engagingly comprehensive content that is the basis of knowledge and understanding of the Catholic faith.
2. To enable pupils continually to deepen their religious and theological understanding and be able to communicate this effectively.
3. To present an authentic vision of the Church’s moral and social teaching so that pupils can critique the underlying trends in contemporary culture and society.
4. To raise pupils’ awareness of other religious communities’ faith and traditions to respect and understand them.
5. To develop the critical faculties of pupils so that they can relate their Catholic faith to daily life.
6. To stimulate pupils’ imagination and provoke a desire for personal meaning as revealed in the truth of the Catholic faith.
7. To enable pupils to relate the knowledge gained through Religious Education to their understanding of other subjects in the curriculum.
8. To bring clarity to the relationship between faith and life and between faith and culture.

Religious Education Curriculum Implementation

We are a Catholic school and proud of that fact. The Catholicity of the school underpins what we do every day. With the help of God and the diocese, this also directs us to implement an RE curriculum whereby the Catholic faith permeates everything we do. We ensure that families are supported in bringing their children up in the Catholic faith, and we provide a well-rounded Catholic education.

For RE, we follow: ‘Come and See’ scheme of work as a scaffold for planning and coverage.

We aim to develop children’s love and enjoyment of RE. Children should become knowledgeable about their faith and deepen their understanding of how Scripture, Church teachings and traditions shape their lives today.

As a Catholic school, Religious Education and the values of the Gospel remain at the core of everything we do – making Christ known to all, serving the local Church and community and assisting parents as the primary educators of their children. Our children are proud of their faith and are respectful and knowledgeable about the faith of others in our school, our community, and Great Britain. The study of other religions is an integral part of our RE curriculum. We are an inclusive school and ensure every child is valued.

Our curriculum programme of study is ambitious, challenging, and creative. We always endeavour to plan for outstanding knowledge, understanding, progress and attainment.

The Impact of Religious Education

R.E is the core of our curriculum with Christ as the centre. The impact of our engaging and developed curriculum both in R.E lessons, Catholic Social Teaching lessons and prayer and liturgy celebrations of the word all result in well-rounded children. They have a good understanding of scripture, the church’s teaching , as well as good moral standing. They can confidently lead prayer and worship and follow our school mission statement by living out the word of God. At St Adrian’s our mission is: ‘ To learn, to love to live as a community of God with Christ as our teacher’.

Within the love of God our Father, we seek to be a welcoming community, where each person is valued and enabled to grow, where gifts are nurtured, differences treasured and all are cared for… We strive to develop and sustain a sense of God’s presence in our lives and … value all people with their diversity of gifts, cultures and faiths. (Extract from St. Adrian’s Mission Statement).

Throughout the school, we follow the ‘Come and See’ scheme of work, which covers an extensive range of theological studies. As well as learning through weekly RE sessions, this thematic approach enables RE to be taught through other subject areas, thereby providing the children with opportunities to make connections. There are also numerous opportunities for extended writing in RE and to enhance RE learning through Art and Computing.

Key documents

St Adrian’s long term plan for Religious Education

A Statement on Religious Education in Catholic Schools – issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales can be found here.

Further information relating to the RE Curriculum and the Spiritual Life of St. Adrian’s can be found on the link at the top of the page.