The school has its own ‘In House’ curriculum model that has been designed to ensure that curriculum delivery is broad, balanced and appropriate to the needs of the whole school community. Curriculum planning involves all members of the teaching staff to ensure there is progression and continuity in learning as your child passes through the school. Pupils will often be consulted when teachers are planning units of learning. Parallel class teachers plan together and may share the teaching of certain subjects.
It is our intention to maximise the use of all available facilities and resources including staff/parent expertise. We look for high levels of achievement in every area of the curriculum but in particular we wish all children to establish a firm grasp of the basics of reading, writing and number work (three Rs), as success in all areas of learning depends on a child’s understanding of the basics.
Curriculum Drivers
Spiritual & Moral
Our aim is to promote the spiritual, moral, cultural, social, mental and physical development of pupils and prepare pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.
If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Community
Our aim is to include both the immediate and the wider community in our learning through developing opportunities where our pupils can learn from others.
This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. - Dwight D. Eisenhower
Technology
Technology is progressing at such an incredible rate. It is our aim to ensure that we equip our pupils with the skills to ensure that are prepared to embrace this ever changing challenge. The real problem is not whether computers will be able to think but whether children are encouraged and developed to.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. - Bill Gates
Health
Our aim is to expose pupils to a variety of activities and experiences related to health education, to help individuals develop a sound understanding of their total development and enable them to attain positive self-images, to provide opportunities for pupils make personal decisions related to their intellectual, physical and emotional development and to allow them to experience social relationships that will encourage appropriate behaviour, leadership and co-operation with others.
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. - Buddha
Areas of Learning include:-
Understanding English, communication and language
Mathematical understanding
Information and communication technology
Scientific and technological understanding
Human, social and environmental understanding
Understanding physical health and well being, all children in years 3,4, 5 and 6 take swimming lessons
Understanding the arts and design
Religious Education
Click here for more detailed information link to curriculum subjects.
Orry's Room (Specialist Provision Centre)
Henry Bloom Noble School recognises the diverse learning needs of children within our Specialist Provision Centre (Orry's Room), particularly those with moderate and complex additional needs.
In Orry’s Room, our curriculum is carefully crafted to place the child at the heart of the learning process. Rooted in principles of active learning, play-based approaches, and highly engaging activities, our curriculum is designed to facilitate holistic development and meaningful progress for each individual pupil. To ensure that all students receive a tailored and inclusive education, we have adopted the Equals Curriculum.
Click here for a link to Orry's Room Curriculum.
Early Years Foundation Stage
In EYFS, our areas of learning are carefully planned to ensure all children have access to a rich and varied curriculum. There are 7 areas of Learning and they are divided into prime and specific areas as well the Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning.
The Prime Areas of Learning are:
Personal, Social and Emotional development, Communication and Language and Physical Development
The Specific Areas of Learning are:
Literacy , Mathematics , Understanding the World , Expressive Arts and Design.
The Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning are:
- playing and exploring – children investigate and experience things, and ‘have a go’
- active learning – children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties, and enjoy achievements
- creating and thinking critically – children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things
We are proud of our Child Led Curriculum, where planning with the children based on their interests, needs and fascinations is a priority and ensuring the children in our setting recieve a rich and varied experience. In the EYFS at Henry Bloom Noble we value togetherness, wellbeing and belonging through celebrating the diverse cultures within our setting. We believe having shared experiences such as trips, encouraging parental involvement as well as exploring nature, develops the child as a whole. We also lay the foundations for the development of early mathematical and literacy skills which prepare children for the next stage of their education. We follow and plan from the Non-Statutory Guidence for EYFS, 'Development Matters' which you can find following this link.