Henry Bloom Noble Primary School

'Together we Learn and Grow'

At HBN we are proud of providing a broad and balanced curriculum. We are committed to providing rich and creative experiences which enable our children to develop skills that prepare them for their futures. We offer a wide range of opportunities for children to learn in different ways, catering for a range of learning styles. Our pupils learn to work both independently and collaboratively, developing an understanding of themselves as learners and recognising the ways in which they learn most effectively. We deliver high quality teaching and learning through cross-curricular, thematic activities; an approach that our pupils find engaging and inspiring, thanks to the variety and range of different activities on offer, and which allows them to make connections between the different areas of learning.

At the heart of our curriculum is a firm belief in promoting the dispositions embodied in out GROW attitude. We aim to develop pupils who show:

G - Grit (resilience in their learning)

R - Risk (take risks by challenging themselves and others)

O - Optimism (believe in themselves and see the best in others)

W - Work (have a good work ethic and know that learning can be difficult so you have to work hard).

Our curriculum recognises the growing role of technology in all our lives, and we ensure that our pupils develop the skills to make the best use of this in order to support their learning. We give them ample opportunities to become comfortable, effective users of Information and Communication Technology and to teach them how to use it safely.

On this page you will find further detail of how we at HBN teach key curriculum areas.


More in the section Curriculum:

Art at HBN
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At HBN we allow children to blossom in a range of creative curriculum subjects such as Art. Alongside regular art lessons, each term the whole school gets involved in an Art Day. During the day, the children are taught about an artist and/or key skill. In the morning, classes focus on learning fact…

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Forest School and ECO School
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At HBN we have developed our outside space to provide a dedicated place for our children to develop and learn outdoors. Forest School sets learning in a different context for children where they can undertake a range of practical activities and carry out small achievable tasks. At Forest School chi…

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Literacy at HBN
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Writing at HBN As the children at HBN develop their writing we focus on two key areas in our teaching: composition and effect, and the sentence structure and punctuation. We provide engaging lessons using the children's interests and base much of our writing on a book or the half term's topic. At t…

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Maths at HBN
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At Henry Bloom Noble Primary School we use the White Rose Maths scheme as the basis of our daily maths lessons. We use the scheme to focus on developing children's mental maths recall, concept knowledge, fluency, reasoning and problem solving skills from Reception through to Year 6 across a range o…

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Monster Phonics at HBN
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From Reception through to Year 2 we use Monster Phonics which is a complete systematic synthetic phonics programme that has been validated by the Isle of Man's Department for Education. Phonics is a method of teaching children to read by linking sounds (phonemes) and the letters that represent them…

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Our Wider Curriculum
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At HBN we focus on providing children with life skills that prepare them for their futures. We invite outside agencies around our community to come and teach the children, for example, first aid skills, cycling proficiency and scooter proficiency. Additionally, we organise trips out into our commun…

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PSHE Curriculum - Jigsaw
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At HBN it is one of our priorities that children develop emotionally and personally thus we use the Jigsaw scheme as the basis of our PSHE sessions. The mindful approach to teaching enables every class to have one lesson per week which is focused on being calm, listening to others' feelings and sha…

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The Bloom Room
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At HBN we believe that emotional wellbeing and self confidence is paramount and key to good academic progress. In our Bloom Room we provide bespoke emotional support for individual children who may need support to improve their self-esteem and confidence, manage anxieties, or develop friendship ski…

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We are a Signalong School!
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HBN is an inclusive school which is proud to have both mainstream classes and a our Special Educational Needs Unit, Orry's Room. Signalong is a communication charity which teaches adults, children, toddlers and babies to use signs to aid communication. These signs are always used alongside the spok…

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