Ramridge Primary School’s Curriculum Intent

Ramridge Primary school aims to provide a creative, inclusive and challenging curriculum that inspires future thinkers, innovators and problem solvers in an environment that stimulates and supports high quality learning.

Our aim is to support all learners to exceed their potential academically, socially and emotionally at school, with their families,  in their communities as in the wider world ensuring that they become ambitious lifelong learners and become confident and successful citizens.

Ramridge Primary is a happy and healthy place to learn. Like all schools in England, we must follow the National Curriculum – https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum

This curriculum sets out subjects and content which we must teach. Within this, however, there is flexibility so that we can interpret and plan to meet the needs and interests of our children now and for the future. The key aim for all our teaching and learning is to provide opportunities for all pupils to learn, to enjoy and to achieve.

We do this by following a Values based curriculum – our school values are at the root of all learning.  They support pupils in ensuring that they develop a strong moral purpose as well as developing a belief that anything is possible, regardless of starting points.

Key aims:

To provide a vibrant, happy and safe environment in which all people can share positive experiences and feel valued.

We encourage and stimulate the best possible progress and the highest attainment for all our pupils. Our curriculum builds on pupils’ strengths, interests and experiences and develops children’s confidence in their capacity to learn and work independently and collaboratively.

To assist everyone in acquiring the skills to learn independently, interdependently and work as a team.

We place great importance on the skills of English, Maths, information and communication technology and problem-solving. We promote skills that help our learners to improve their own learning and performance and that help them to work well with others.   Our intent is that these skills are applied and transferred across all elements of the curriculum.

To help each child adopt healthy lifestyles with a sound knowledge and understanding of the factors that affect their physical and mental health and emotional well-being.

We place a high priority on developing pupils’ physical skills, self-esteem and emotional well-being. We encourage them to recognise the importance of pursuing a healthy lifestyle and keeping themselves and others safe. We promote happy, effective relationships that are based on respect for themselves and for others.

To help each child develop a good understanding of right and wrong, respect and treat each other as equals and become decent and responsible citizens.

We do this through teaching knowledge and understanding of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural backgrounds of Britain’s diverse society and of the local, national and international dimensions of pupils’ lives. We want everyone in our school to understand and appreciate their own and different beliefs and cultures, and how these influence our communities. This is linked closely to our British Values.

To encourage confidence and high aspirations so everyone develops the ambition to reach their full potential.

We provide rich and varied contexts for pupils to acquire, develop and apply a broad range of knowledge, understanding and skills. Doing so enables our pupils to think creatively and critically, to solve problems and to make a difference for the better.  We promote home learning opportunities to support this.

To see each individual subject’s intent, click on the tab below.