PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR LEARNING

Our curriculum places emphasis on equipping young people for life. It provides pupils with opportunities to learn new skills and apply their knowledge positively and creatively.

Learners get a deep understanding of how to thrive in an increasingly digital world. We follow a digital competence framework developing digital skills across the curriculum, and preparing them for the opportunities and risks that an online world presents.

All teachers ensure that learners are planned for ambitiously, at a progression step relevant to their need. Each AoLE has a number of 'What Matters' statements, which ensure breadth, and coverage of the fundamental key concepts.

As a guide to planning, the school has mapped out expectations for each year group in the table below. However, learners may be above or below the descriptions of learning within that particular progression step. A child’s progression step is not a 'best fit' model but a way to genuinely plan for an individual's progression in different areas of learning.

Teachers use the PPA time effectively to plan, prepare and assess learning within their class workshops. This takes the form of the skills, knowledge and experiences that each child needs to be able to progress.