Curriculum

Chestnut Park Primary School is committed to developing a love of learning through a curriculum in which children are inspired, excited and challenged. If the children enjoy their learning experiences, they will want to engage in these learning experiences again and again.

Dream- Achieve- Inspire

Our philosophy is simple; if children enjoy learning, they will set themselves aspirational goals or dreams. Within an exciting, challenging and creative environment, children will achieve these goals whilst inspiring each other and driving their learning forward. Our ‘Dream-Achieve-Inspire’ philosophy towards the curriculum creates this community of learning.

Our Curriculum is based on three Core drivers:

Core Competency

Diversity

Enterprise

Core Competency- children will secure, retain and apply the skills of reading, communicating, writing and calculating to the highest standard.

Enterprise- children will be innovative, embrace challenge and develop as independent learners and thinkers.

Diversity- the curriculum is developed knowing that children learn best when actively engaged in the world around them. Our curriculum embraces equality and diversity; developing the school’s values, within a language rich and nurturing environment.

The curriculum drivers are reflected throughout Chestnut Park Primary School’s vision, values and aims.

 

Our Chestnut Park Primary School Curriculum

At Chestnut Park Primary School, we use a thematic approach to learning based on the children's interests. We combine International Primary Curriculum Units together to ensure full coverage of a broad and balanced Curriculum. It is a comprehensive curriculum with a clear process of learning and with specific learning goals for every subject, for personal learning and for international mindedness. As we combine units to the children’ interests and needs, we ensure full and deep coverage of the National Curriculum. National Curriculum Coverage is detailed within the attached links.

 

Approach to our Wider Curriculum

Our thematic approach covers the skills required in the National Curriculum for Art, DT, Geography and History, which has been developed across all 5 Chalkland schools.

 

Our Computing curriculum has been developed by all 5 Chalkland schools and can be found by clicking here.

 

Science teaching and learning is based upon the requirements set out in the national Curriculum.  At Chestnut Park we have developed our curriculum around this linking to the world around us and changes happening in real time.  Click here to see the Chalklands curriculum which has been developed within the 5 schools.

 

RE is taught using the Croydon Agreed syllabus - Click here to find out more.

 

Music is taught using Charanga - Click Here to find out more. There are also documents specific to KS1 and KS2 to help you understand the content more clearly.

 

Phonics and Reading - We use Read Write Inc in order to teach phonics. Please see the phonics link for full details.

 

PE is based on Real PE and Merton PE SOW.  We also have a PE coach on Monday to deliver PE sessions across the school.  Please click here to see our current PE timetable to ensure your child wears their PE Kit on the correct days.

 

Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) are based upon the teaching of Spanish linked to topic based learning and is developed specifically for Chestnut Park by Language Angels.

 

PSHE and Safeguarding

At Chestnut Park Primary School we use THRIVE, an emotional well being and social skills development assessment programme to personalise our PSHE to the needs of the children. This is supported by the  JIGSAW PSHE programme which we use to teach our wider PSHE lessons.  PSHE lessons include a unit to ensure all children are taught the statutory requirements for RSE.  The RSE policy can be viewed by clicking this link. 

Our full Safeguard Curriculum can be read by clicking here.

 

 

Our termly curriculum documents will be available on our Year group pages, which are updated regularly as the curriculum is developed.

If you have any queries about the school curriculum, please contact Miss R. Poonian through the school office: enquiries@chestsnutparkschool.org