Sharmans Cross Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and
expects all adults to share this commitment
Formal National Curriculum subjects are as follows:
Core Subjects:
English, Mathematics, Science, ICT
Foundation Subjects:
Geography, History, Design Technology, Information Technology, Relationship and
Sex Education Music, Art, Physical Education, Outdoor Education, Religious
Education, Personal Health and Social Education and Spanish.
We believe that children should receive a broad and balanced curriculum, with great
emphasis placed on the teachings of Maths and English. We use day to day teacher
observations and quality marking techniques
to assess pupil progress, tempering these
with in time
tests. These assessments are
used to plan specific work for the child and
set relevant half termly targets, which are
shared with children and parents.
We use a thematic curriculum overview that
takes account of skills, knowledge and
learning styles including visual, auditory,
kinaesthetic learning, material intelligence and the building learning power philosophy.
The curriculum is planned as a whole school policy with full staff participation
followed by further detailed planning by the teachers within each year group.
The majority of the curriculum is delivered by the class teacher in mixed ability
classes. However, some children who have language, reading difficulties or other
challenges may receive additional help from support assistants in small groups for a
portion of the week.
At all times the teacher will match the work to the ability of the children in their
class using a variety of teaching methods. At times the children will be taught as a
class, in groups or individually. Every child receives a personal termly target for
reading, writing and maths.
Collective Worship
We strive to provide a ‘value-based’ curriculum with opportunities for development in
these areas evident throughout the school day and year. These are not ‘bolt-on’
extras but a strong undercurrent of school life. We believe that the development of
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