We believe that through art at Summerville we will aim to nurture and build creativity. Art, craft and design embody some of the highest forms of human creativity. Art will help the children lose themselves and find themselves in a creative way. Our high-quality art education will engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art. They will gain a deeper understanding of colour, a design process and the thought that goes into creating a unique piece of art through various mediums. Every pupil will achieve in art.
We believe that through computing, our children will gain the confidence and ability they need to prepare them for the challenge of a rapidly changing and developing technological world. We aim to use ICT to enhance and extend the children’s learning across the whole curriculum, whilst developing computational thinking skills, which are vital in enabling children to solve problems, design systems and understand the capability and restrictions of human and machine intelligence.
Design and technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject. At Summerville Primary School we plan interesting, creative and motivating projects within a range of contexts. Pupils identify, appreciate and develop an understanding of the contribution that innovative design and technological advancements have in the shaping of our world. We also apply the iterative process of design and making to food technology and cooking healthy meals.
Using creativity and imagination, Summerville pupils will design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. They will acquire a broad range of subject knowledge and draw on disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, geography, computing and art. Pupils will learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens. Through the evaluation of past and present design and technology, they will develop a critical understanding of its impact on daily life and the wider world. High-quality design and technology education makes an essential contribution to the creativity, culture, wealth and well-being of the nation.
Pupils will be taught how to cook and apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. Instilling a love of cooking in pupils will open a door to one of the great expressions of human creativity. Learning how to cook is a crucial life skill that enables pupils to feed themselves and others affordably and well, now and in later life.
We believe that some of the most transformative skills that we can develop in our children are having the confidence and ability to communicate their feelings and ideas and exploring those of others. Through developing their reading, writing and oracy skills, children will be able to critically explore the world around them, create and explore imagined worlds, develop empathy and have the skills which will enable them to contribute and participate fully as adults in their communities.
We believe that through geography our children will develop a fascination and curiosity about the world around them that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. As geographers, they will acquire a detailed knowledge of the people, places and environments that shape our world. This geographical knowledge will help the children to explain the physical features of the world they live in, how they are interconnected and how humans have shaped and changed the land over time.
At Summerville we believe history is a valued part of our curriculum which allows our children to gain knowledge and understanding of the past in Britain and in the wider world. History is about real people who lived, and real events which happened in the past. History is concerned with sequence, time and chronology and is the study of evidence about the past; it gives us a sense of identity, set within our social, political, cultural and economic relationships.
History fires the children’s curiosity about the past and plays an essential part in preparing us for living and working in the contemporary world. As historians, pupils consider how the past influences the present, what past societies were like, how these societies organised their politics, and what beliefs and cultures influenced people’s actions. Our history curriculum will equip pupils to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement – skills which are prized in adult life.
History helps pupils to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time. By the end of each key stage, pupils are expected to know, apply and understand the matters, skills and processes specified in the relevant programme of study.
At Summerville Primary School we recognise the beauty and wonder of maths and the significant contribution maths makes to everyday life. Mathematics is a universal language that enables us to understand the world. Beyond the study of numbers, shapes and patterns, it also provides important tools for work in fields such as engineering, physics, architecture, medicine and business. It nurtures the development of a logical and methodical mindset, as well helping to develop focus and the ability to solve problems.
Maths is a creative and highly interconnected and has developed over time. It is essential to science, technology and engineering and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment.
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Our aim is to develop deep maths mastery; where pupils can apply their skills efficiently in a variety of contexts and explain why they chose a particular approach.
We believe that learning a modern foreign language provides an opening into other cultures and deepens the children’s understanding of the world. We want them to develop a genuine interest and curiosity about the wider world acquiring knowledge about the language, culture and traditions of Spanish speaking countries.
At Summerville we believe that this balance and range of opportunity underpins everything we plan and deliver. Since the beginning of the human species there has always been a need to move and be active but as time has gone bye, and technological advances have been made, there has been an increase in sedentary lifestyles and the associated health problems. There is strong and consistent evidence that doing regular, moderate-intensity physical activity provides a range of physical, intellectual and emotional benefits for everyone. At our school we recognise the importance of being fit and agile and the effect it has on a child’s health and wellbeing, their ability to learn effectively and achieve in school. As a healthy school we want to promote participation in sport and physical activity and believe we have an important role in partnership with the family and wider community in promoting physical activity and a healthy lifestyle.
We also aim to increase enjoyment and participation in sport and physical activity for all pupils.
Through our PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic) curriculum we want to equip our children with the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to manage their lives now and in the future. We want them to become more independent, form healthy relationships, manage their feelings & emotions and stay healthy and safe. We want them to develop into well-rounded individuals who have self-confidence, are motivated to learn and be active and responsible citizens.
We want to prepare our children for the future by encouraging the development of characteristics for life such as a love of learning, resilience, integrity, team work, critical thinking and independence. We want to prepare them for the world of work and support them in developing enterprise skills and financial awareness.
Science is the understanding of the world around us. Through learning facts and testing ideas we seek to develop enquiring minds who can find answers to their own exploratory questions.
In line with the National Curriculum, we aim to ensure all children develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding, develop an understanding of nature, and are equipped with knowledge of scientific procedures to test and answer scientific questions about the universe we live in.
By working scientifically, we intend to explore and demonstrate how the world functions. We will observe changes, find patterns, group and classify, conduct fair tests and research using secondary sources. The children will be encouraged to draw conclusions using their scientific knowledge and evidence to explain their findings.
In our science learning, we inspire and encourage curiosity through understanding so that our confident, independent learners can make sense of the world.