Our Curriculum Principles

A Kaleidoscope Schools curriculum has been designed to enable children to develop wide knowledge/ skills and become well rounded and confident individuals who are curious and want to learn.  Schools design and develop their own curriculums, but encapsulate the following which are linked to the Kaleidoscope 5C's.

Each Kaleidoscope School's Curriculum will be:

Creative and Innovative
Children will:

• Be taught a broad, balanced, challenging curriculum covering all subjects
• Receive exciting opportunities and experiences both inside and outside of the classroom
• Have opportunities to expand their horizons through trips – day and residential
• Have first hand experiences
• Have opportunities to take part in sports, Music, Art and other creative activities
• Have opportunities to perform in front of an audience
• Have opportunities to use a range of ICT equipment to equip them for the modern world

 
Child-Centric
Our curriculum will enable children to be:

• Physically and mentally healthy
• Informed risk takers, problem solvers and critical thinkers
• Confident and clear communicators
• Reflective, resilient and able to self-regulate and make the right choices
• Work as individuals and contribute as part of a group or team
• Learn to identify their  strengths and areas for development and with strategies to help themselves

 
Culture of Excellence
Our curriculum will:

• Focus on developing Mathematical fluency
• Promote the enjoyment  reading and develop essential literacy skills
• Be informed by the National Curriculum Programmes of Study
• Be designed to meet the needs of all learners
• Reflect high expectations
• Be progressive and sequential, revisiting concepts and build on previous learning
• Be taught through high quality pedagogy, which enables deeper learning and application of knowledge and skills
• Develop further based on evolving educational research and best practice
• Enable a culture of we can all achieve

 
Community Focused
Our curriculum will:

• Reflect local context and is responsive to need
• Incorporate opportunities to learn about and celebrate diversity - different places, people, cultures and religions

• Develop cultural capital encouraging responsible, aware and engaged citizens: locally, nationally and globally
• Enable our pupils to develop appropriate, successful relationships
• Encapsulate British Values
• Develop an awareness that our pupils can make a difference to the world they live in

 
Collaborative but Distinctive

• The Christian Distinctiveness of our Church Schools will be a core element of the school’s curriculum, values and ethos
• Curriculum's will be designed to meet the specific needs and requirements of each school community
• Children and staff will have opportunities to work with other MAT schools across a wide range of areas
• Children and staff will have opportunities to work across schools and MAT's with a range of organisations and experts
• A collaborative approach to school and staff development enables the creation and sharing of best practice across Kaleidoscope.