Curriculum
Our curriculum should whisper to our children "you belong. You did not come from nowhere. You are one of us. All this came before you, and one day you too might add to it"
Ben Newmark
Our Curriculum Vision
At Wilson Primary School, we believe every child has the right to learn the knowledge and skills needed to become a life-long learner. We are all learners together, building understanding of the complex world around us through curiosity, creativity, and collaboration.
Our curriculum is designed to be rich and memorable, offering a creative approach to the national curriculum. Using carefully chosen key texts, we deepen understanding, encourage mastery, and help children make meaningful connections across subjects. Learning is planned to be engaging and purposeful, developing essential knowledge and transferable skills that prepare children for life beyond the classroom.
At the heart of our curriculum is a commitment to nurture a love of reading. Books form the foundation of all subjects, and every pupil is encouraged to read widely, building vocabulary, comprehension, and a lifelong passion for literature.
Our aim is simple:
- To enable children to become confident, independent learners
- To foster respect for universal human values
- To develop cultural awareness and global understanding
- To help children know themselves, their community, and the ever-changing world around them
Four key elements
Our curriculum focuses on 4 key elements that we want our children to consider within their learning
- Learning – Children acquiring powerful and transferable knowledge.
- Application – Children recognising the impact knowledge has on them, their community & the wider world.
- Opinion – Children using their knowledge to form opinions based on the key questions & themes.
- Impact – Children using their knowledge to consider future impact and what role they can play in that.
Click here to read more about the national curriculum