A Broad and Balanced 'Holistic' Curriculum

Our children receive a wide-ranging and enriched curriculum that is tailored to meet their holistic needs. Ultimately, our curriculum intent is to help us to fulfil our school’s vision of ensuring all children flourish, within a ‘community of hope’ where resilience is at the heart of learning.   We aim for all of our pupils to leave our school being well prepared for the next step in their education.  We inspire our children with exciting cross-curricular topics and interesting, challenging lessons so that they enjoy learning and develop high aspirations for the future and positive learning behaviours.

Our approach to the curriculum also includes how we comply with our duties in the Equality Act 2010 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 about making the curriculum accessible for those with disabilities or special educational needs.  

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Our curriculum is underpinned by the Essentials Curriculum. The Essentials Curriculum sets out the essential coverage, learning objectives and standards which are required for all subjects. Furthermore, it provides progress measures for all subjects, including personal development.

One of the primary reasons we chose this curriculum is because it emphasises the importance of developing the depth of children’s learning. In essence, this means providing children with increased cognitive challenge, allowing them to apply the skills which they have learnt independently in a range of contexts rather than moving them onto the next skill needlessly when they have not truly mastered it.

We feel this curriculum provides us with a coherent, progressive and appropriately sequenced curricular structure to enable our pupils to develop subject specific knowledge and skills to prepare them well for the next stages of their education, enabling all pupils to 'know more and do more' as they move through each term and each school year.

The curriculum builds progressively on from the learning in the Foundation Stage. The milestones (1, 2 and 3) that are built into our curriculum complement our mixed age class structure. The curriculum is aligned to the National Curriculum and goes beyond National Curriculum requirements at each milestone to ensure repetition of skills and knowledge.

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Reading

Our Vision for Early Reading - ‘Learning to read is the key to new worlds'

At Haxey CofE Primary Academy, we believe that learning to read is the foundation of every child’s educational journey and the gateway to future success. Through the systematic and rigorous teaching of Read Write Inc, we ensure that every child becomes a confident, fluent and enthusiastic reader. Part of our schools vision is that all pupils, regardless of background, need or starting point, become the best that they can be by developing secure early reading skills that enable them to access the full curriculum and experience the joy that reading brings.
We are committed to ensuring consistency, fidelity and high-quality practice in every classroom.
Children are taught by well-trained staff who deliver lively, engaging lessons that build strong phonic knowledge, accurate decoding and increasing fluency. Targeted support is given swiftly to those who need it, ensuring no child is left behind.
Our reading culture extends beyond phonics lessons: we nurture a love of stories, language and
imagination. Through a rich selection of books, daily story time and an environment filled with
high-quality texts, children develop curiosity, empathy and the confidence to see themselves as
readers.
Ultimately, our vision is for every child to leave Key Stage 1 able to read with fluency,
understanding and pleasure—equipped with the skills they need to thrive across the curriculum
and in life.

For more information on how to support your child at home please follow the link:

Learning to read at home - Ruth Miskin Literacy

 Subject Information The National Curriculum Y1 - Y6 - see below