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Our Curriculum
Our curriculum is created to equip our children for life at school, in the community in Heanor, Derbyshire and the wider world in the 21st and 22nd centuries. We are mindful that the youngest children in our school could be alive in 2113 in an ever changing world.
We have therefore created an approach to learning which supports the understanding of academic skills with clear British values and attitudes. We provide the children with real life connections and experiences to promote an understanding of the world around them, independence and high aspirations. We strive to equip the children to be critical thinkers who are actively engaged with the challenges and opportunities of life in an ever changing world outside of the classroom.
Our intention is for our children to become lifelong learners in areas of personal interest and talent as well as informed citizens of the world in which we live.
This will be achieved through developing the school’s core values alongside the core beliefs of Embark Academy Trust and the National Curriculum knowledge which have then been linked to our school values and ethos.
What does your child learn at school each day? Find information about our curriculum subjects here.
If you want to find out more about the curriculum we are following, please contact a member of staff from the relevant team, below.
The teams who are leading each curriculum area:
Subject | Teams |
English
Governor: Carolyn Wood, Jane Bowley |
Clare Rhodes - Deputy Headteacher
Hannah Snow - Year 3 Janine Marshall - Year 5 Helen Credland - Year 2 |
Mathematics
Governor: Brian McBean, Donna Walters, Carolyn Wood (data) |
Martyn Fearn - Deputy Headteacher Kellie Knowles - Year 4 Keely Prince - Year 6 |
Science
Governor: Darryl Richardson |
Martyn Fearn - Deputy Headteacher
Nicole Clarke - Year 1 |
Modern Foreign Languages
Governor: Darryl Richardson, Deborah Walker |
Clare Rhodes - Deputy Headteacher |
Computing
Governor: Joe Harvey |
Lucie Beard- Year 1/2 Tom Donaldson- Year 3 Sharon Clarke - TLA Year 6 |
Humanities
Governor: Jane Bowley, Hannah Snow |
Sam Boustead - Reception Lucy Brooks- Year 3/4
|
RE
Governor: Louise Lacey, Brian McBean |
Clare Payler - Reception
|
PSHE
Governor: Brian McBean, Louise Lacey |
Clare Rhodes - Deputy Headteacher Clare Payler - Reception |
Music
Governor: Jane Bowley, Hannah Snow |
Vicki Ellis - Year 6
|
Art/DT
Governor: Jane Bowley, Hannah Snow |
Nicola Gregg - Nursery
|
PE
Governor: Brian McBean, Darryl Richardson |
Colin Wylie - Year 5
Rachel Wood - TLA Year 5 |
EYFS (including provision for 2 year olds)
Governor: Donna Walters |
Ellinor Edgeley - EYFS Leader
|
Learning Environment
Governor: Carolyn Wood |
Nicola Gregg - Nursery
|
Special Educational Needs
Governor: Jane Bowley |
Ellinor Edgeley - SENCO
|
More Able/Exceptionally Able
Governor: Jane Bowley |
Jo Topham - Year 6 |
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