The Unsworth Curriculum
Together We Build Understanding
‘Together We Build Understanding’ expresses what we want to achieve for every member of the Unsworth community – understanding of self, of each other, of our community and the wider world. We have built a curriculum to deliver this and which we believe will open doors for our pupils.
Our school values were selected by all members of our community. Our curriculum is strongly linked to these and we support our pupils to understand what they mean and why they are important in the following ways:
Respect opens the door to equality
Honesty opens the door to growth
Friendship opens the door to community
Learning opens the door to opportunity
Happiness opens the door to success
In addition, we believe our curriculum should be inclusive, aspirational, collaborative and empowering in line with the curriculum principles in all Oak Learning Partnership schools.
We have identified the following areas as ‘drivers’ for our curriculum - elements which we use to construct it and which we emphasise in our implementation. These are the EYFS and the National Curriculum, core skills (reading, writing, mathematics), communication, SMSC and learning outside the classroom.
In designing our curriculum, we have ensured that we give our pupils an understanding of the different subject disciplines and that the offer is both broad and ambitious. We have identified our ‘big ideas’ in each subject area – knowledge-rich items that we want all pupils to know and understand by the time they leave our school. We have enhanced our design by investing in Cornerstones to support our teachers with implementation and challenge.
Our aim is that every teacher and member of staff in every classroom is as good as they can be in what they teach and how they teach. For this reason, we make very deliberate links between our curriculum, our teaching framework and our continuous professional development programme to ensure we are always looking to improve our practice and our pupils’ experience.
See our Curriculum Infographics which illustrate our approach further. For further information please contact the Headteacher or Class Teacher.