Curriculum

At The Coombes we have core principles of teaching and learning which drive our curriculum intent: 

• We ensure that our curriculum design places rich subject-specific knowledge at the heart of all learning. We organise our curriculum to enable children to go deeper with their learning, to make connections and have a strong understanding of each subject; 

• We see oracy and the explicit teaching of vocabulary as vital components of our curriculum as we believe they have a profound impact on learning and on the personal growth of an individual 

• We believe understanding is built through collaboration between teacher and pupil and among pupils and that high quality dialogue is central to learning; 

• We aim high and value excellence. We take time to recognise and celebrate success, praise effort and nurture perseverance; 

• We plan our curriculum so that it responds to findings from pupil feedback and school data to ensure it is tilted to the needs of each cohort; 

• We guide learning through an instructional framework with concrete models that demonstrate excellence; 

• We use questions to deepen understanding and we see mistakes as central to the learning process so we encourage resilience and a love of learning; 

• We strive to make learning activities enriching and real; 

• We have a core commitment to equality of opportunity