At Manor Court Community Primary the curriculum is central to all that we do. Our curriculum is purposeful and relevant to our children and their lives. Our aim is to engage our children in enjoyable learning experiences which will enable them to develop the skills that they will need to succeed in a rapidly changing world. We hope to instil in them a lifelong love of learning which will motivate them to flourish. The curriculum at Manor Court Community Primary School provides a broad balanced and enriched education, which places a high importance on English, including grammar and oracy, Mathematics and an understanding of the wider world and our local community. Children will be encouraged and helped to develop their own set of personal skills and talents.
At Manor Court Community Primary, children are supported to develop interests, knowledge and understanding across all curriculum subjects. We put a great emphasis on English, Mathematics, Computing, Sport and the Performing Arts. Drama, Music, PE and Art are taught by specialist teachers.
The curriculum for learning at Manor Court Community Primary offers a traditional, but creative and inspiring curriculum that is personal and relevant to the community of Chard and beyond, providing a well thought through experience, with meaningful connections across all primary subjects where appropriate. We use nationally recognised tools such as 'jolly phonics' to teach phonics. During KS1 we use the Oxford reading tree to ensure that all children have the best start possible in learning to read.
We strive to ensure that our children leave Manor Court Community Primary School with a broad knowledge base; what we teach is taken from the National Curriculum. All of the National Curriculum objectives are covered cohesively within a whole school thematic approach. The theme for each term brings the whole of the learning community together and enables community engagement through a whole school approach to visits and visitors. Each class has their own termly enquiry which focuses their learning journey and leads to a real life outcome which motivates and excites the children. Learning is enriched by half-termly trips and visitors in each year group.
We teach our children subject specific skills to ensure that our children are learning how to become historians, geographers, scientists, musicians and artists of the future. Skills are used as a vehicle for developing subject knowledge. Deep learning is planned for using the Bloom’s taxonomy question stems. Maths and English skills are practised and reinforced whenever appropriate; children are required to record in books for non-core subjects at least fortnightly.
At Manor Court Community Primary school, we take pride in the social and academic achievements of all children and the enriched curriculum that we offer. We appreciate that an remarkable education is more than excellent teaching, but is learning through a variety of opportunities, life skills and experiences and some of this may solely be opportunities to ‘simply have fun’!
| Chard | What price progress? | What price progress? |
Year 1 | Is now the best time to live in Chard? | How can we improve the school environment? | Discovery |
Year 2 & 3 | How did the Victorians change the way we live and where we live? | How can we make the world a better place? | Arounf the world in 80 days. How can we make the world a better place? |
Year 3 | How did the Railways change Chard? | Is a 21st century child healthier than a Stone Age child? | How active is our plannet? |
Year 4 | How does the carnival bring people together? | What have the Romans done for us? | What made the Vikings so ambitious? |
Year 5 | Is now the best time to live in Chard? | Is all progress positive? (Space Race). | Should Chinese objects be returned to China? |
Year 6 | How did Margaret Bondfield shape British democracy? | Is all trade fair? | How have different species adapted to their environment? |
Each enquiry will have a real life outcome so that the learning is purposeful and real for the children; this might be an exhibition of work, a performance or recital or even the creation of something which enriches the school environment (such as a piece of art). To make the learning as interesting and fun for the children as possible each class will be going on one trip and welcome one visitor into school per half term.
At Manor Court Community Primary, we strive to seek consistency of differentiation across the school and across the curriculum, with the aim of stretching all pupils and their learning. Simply knowing facts and information is not enough – we want the children to apply their learning and develop a deeper understanding to prove that no learning is capped.
Our aim at Manor Court Community Primary School is that every child’s needs are catered for and every child is given the chance to succeed, wherever their strength lies. It is our aim to give every child the opportunity to experience success in learning and to be the best that they can be. Teachers aim to include all pupils fully in all lessons. All children benefit from participating in watching, and listening to other children demonstrating and explaining their ideas.
Lessons are differentiated using one or more of the following ways: