Creative Curriculum Policy
July 13
Saint Augustine Webster
Catholic Voluntary Academy
Mission Statement
The school will aim to:
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develop an awareness of God's love and
presence in individual's lives and to elicit a
response to that;
help pupils to develop a reasoned set of
attitudes, values and beliefs allowing the
individual to make sound and moral judgements
in the light of personal commitment to the
Lord, Jesus Christ;
make prayer, worship and liturgy valued
experiences;
develop real links with home and parish;
create caring relationships with all those
children and adults who are involved in the
school.
Saint Augustine Webster Catholic Primary School
Creative Curriculum Policy
Creative teaching leads to creative learning
Teach me and I will forget
Show me and I will remember
Involve me and I will understand
Aims
The Creative Curriculum aims to:
 Raise achievement
 Provide a broad, balanced and enriching curriculum.
 Build up children’s confidence and motivation to learn through the use of
a range of learning and teaching styles.
 Challenge thinking.
 Enable safe ‘risk taking.
 Promote curiosity i.e. for further study.
 Embed key skills in order to prepare children for real-life and everyday
situations.
 Provide opportunities to apply knowledge and learning in practical ways.
 Provide a creative approach to planning and delivery that will
incorporate and embed key aspects of the National Curriculum.
 Provide enrichment opportunities where learning and teaching can take
place beyond the classroom.
 Develop Excellence and Enjoyment.
 Support the Every Child Matters Agenda.
 Develop social skills and encourage children to become more active
citizens within the school community and beyond.
The Core skills we would develop are:
 Communication
 Application of number
 ICT
 Working with others
 Improving own learning and performance
 Problem solving
 Thinking
 Information processing
 Reasoning
 Enquiry
 Creative thinking
 Evaluation
These skills should be transferable across subjects.
Creative Curriculum
The Creative Curriculum has been organised into topics. Each topic has been
given a key focus; e.g., Personal Histories- History; Reach for the Stars- Science;
Are You Sitting Comfortably- Literacy; He’s got the Whole World in His Hands =
Geography and Community Cohesion, and links have been made to other
curricular areas within the topic and curricular focus.
Opportunities for Speaking and Listening are optimised and basic skills are
delivered through this holistic approach to teaching.
The use of ICT is encouraged in all topic areas as a subject in its own right and in
both the teaching of the topic and in the opportunities for children’s independent
learning.
Each class teacher is responsible for the delivery of the curriculum through a
‘topic based’ approach which incorporates key skills. Although links can be made
with all subjects, the following subjects are taught as dedicated, discrete
sessions:
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Numeracy – Maths skills are key to developing everyday skills
Aspects of Literacy – Phonics, Guided Reading and Handwriting are
taught as discrete subjects as they build up basic skills.
 RE – in accordance with diocesan guidelines although links with topics
have been made where appropriate.
 PE and Swimming – delivered by coaches to support PPA for all staff.
Additional sessions are led by teaching staff.
 MFL – French – delivered by HLTA to support PPA.
Teaching staff are encouraged to enthuse the children and broaden their
experiences through the ‘WOW’ factor e.g. off-site visits, visitors into school and
shared experiences of the wider school community. This works really well at the
beginning of a topic but can be used anywhere.
Childrens’ achievements are celebrated regularly in the school through displays
in classrooms and shared areas and in assemblies where children are
encouraged to share their knowledge with the rest of the school.
Responsibilities and Roles
The Headteacher and Governing Body have overall responsibility for the Creative
Curriculum, supported by the Curriculum Leader.
The Curriculum Leader is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the Creative
Curriculum through:
 Regular formal and informal discussions with staff.
 Monitoring planning to ensure curriculum and key skills coverage.
 Working with Subject Leaders to carry out book scrutinies alongside
planning and to ensure cross-curricular links are optimised.
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Observing learning and teaching to ensure progress is being made
within the topics.
Regular reviews of the curriculum through staff and pupil questionnaires
and open dialogue.
Making changes where necessary.
Formulating an action plan to move the school forward.
Speaking with the children about their learning.
Sending out curriculum information to parents termly.
All teaching staff are responsible for the planning and delivery of the curriculum
on a day-to-day basis and for making cross-curricular links where appropriate.
Staff make amendments to planning in order to optimise learning opportunities
when they arise.
Inclusion
It is expected that all children will be given the opportunity to learn in a creative
and encouraging learning environment which encompasses a range of learning
and teaching styles. All children are entitled to this as part of the ECM agenda. It
is hoped that this approach will motivate and support children’s learning at all
levels including the Gifted and Talented, and children identified with a Special
Educational Need or who have EAL.
Monitoring and Review
The curriculum has been organised and established in consultation with all
teaching staff. It will be regularly reviewed and developed in accordance with the
School Development Plan, recommendations from Ofsted and following
consultation with Governors and teaching staff.
Curriculum Review
Termly Monitoring takes place in line with the whole school monitoring timetable
through book scrutinies, planning scrutinies and/or lesson observations where
applicable.
Date of Policy- July 13
Policy to be reviewed: July 15