Curriculum
Overview of our School Curriculum
At Holmes Chapel Primary School and Nursery our curriculum is designed to inspire and challenge all learners, preparing them for life and making it purposeful and relevant to our modern world.
Our curriculum ensures that children gain knowledge and skills at every stage of their time at our school, and builds on previous learning. It is a curriculum that empowers our pupils to know more, remember more and be able to do more. It is designed to be broad and balanced, encompassing academic, creative, social, emotional, physical and cultural opportunities for development. We aim to connect learning to our local environment, engaging pupils with their world and enriching their life experiences. Our lessons support all pupils to learn and progress, supporting and understanding individual’s particular strengths and needs.
Our school development plan focus for curriculum this year is to:-
Improve outcomes through the consistent delivery of high-quality teaching, with a focus on foundational skills, oracy and curriculum excellence:
- Sustain high-quality phonics and reading, including effective implementation of Little Wandle in Nursery
- Strengthen writing through clear progression and effective teaching of spelling, handwriting and GPS
- Embed consistent maths pedagogy, including Mastering Number and effective use of QLA to drive progress
- Ensure a broad, balanced and well-sequenced curriculum with clear end points and strong outcomes
You can find out more about the curriculum for each class by visiting each individual subject page and the year group pages.
Enriching our curriculum
We enrich our curriculum through offering a wide range of expereinces and opportunities for children throughout their school life. This year those opportunities include:-
- A residential visit for children in Year 5
- Visits to places in our local environment, including the village of Holmes Chapel, our local places of worpship, the library, the viaduct, and the Dane Valley
- Visits further afield, including Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield Silk Museum, Stockport Air Raid Shelters, Macclesfield Forest, New Vic Theatre in Stoke, Crowden River Valley
- Visitors to school, including local fire fighters, our Police Community Support Officer, a vet, a paramedic, representatives from local places of worship, mystery readers, reading helpers from the community
- Workshops - A Viking Day, a Greek Day
- Peripatetic music teachers - piano, guitar, ukelele, clarinet
- Allotments - an opportunity to engage in learning about planting, growing and harvesting a range of fruit, vegetables and herbs
- After school clubs including singing, coding, cooking, craft, sicence, a range of sports
- Whole school events including Children in Need, Safer Internet Day, World Book Day, Down's Syndrome Day, Children's Mental Health Week, British Science Week, Red Nose Day
- Performances - Key Stage 1 and Reception at Christmas, Years 3-5 Performances to Parents, and Year 6 Leavers performance
- Music opportunities - Young Voices concert at the arena in Manchester, Wider Opportunities performance with the Halle Orchestra at The Bridgewater Hall
- Sports competitions and tournaments with other primary schools in our MAT
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