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Glenurquhart Primary School
Curriculum Rationale May 2017
(Reviewed February 2018)
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Contents
Contents .......................................................................................................................................................... 2
Curriculum Rationale Poster ........................................................................................................................ 1
Curriculum Rationale Development ............................................................................................................ 1
Our Vision, Values and Aims ........................................................................................................................... 3
What makes us unique? ............................................................................................................................... 4
Opportunities for Personal Achievement .......................................................................................................... 5
Partnership with our community and others which supports pupils’ learning and achievement . 6
Partnership with our community and others which supports pupils’ learning and achievement...................... 7
Literacy and English ..................................................................................................................................... 8
Maths and Numeracy .................................................................................................................................. 11
Health and Wellbeing .................................................................................................................................. 13
Social Subjects ............................................................................................................................................ 17
Technologies ................................................................................................................................................. 18
Sciences ......................................................................................................................................................... 19
Expressive Arts .......................................................................................................................................... 20
Religious and Moral Education .................................................................................................................. 21
Languages ....................................................................................................................................................... 21
Appendices ................................................................................................................................................... 22
Kate P4
Curriculum Rationale Poster
(Created Nov 2017)
Curriculum Rationale Development This Curriculum Rationale explains everything that we want for the children of Glenurquhart
Primary School and how we plan to achieve this. This has been developed by our whole school
community, involving children, parents, staff and partners to understand what we are hoping to
achieve. This informs our improvement targets and is developed around shared values and aims.
The values and principles are based on enabling all our children to become:
The Curriculum for Excellence recognises the need for children to access a broader range of
achievements, as well as striving for high attainment.
Children will learn through the four contexts of learning which include:
The eight curricular areas above
Interdisciplinary learning – making connections across subjects or between subjects through
a theme, context, challenge.
Opportunities for Personal Achievement
Ethos and Life of the School and Community
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Within these the cross-cutting themes of sustainability, enterprise, creativity and citizenship,
including global citizenship and Scottish heritage and culture are used to provide rich contexts for
learning.
In line with all Scottish primary schools, the school curriculum is split into eight main areas which
are –
Languages
Mathematics
Social Studies
Expressive Arts
Religious and Moral Education
Health and Well Being
Technologies
Our Curriculum as detailed in this document is built around the seven principles of curricular
design:
Breadth
Challenge and enjoyment
Coherence
Depth
Personalisation and choice
Progression
Relevance
Through delivery of the above curricular areas pupils will develop a range of skills for learning, life
and work. Pupils will constantly reflect on this skills development as part of their on-going
reflection about learning. See our skills poster on the page 22.
Sam P2
3
Our Vision, Values and Aims
Our vision, values and aims were developed with the children, parents, staff and community in session
2016-17.
OUR AIMS:
- Provide a safe, nurturing, bright and happy learning environment.
- Provide an engaging, challenging and creative curriculum enabling all
children to develop the skills they need to become successful learners,
confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.
- Aiming for excellence through setting high expectations for attainment,
achievement, behaviour, attendance and punctuality.
- Develop relationships with children, parents, partners and the community to
provide opportunities for all learners to achieve with a focus on inclusion
and equality.
CHILDREN’S AIMS – WE WOULD LIKE TO:
- Learn the skills we need to help us know what we’d like
to do when we are older and be able to achieve all that
we wish for.
- Work outside, learning in and about our environment
and community, being fit and healthy.
- Enjoy giving ‘fun hundred per cent’ to our learning.
- Have classrooms which are bright and comfortable.
- Have our work and achievements displayed so that we
can be proud of it.
- Feel included, supported, confident and listened to.
- Have good friends with everyone showing our school
values.
PositivityFriendshipEmpathy
Trust Respect Creativity
Liam P1
4
What makes us unique?
Our Curriculum is built around Community and Care (relationships.)
The children, families and staff feel our school is unique/special in the following
ways:
Our school is friendly and happy.
The staff know us well, support us to learn and are
caring, kind, positive and committed.
We have a great outside playground and area to work
in and we love this.
We are in the heart of community where everyone is
involved and works closely together.
We have strong links with the nursery and High School
so children have great transition experiences.
We are on the shores of Loch Ness, have Craigmonie forest right next to us,
Mary’s Rock above us and a great country setting which we enjoy spending
time in.
We have fun.
We celebrate achievements.
Conon P2
Isabella
P5
Isabella
P5
5
Liam
Alfie P4
James
P2
Opportunities for Personal Achievement [Confident Individuals]
Achievement assemblies – related to skills, personal
achievements, achievements outwith school – see
Achievement Tree
Citizenships committees including; pupil council,
Eco Committee, charities and celebrations and
JRSOs
Citizenship Cups awarded annually
Structured Golden Time – P6/7 given opportunities
to lead these.
Headteacher awards given out weekly
Extra activities out with school hours – athletics, cross country, shinty, badminton,
Brownies, chess, football, drama, dancing, Tai Kwon Do, swimming, woodworking
club, youth choir, karate, drama.
Performance opportunities – whole school performance – ‘Rocky Monseter Show’,
assembly presentations termly, Christmas, music festival for individuals
Parent/Pupil councils
Achievements highlighted to local press
Enterprise opportunities –Christmas cards, crafts
Entrance to competitions – cross country, Great Glen football, Euro Quiz, Enterprising
Maths Challenge, Junior Journalist
Playground Leaders training
Baking club
Loch Insh residential for P7s
Classroom certificates – curriculum areas, friendship, effort.
Completing projects with community/parent body
Staff achievements recognised and celebrated also
Homework – gains confidence
Summer reading challenge with the library
Achievements highlighted in school newsletter
Re-cap of achievements throughout the year
at end of year assembly
Shared on school blog
Eco Schools Awards
Baking club
P7 Prefects
Next steps: Profiling – wider achievements
Sharing achievements with wider community partners
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Partnership with our community and others which supports pupils’ learning and
achievement [Responsible Citizens]
We provide regular opportunities for our local community to work with us and for our pupils
to work with the local community. These include:
Our work with the local community:
Teas and coffees with Care Centre
Preparing musical and drama activities to entertain local senior citizens – Care Centre links.
Raising funds for local charities including Marie Curie Cancer Care, Highland Hospice, Hall
Committee
Community litter pick as part of Eco Schools project.
Annual plant show
Use of Craigmonie Woods
Fundraising for the school in local halls - Ceilidh
Regular links with local schools to share good practice/resources – Great Glen football
tournaments, shinty competitions, after-school clubs access.
Joint staff training
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Partnership with our community and
others which supports pupils’ learning and
achievement [Responsible Citizens]
We provide regular opportunities for our local community to work with us and for our pupils
to work with the local community. These include:
Our local community work with us:
World of Work interviews to support DYW.
Work with Morgan Sindall to provide agreed charter in kitchen build.
Stramash performances with Eden Court theatre
Work with Trees for Life – sustainability, Literacy
Working with Highlife Highland to promote active sessions for the children and access to
local coaches etc.
Visiting local places of interest e.g. local shop, Fire Station, post office to make learning
relevant and fun.
Working to support local RNLI, including school visits.
Feis Rois
NSPCC
Roots of Empathy
World Book Day
Borlum Farm
Abriachan Forest Trust
Shieling Project
Inviting the local police officer, PC McGill in to visit and speak with the children.
Annual visits from the SSPCA to promote care and welfare of animals.
Working with the local community to raise funds for the
school e.g. Coop Community Fund.
Work with the Forestry Commission Ranger to develop environmental
learning.
Support from Wind farm initiatives.
Liam P1
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
8
Yellow highlighted shows next steps – for consideration Blue highlighted – New as of last review (Feb 18)
Literacy and English
Reading ASG Progression
pathways and assessment
trackers
Highland Literacy
Approach (HLP) for
Core Reading
Emerging Literacy
4 day strategy P1-3 – books home
for support
3 day strategy P4-7 (when ready)
Term of Writer’s Craft/Non-
Fiction/ Grammar/ Comprehension
Strategy focus – introduced on
Monday – focus throughout week
in follow-ups – linked with writing
targets
P4-7 Enjoyment of reading grid –
2 activities a term
Library visit fortnightly
ERIC
Class novel (at least one term in
year)/ story time
Paired reading
Enjoyment of Reading
World Book Day
First Minister’s Reading Challenge
Extreme Reading Challenge
(Easter holidays)
Topic studies
Book studies
ORT supplemented by Ginn from
ASG schools (Early/First)
Kingscourt (Second)
Four Corners
Novels
SRA boxes P6/7
Prim-ed Comprehension Strategies
Ginn Pocket Readers (home P4-7)
ASN: Fuzzbuzz, Wolf Hill,
Wellington Square, Speedy
Readers, Hop On at P2, Toe by Toe,
blending word cards
Read, Write, Count
Rhyme and Analogy Packs
Curiosity Kids for P5
Book Bug packs
World Book Day
1x Key Assessment task per
term
Comprehension Strategy tests
(every 3rd
week)
Assessment through writing/
discussion/ follow-up activities
Salford
Incas
Key Word Assessments (ORT)
Skills progression criteria
Record of breadth – coverage
Emerging Literacy trackers
ASG Reading progression
pathway and assessment
trackers.
James P2
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
9
Writing
ASG Progression
pathways and assessment
trackers
Big Writing
Emerging Literacy
Extended writing once a week
VCOP games
VCOP display in each class
Write to top folder
Big Writing support on shared drive
Literacy Shed
Child friendly criterion stuck at
front of jotter – individual targets
Max 4 Success Criteria for each
extended writing – stuck in jotter
Rotating peer/self/teacher
assessment – marking 3rd
of class
each week – traffic lighting against
Free writing at least once a term –
choosing genre from context
Formal assessment grid – one piece
per term
Emerging Literacy trackers
Handwriting HLP Progression
Emerging Literacy
Once a week in P1-4 (or further if
required)
Pre-writing activities in Early Years
Cursive?
Jolly Phonics
Various as linked with Emerging
Literacy
Emerging Literacy trackers
Spelling HLP strategies
HLP common words
Emerging Literacy
Taught on Monday
Common personal words – once a
term
3x a year person spelling list (words
commonly wrong in writing)
(Spelling rules/ Dictation)
Jolly Phonics (P1-2)
Jolly Jingles
Jolly CD
Jolly Big Books
Jolly Finger Books
Jolly Grammar (P3-7)
Jolly Grammar Big Books
Nelson lists
Spelling Made Easy
(Cripps)
Prim-ed workbooks
Toe by Toe
Code Cracker
WASP
Spelling test (fortnightly)
Through writing
Vernon spelling
Incas
HLP Spelling progressions
Emerging Literacy trackers
Precision spelling
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
10
Listening
and Talking
ASG Listening and
Talking Progression
Pathway
Words Up
Words Up pathways
Show and Tell
Circle Time
Emotional check – in (at least once a
day)
Newsround
Social skills CDs
Listening to instructions
Writing topic given home to discuss
night before/prior to writing
Class messengers
Prim-ed Listening
First News
Newsround
Folens Listening Skills
Big Talk
Relaxation Scripts
Class talk (at least once a year)
Group presentation assessment (at
least once a year)
Debating skills – P6/7
Anna P6
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
11
Maths and Numeracy Practical
Maths
(General)
ASG – Agreed
progression pathways
Early – Soft start incorporating skills/
song, rhymes throughout.
Termly planner – following ASG
progression
First and Second levels:
4 groups – 2 groups with teacher a day
1 group active/game, 1 group follow-
up activities
Mental maths daily
All groups on same topic
Outdoor when possible/appropriate –
IDL when appropriate – see planners
Heinemann Active Maths
Messy Maths
Outdoors
TJ
Heinemann Active Maths question
banks
SNSA
Incas
Number
operations
ASG – Agreed
progression pathways
New Zealand Maths
Maths Recovery boxes
Teaching Number books
Easilearn
TJ/SPMG/Maths in Action
Heinemann Active Maths
Card games
Home Learning Packs
Plus 1/ Power of 2
PSAs trained in use of Maths
Recovery approaches and card
games
Ten frames
Rekeneks
Decimax
ICT
Education City – home use too
Numeracy blog
BBC Bitesize
Topmarks
Snappy Maths
Woodlands Junior
Active Learn
Heinemann Active Maths question
banks
Maths basic facts and +/-
diagnositcs – September and June
HNP Achievement trackers –
ongoing
PSA communication trackers
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
12
Mental
Maths
School mental maths
progression (paper copy)
Maths on Track?
Heinemann Active
(Peter Patilla ideas)
Maths in Minutes
Card games – PSA trained also
ICT as above
Speed Challenge – Topmarks
TES Iboard – homework
Highland Numeracy blog
Highland Numeracy basic facts
quizzes
Highland Numeracy – basic fact
trackers – twice a year to feed into
SPP decisions – start of term 2 and
3.
Heinemann Active Maths question
banks
Maths basic facts and +/-
diagnositcs – September and June
Highland Numeracy trackers
Problem
Solving/
Applied
Maths
(Topical
Maths)
Skills progression for
problem solving
Finance Week/Enterprise Week
Science Week
Heinemann Active Problem Solving
CDs?
Through work in class
New resources required?
Maths assemblies?
New Zealand Maths (throughout it)
Think-it boards
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
13
Health and Wellbeing Mental,
emotional,
social and
physical
wellbeing
Highland Council
progression framework Daily emotional check-in
Jenny Mosley circle time
approach: bubble Time, circle time
and golden time
Themed assemblies with class
tasks throughout the year
Resilient Kids programmes:
Nursery-P1 transition – term 1
Middle school – term 2
P7 – term 3
Roots of Empathy – P4 – terms 2
& 3
Global citizenship calendar days in
P5
Health and Wellbeing Week – Jan
each year
Shared Vision, Values and Aims
Resilient Kids (P1, P2-4 and P7)
Creating Confident Kids
(Assemblies)
Health for Life Resource book
Confidence to Learn
Huge bag of worries storybook
Prim-Ed Health
Roots of Empathy (P4)
Daily emotional check-in
Children First
Blue room – soft area
Good to be Green
Eqaulity and Diversity – books and
lessons
Growth Mindset learning – Live N
Learn, Jammin Fitness
HT Coaching sessions
Bubble – nurture space
Lego therapy
Say – comments through
discussion.
Make/Write/Do - Assembly
follow-up activities e.g.
posters, presentations to whole
school.
Do – drama presentations
Ongoing observations building
an overall picture.
Planning for
choices and
changes
Highland Council
progression framework
Achievement Assemblies
World of Work – interviews and
presentations.
Community visitors
Committee groups – pupil voice
Planning discussions – children’s
ideas
Enterprise boxes
Jenny Mosley resources
Creating Confident Kids
Resilient Kids – transition packs
Good to be Green
Key Assessment Tasks
Growth Mindset learning – Live N
World of Work presentations
Blog – photos of visitors/visits
Achievement Tree in hall
Achievement trackers
Pupil conversations
Pupil profiles
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
14
Transition visits / policy
ASN Passports
Circle Time
Role play
After school clubs
Structured golden time choices
My World of Work website
Enterprise activities – boxes
Good to be Green approach and
incentives
Weekly star writers
ASN – Individual timetables and
Make a Deal
Health and Wellbeing Week – Jan
each year
Learn, Jammin Fitness
Physical
education,
physical
activity and
sport
Highland Council
progression framework
Daily Mile
Upper P.E. once a week with High School
Outdoor learning – at least one lesson a
week
Community clubs – football, shinty,
badminton, karate, Highland Dancing,
athletics
Visiting coaches – Caley Thistle trainers,
dance workshops
Bike Ability
Swimming P5-7
Multi-sports P1-3
Health and Wellbeing Week – Jan
each year
Go Noodle
Top Play
Top Sports
Daily Activity Book
Outdoor Learning books
Outdoor learning – 12 week programme
School nurse
Active Schools Coordinator
Sports Leaders (High School)
P6 Junior Leaders
Better Movers, Better Thinkers videos
Cosmic Kids Yoga
Observation
Video
Skills observation sheets
Daily mile individual records
Alba
P4
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
15
Food and
health
Highland Council
progression framework
Education Scotland
food progressions
High 5 – Term 4
Baking club
Hand washing and teeth cleaning with
school nurse
Farming topics
IDL focus
P7 Food Project – Food@GUPS
Health and Wellbeing Week – Jan
each year
High 5
Eat Well Plate
HPAC
Dave Rex
Sugar app
School nurse
Farm to Fork
Glachbeg Croft
Corrimony Farm
Pizza Express
Quality Meat Scotland
Food for Thought
Displays of health eating
Graphs – healthy food choices
Diaries of healthy eating
High 5 records
Key Assessment Tasks
P7 evaluations
Substance
misuse
Highland Council
progression framework
IDL topics e.g. People who help us
Community visitors – Police
P7 Safe Highlanders event – term 4
Health and Wellbeing Week – Jan
each year
PC McGill
Prim-ed resources
Police Box
Health for Life box
Confidence to Learn resource
Safe Highlanders
Role play observations
Drama presentations
Design medicine packaging
Write list of rules
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
16
Relationships,
sexual health
and
parenthood
Highland Council
progression framework
Stranger Danger
Roots of Empathy
Pants rule - NSPCC
HPAC
BBC Active
Ask Lara
Living and Growing – sex video
Life timeline
Next steps:
Agree Sexual Relationships framework with parents (completed May 2017)
Agree whole school focus grids
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
17
Social Subjects Social
Subjects
Highland Council
Progression Pathway
where fits into IDL
School IDL overview
Topic overview grid for each stage
World of Work Week
Enterprise Week
Children in History Pack
Topic boxes
Oliver and Boyd Geography (out of
date) resources
Mapping Skills
Prim-ed photocopiable resources for
topics and mapping skills
European Union
Library resources
Newsround
First News
ICT – Twinkle, Sparklebox, TES,
Topmarks
Parliament Resources and Games
(YouTube)
Citizenship – Prim-ed
Generation Science
Care Centre links
Urquhart Castle
Various partners
Museum boxes
Equality and Diversity books and
lessons
Show Racism the Red Card
Require sustainability resources
KWL (What we know, want to
know and how we’ll find out, what
I’ve learnt) charts at start of topics
and throughout
Children agree at start how they
will show their learning – say,
make, write, do Eva P1
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
18
Technologies Technology
Progression being
developed within ASG
Mrs Mann – term spent on Technology
for each class
Incidental through IDL
2 year rota for composite classes
Lego Therapy
Adapt CCR – to block of Science,
Technology, ICT on rotation – with
class teachers taking responsibility for
topics in other terms.
Blueprints
Lego Education
Resources to be purchased alongside
Highland Progression framework
To be adapted to tie in with new
school IDL assessment planners –
session 17/18.
ICT Progression being
developed within ASG
Mrs Mann has been taking a group of
children weekly – Internet Safety –
Each class blogs weekly
Use of digital camera
Links with Art and Design
Powerpoint creations up the school
Digital video editing
Coding and Robotics – link with UHI
Ipad for specific needs
All children rotated on word
processing for writing
Structured Golden Time Options
Miss MacDonald leadership project
Nelson Thornes
Lego Mindstorms
Generation Science
BBC Dancemat
Clicker
Softease Studio
Active Maths
Education City
Topmarks
Smartboards
To be adapted to tie in with new
school IDL assessment planners –
session 17/18.
Caitlin P4
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
19
Sciences Science Highland Science
Progression
Progression being
developed by Science
Working Group
Mrs Mann – CCR for each class inclu.
younger classes
Numeracy – some areas covered
through Science
Outdoor Learning
Science Week – ASG planned
Structured Golden Time options
Ginn Science
BBC Bitesize
Forestry Commission Rangers
RSPB
High School links
Trees for Life links
Shieling Project
Abriachan Trust
Glachbeg Croft
Observatory (Culloden)
Aigas
To be adapted to tie in with new
school IDL assessment planners –
session 17/18.
Felicity P3
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
20
Expressive Arts ART Progression available on
server
Linked to IDL
HT Art focus termly
Borders Art
Pintrest
TES
Scholastic
Usborne Art Books
Artist packs
PSA led craft activities
Self/Peer Assessment
Previous Art Folios
Teacher’s own assessments
MUSIC
Heinemann Lively Music
Highland Active Music
Kodaly
BBC Sounds of Music
Require set pathway
Strings, chanter and brass tuition
Fischy Music in Assemblies
Requires development
Feis Rois
Kodaly
Gigga Jam – Drumming, Guitar
Fischy Music
BBC Sounds of Music
Lively Music
Out of the Ark resources
Consider Music Express
Related to pathways
Individual assessments from music
tuition
DANCE Highland PE Progression Mrs Woodhouse – CCR teacher
Secondary lunch time dance workshop
Social dance in Christmas term
Go Noodle
Time to Move
Hop, skip and jump
Go Noodle
Teacher’s own
DRAMA Related to resource packs Linked to IDL
Whole School Performance
Eden Court Outreach – Burns, IDL
Christmas Nativity
Fife Pack
Strathclyde Pack
Out of Arc
Scholastic Resources
ORT Play Scripts
HLP Drama activities
Circle Time
Hop, skip and jump
Visiting theatre productions
High School Performances and links
Teacher’s own
EXPRESSIVE ARTS EACH NEED A PROGRESSION PATHWAY WITH CLEAR ASSESSMENT PRACTICES AND RESOURCES
Alfie P4
What
schemes/programmes
are followed?
How is this organised at each
level?
Main resources used including
ASN/Extension
Assessment practices
21
Religious and Moral Education RME Fife RME Topic overview termly Prim-ed
Assemblies Teacher’s own
Languages 1+2
Languages
Highland Council
progression pathways
P1-7 French (L2)
P5-7 Gaelic (L3) weekly lessons taught by
Mrs MacPhee
Miss Mullin leadership project
Powerlanguage Platform
MLPS Training
Blasad Gaidhlig
As per Highland Council trackers
Alba P4
James P2
Appendices
Skills progression poster
DYW at Glenurquhart poster
Assessment Model (reviewed Feb 2018)
Pupil Voice
Engaging Staff in School Improvement poster
Engaging Partners in School Improvement poster
Looking forwards, outwards and inwards poster (Feb 2018)