Overview

In this section of our website, you will find our curriculum Intent, Implementation and Impact for all pupils at our school.  As well as showing our curriculum manuals for each subject, which shows how we implement the curriculum, both vertically and horizontally, this page should provide a robust guide to all teachers, teaching assistants, pupils, parents, governors, peer reviewers and inspectors on what we do not only every day, but every term and indeed, every year.

Our teachers work hard to ensure the curriculum is as stimulating and exciting as possible, so that the children enjoy learning and are inspired to become lifelong learners. We have many links with the local area as we are lucky enough to have a wealth of resources right on our doorstep and we therefore plan to continue taking the children on as many trips out of school as possible, to excite and interest them in their learning and to create a real life context to learning.

Our aim is to deliver the school curriculum in both a discrete and cross-curricular way. Within each ‘topic’, maximum opportunity will be taken to integrate cross-curricular links, with English, Maths and Science at the core. Our curriculum has been designed carefully so that the learning intent and implementation is strategically sequenced ensuring that pupils can experience a deeper level of knowledge and experience. The school uses Read, Write Inc (RWI) across the school to teach Phonics. There are a variety of reading schemes in use across EYFS, KS1 and KS2 to provide diverse reading opportunities for the children, as well as providing fidelity to our RWI phonics scheme. These are:

• Read, Write Inc
• Dandelion Readers
• Oxford Reading Tree
• Pearson.

Hawthorn Tree School embraces children as individuals. By recognising and valuing children’s particular strengths and talents, we seek to encourage their full potential. We work hard to celebrate all successes, whenever and wherever they occur, no matter how big or small. Children are encouraged to become well-rounded and sociable. It is important to us that our children believe in themselves and are both confident and resilient. We draw upon our well-established local and school community, to enrich the curriculum and promote mutual respect and a strong moral ethos in every child.