CURRICULUM
We’d like every pupil at Ambler to wake up happy to go to school and wanting to attend every minute of the day just in case they miss something really exciting! Our curriculum is the core of this ideal…
Aims of our curriculum:
To develop the DREAMS qualities through the curriculum so that children are:
- Determination to succeed
- Resilient in their learning, it is ok to make a mistake as long as we learn from it
- Empathetic to the feelings and experiences of others
- Ambitious to learn more and develop their knowledge
- Motivated by the curriculum we deliver
- Self-belief, the Ambler curriculum aims to give our children the foundations for success at secondary and in life and the self -belief that everyone can succeed
In order to achieve our aims, we need to ensure children:
- have firm foundations of basic skills that they can use and apply
- have a broad range of exciting and creative opportunities to discover and nurture their individual talents
- develop a set of core human values that underpin their spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development and their sense of uniqueness and self-worth as individuals
- develop their thinking and questioning skills
The Ambler Primary School curriculum consists of:
- the National Curriculum core subjects of English and Maths which are fully updated to the new curriculum requirements of 2014 and rigorous in their approach
- the National Curriculum foundation subjects, which are taught through a relevant, contextual and inspiring topic led creative learning journey
- RE, PSHE and Citizenship
- WOW days every half term that will engage and inspire our learners
- an enrichment programme for each year group comprising chess and board games, book club, cooking, additional music ,debating skills, philosophy, additional sporting opportunities
- a programme of extracurricular activities that includes creative and physical opportunities
The Ambler Primary School curriculum consists of:
This is Ambler’s BIG curriculum. It is a continually developing and evolving document. We consider equality and diversity and the changing needs of our children. We revise and review core texts and the areas of study.
