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Our Value for this Half-Term is ASPIRATION

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Values Programme

Chantry Primary Academy

Chantry
Primary Academy

Learning values for life

Curriculum Subjects

The National Curriculum is the basis for most subjects in the Chantry curriculum. We use the RE Agreed Syllabus (Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton 2019) to plan for Religious Education and we have a bespoke curriculum covering all aspects of PSHCE.

High Quality Literature

Reading and the love of literature is at the heart of everything we do and so we have a ‘Book Based Curriculum’. Children are provided with high quality children’s literature as they develop their reading skills. We develop and enrich children’s vocabulary and promote a love of reading as a key skill for life-long learning.

Experiential Learning

Children can be provided with experiential opportunities to be inspired and challenged, to experience excitement and adventure, to build cultural capital, and to learn about people, community and the wider world. 

Every Child Can

At Chantry, we have established an ethos and philosophy where every child can achieve excellence. Teachers and support staff collaborate to provide for children’s needs and build their confidence and aspirations.

Long Term Curriculum Map - Reception to Year 6 

 

 

  • Art & Design

    Art & Design

    Art & Design

  • Computing
  • Design Technology
  • English

    English

    English is crucial to the success of pupils in both their career aspirations and their quality of life. Strong English skills are encouraged at Chantry and our book-based curriculum continues to make a huge impact on SATs results. The ability to read, write and articulate ideas are promoted in other areas of the curriculum.

     World Book Days, Book Weeks, theatre productions, WOW Days, Fantastic Finishes, Storytellers and many more events enrich our children’s understanding and knowledge of their world. Books in the curriculum have been specifically chosen to broaden pupils’ thoughts and ideas of different cultures and periods of time. The book-based curriculum has put English into context and learning has become more meaningful to both teachers and pupils.

    Phonics – We use Jolly Phonics to introduce the children to letter sounds and early reading

    Reading – We encompasses everything we do, to ensure that the children understand what they are reading we use the reading domains (VIPERS)

    Writing – We are a Talk for Writing school

    Spelling – We use the principles of No Nonsense spelling to teach spelling patterns

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  • Geography
  • History
  • Italian
  • Maths

    Maths

    Here at Chantry, teachers and children are now using Power Maths (a textbook based scheme) to help them support their learning.  The school has been using this as a key tool to help children develop a deep understanding of mathematical concepts from years 1 to 6. This is similar for our reception classes, who are provided with opportunities to explore maths within both the indoor and outdoor learning environments. In teaching for mastery, the focus is upon deepening understanding, not accelerating learning.

    In addition to this, and to ensure they are ready to access further curriculum content, teachers also use the Ready to progress criteria (RTP) to support their planning and lesson delivery.

    Chantry also benefits from having a teacher who is also a primary maths mastery specialist.  Mrs Phee leads a Teacher Research Group for local schools in partnership with the Enigma maths hub and the NCETM (National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics) and will support other schools across the local area in developing the mastery approach with them in addition to working with classes within our school.

    As part of this, teachers at Chantry work collaboratively with their colleagues and children to develop a structured lesson format that works well with our chosen Power Maths teacher materials alongside the RTP criteria.  Teachers regularly observe mastery lessons and share good practice with others in school.

    The mastery approach at Chantry allows children to work together as a class on their fluency skills at very regular intervals. Some children will need further support with this area depending on their individual need and either the class teacher or teaching assistant will provide that support where appropriate. Children will then progress to an activity that allows them to consolidate their learning and apply their work in a new way. Children who are then confident and able to do so will then move to a problem that will give them the opportunity to work on their reasoning and application skills.

    Mastery is for all of our children and these carefully designed tasks allow pupils to take time to practise key skills before deepening understanding with further challenges from the Power Maths practice books, textbooks or additional materials.

    In addition to class-based activities and when circumstances allow, we also take part in the West Area partnership Times table challenge, as well as other maths competitions run by local businesses (Explore Learning for example).  In previous years we have had finalists from Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 in the times table challenge.

    Intent Implementation and Impact in Mathematics at Chantry

    Subject on a Page - Mathematics

    Key Vocabulary List Year 1.pdf 

    Key Vocabulary List Year 2.pdf 

    Key Vocabulary List Year 3.pdf

    Key Vocabulary List Year 4.pdf 

    Key Vocabulary List Year 5.pdf 

    Key Vocabulary List Year 6.pdf

  • Music
  • Physical Education

    Physical Education

    Physical Education

  • Religious Education
  • Science
  • Values

    Values

    Values

  • Wellbeing Curriculum (PSHE)

    Wellbeing Curriculum (PSHE)

    Wellbeing Curriculum (PSHE)