Curriculum Statement

The curriculum is all the planned activities that we organise in order to promote successful learners who enjoy learning, make progress and achieve. At Alexandra Primary School, we encourage all children to: Aspire to be successful learners who enjoy learning; Perform as well as they can, make progress and achieve and become confident individuals who are able to live safe and fulfilling lives; Succeed as responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society. 

Our aim is to deliver a curriculum which is enjoyed by all; staff and children alike and that it is a curriculum fit for the 21st century. There is also a high focus on developing children’s moral, spiritual, social and cultural understanding. The school’s focus on curriculum development has been carefully designed to ensure coverage and progression. The children's own community is frequently used as a starting point for engaging interest. For example, we have close links with Griffin Park Learning Zone (GPLZ) where children participate in clubs to promote our core skills and values. GPLZ also visit our school and provide workshops and opportunities within the children’s own environment. We aim to provide pupils with memorable experiences, in addition to diverse and rich opportunities from which children can learn and develop a range of transferable skills. We recognise that the children need both a sense of valuing themselves, and developing aspirations for their future and for their community. From year 3 onwards, children learn Spanish which provides opportunity for children to gain an understanding of learning an additional language. 

At Alexandra Primary School we believe that our curriculum should be rich, exciting, engaging and inspiring, and meet the needs of all children whatever their ability. Our school curriculum includes the requirements of the National Curriculum and the knowledge, skills and activities that meet the need of the school community. There is also a range of extra-curricular activities that the school organises in order to enrich the experiences of the children. Through our curriculum, our intention is to provide opportunities for the children to develop both knowledge and skills, promoting critical thinking and equip them with the ability to apply a deeper understanding to new concepts and link together concepts previously taught. We follow a child-led curriculum based on the interests of the children so that it is both enjoyable and purposeful. 

Alexandra Primary School has identified values to support our aims. Our values have evolved through discussion with children, staff, parents and Governors. Of these values, two stand out as being key to develop with the school community. 

• Respect – treating others as you would like to be treated. 
• Compassion – focusing on what we have in common with each other and not differences. 

We set British Values in the context of these two key values. We aim to teach our children to be prepared for their future, have the skills to succeed, know how to think and learn in order to overcome whatever challenges they might meet and to make the most of every opportunity.