Children are proud of their learning and keen to share it. The curriculum has been carefully designed to take into account our very special local context. We have a diverse community, fabulous grounds and the floating harbour and city centre within walking distance. We make regular use of these rich learning opportunities.
The curriculum is designed to meet the requirements of the national curriculum and to be meaningful to the children growing up in a diverse community. We prioritise effective oracy alongside everything we do so that children aquire essential communication skills.
Specialised learning days and weeks provide a focus for smaller bespoke learning projects - for example, Black History Week and Hannah More's birthday each have carefully planned learning opportunities to develop children's historical skills and knowledge.
We have strong links with local businesses such as Deloitte and HMRC with a range of volunteers coming to support our children.
Our reading and writing curricula centre around high quality fiction and non-fiction texts and we use a mastery approach to the teaching of maths. The wider curriculum is delivered through an enquiry based approach. You can find out more about what is covered in each subject on the pages in this section.
Learning at Hannah More
Our curriculum nurtures self-belief through:
- building positive relationships between all members of the community
- explicit teaching of the skills needed for effective learning
- promoting self-awareness and emotional intelligence
- building resilience through strong PSHE and wellbeing
Our curriculum inspires success through:
- having high expectations for all children,
- stimulating curiosity and excitement and developing independence.
- enriching children’s life experiences
- teaching children to be confident communicators with strong language skills
- involving families in children’s learning
