Curriculum
Builders of the Kingdom, Ambassadors of Scarborough, and Citizens of the World
Our Catholic Values and pastoral care form the basis of our curriculum in preparing pupils for learning. Reading and oracy are the foundations of our curriculum, and this permeates through all of our subject areas. The St George’s Curriculum is ambitious, aspirational and rooted in the knowledge of the community we serve, providing opportunities and experiences to widen pupil horizons. We strive for all our pupils to have equal opportunities in life regardless of their different starting points. We place great importance on the power of research to inform and refine our curriculum model. Our curriculum is deliberately planned to include retrieval practice to ensure learning is committed to long term memory alongside new hands-on practical learning which is sequenced to ensure progression of skills and knowledge.
Our curriculum ensures our children are not only secondary ready but secure in knowledge, skills and cultural capital to succeed in future life and contribute positively to society.
- We follow Read Write Inc. for Phonics.
- We follow White Rose for Mathematics.
- We follow Come and See for our RE curriculum.
- We follow Jigsaw and Ten Ten for our PSHE and RSE.
Our curriculum follows the National Curriculum and we have included a parent's guide below:
Parent Guide to the National Curriculum
Curriculum Documents
For paper copies of documents please contact the School Office.
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Reading & Phonics
At St George’s, our reading curriculum is designed to give all children a love of reading and a life-long relationship with literature. Children will make rapid progress to become fluent and confident readers. They will develop their comprehension, vocabulary and use of language through focused teaching of reading and exposure to a range of texts. We work alongside the National Literacy Hub to ensure that all of our teachers receive the very best training.
In Foundation Stage and Key Stage One this is through daily RWInc sessions and the introduction of guided reading in Key Stage One and in Key Stage Two, this is through daily whole class guided reading.
At St George's we use Ruth Miskin's fantastic Read Write Inc Phonics from Foundation Stage - Year 2 and where needed, higher up the school. Children then have a phonetically decodable book matched to their RWInc level which they take home to enjoy reading at home with family.
Use the link below to find out more.
www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/
In Years 2-6, a skills-based reading lesson takes place every day. It incorporates age-appropriate, challenging texts, which are rich in vocabulary.
There is a clear focus on core comprehension skills which are age appropriate. The strategy aims to develop ‘depth’ in pupils’ responses to their reading. The use of a clear structure supports staff and develops confidence in their delivery of reading. All pupils are exposed to high quality texts and discussions, despite potential barriers to their word reading and comprehension.
There are many opportunities to develop reading for pleasure and a love of books at St George's. Each classroom has a designated reading area with high quality texts which the children can select to read.