“At Westbury Leigh Church of England Primary School, we have all been working hard to re-energise our curriculum for the start of an exciting and dynamic new academic year,” reports Abi Isherwood, the school’s assistant head teacher)
“Our new curriculum is designed to give children a range of experiences and learning that is relevant to their locality, heritage and wider global identity.
“With this in mind, the teaching team explored what we felt every child should experience, and this included environmental and political issues that are relevant to their future. We want to develop the spiritual, cultural and moral development of pupils, to make the world a better place.
“In teaching the curriculum, we will promote fundamental our British Values and a greater understanding of the world in which they live and their role within this in securing a bright future for everyone.
“Already our pupils have visited Stonehenge, held objects from the British Empire, received a WW2 Home Guard soldier, checked out an Antarctic Explorer’s bag and undertaken making mosaic tiles as starting points for their topic work this term.”
