Whole School Curriculum

Our primary purpose at Marden Lodge Primary School is to nurture learners so they develop a love of learning and are provided with the knowledge and skills to enable them to achieve their personal best. 

Ensuring children are socially and emotionally prepared for learning is paramount for learning to take place. Therefore, nurturing our children is central to our curriculum offer and Marden Lodge has a whole school approach to this, ensuring children are taught and encouraged to adopt lifelong skills for learning. The schools Marden Marvellous Learning Behaviours and Star Values embed our curriculum intent as they encourage both staff and children to develop in to being Trustworthy, Responsible, Respectful, Caring, Fair and Active Citizens.

Our challenging, inclusive, broad and balanced curriculum celebrates diversity, inspires and motivates a lifelong love of learning, providing children with a rich range of memorable learning opportunities.  Driven by inspirational curriculum leaders and passionate and enthusiastic teachers, our curriculum:

 

-Actively reflects a wide range of cultures, social groups and people to broaden children’s experiences and actively encourage anti-racism and discourage discrimination of any kind

-Is guided by the school’s Marden Marvellous Learning Behaviours and Star Values

-Is highly ambitious for, and instills intellectual curiosity within, all children

-Revisits and builds upon children’s existing knowledge and skills

-Considers the children’s context and circumstances

-Strives to close the vocabulary gap

-Encourages depth of thinking, elaboration, extension and connection 

-Involves the whole community

-Prepares the children for the next phase of their education

-Equips the children with the knowledge and cultural capital that they need to succeed in life

-Aligns to the objectives set out in the National Curriculum

 

Across the School, each Year Group investigates an overarching question each half term, inline with their year group's curriculum expectations:

 

	Key Questions for 2024-2025
Autumn 1	How can Data help us understand the world around us?
Autumn 2	Can I design and build a structure using my knowledge and understanding of a Historical period?
Spring 1	Can I design and construct a product using my knowledge and understanding of the Engineering process?
Spring 2	Can I create a piece of Art based on a period of History?
Summer 1	Can I develop an understanding of the Living World around me?
Summer 2	Can I explore Cultures and Celebrations from around the World?

 

Underpinning the Curriculum is the way in which we deliver it.  The theory and practice of teaching is referred to as pedagogy and we ensure that our pedagogical principles underpin all of our teaching across the Curriculum.