The Ludworth Curriculum
Our curriculum should whisper to our children, “You belong. You did not come from nowhere. You are one of us. All this came before you and one day you might add to it too.” – Ben Newmark.
Carefully crafted and underpinned by educational research, our curriculum is thoughtfully sequenced to build knowledge and skills progressively. At Ludworth Primary School, we believe that all children have the right to a curriculum which is current and knowledge rich. We use metacognitive strategies to organise our curriculum coherently and build on pre-existing learning through the exploration of concepts and enquiry questions which drive learning and curiosity in all our learners. We use the National Curriculum for England (2014) and tailor it to our community to make sure that each child in our care understands their place in the world and feels a real sense of belonging. We want them to understand how they can make a positive contribution to the world in which they live. We believe that all children can do amazing things. Therefore, we tailor our curriculum to explicitly teach compassion and humanity and how to apply it within a diverse and modern society.
At Ludworth, we offer our learners opportunities to actively engage with knowledge and acquire new skills through narrative immersion where teachers use DEAL strategies (Drama, Engagement and Active Learning). This experiential learning allows for emotional engagement with the learning material giving knowledge a purpose and a place in the world. We endeavour to ignite our children’s imagination and capture their love of stories whilst offering the chance to practise collaboration, compromise, and conflict resolution. We believe that all children should have the opportunity to learn outside the classroom. All children receive specific forest school sessions, and we endeavour to move our learning outside wherever possible. By encouraging learning outside we aim to assist children in the development of practical skills which improve children’s fine and gross motor skills; encourage children to develop their independence and confidence; practise collaboration and problem solving; and provide a stimulus for further classroom-based learning. We want our children to feel connected with the place in which they live and gain an environmental awareness and understanding of the outside world.
Our children remain at the heart of everything we strive to achieve, therefore, we offer them a humanised curriculum which is inclusive, rigorous and knowledge based: it develops them not only as citizens of the world which we live in, but also as designers of the world we want to live in.