Examples of knowledge

Staff are very fortunate to work closely with Steph Johnson, an English advisor, on developing planning and engaging learning opportunities. Recent training focused on Reading to writing process as well as developing children's vocabulary.

  All our curriculum planning contains three key types of knowledge - substantive, procedural and disciplinary. Disciplinary knowledges focuses on the children thinking as a historian, geographer, science etc.. Each unit starts with a big question and the...

Staff receiving CPD from our Art lead, Ms Hickson - looking at developing sketching and developing observational drawings in lessons.

We have a series of key elements which run through all of our curriculum subjects called our Sandylands Golden Threads. Staff put these together over a series of staff meetings and part of our subject guarantees too.

  As a staff, we put together an overall Curriculum guarantee which included all the elements important to our children and the local community establishing 'The Sandylands way' for different parts of the curriculum.