Our Curriculum:
Our very supportive PFA have supported us financially for the next three years to use Cornerstones as a base for our curriculum. Have a look at Cornerstones - it has revolutionised our curriculum.
How we work with parents:
As a small school we not only get to know our children, but their families too.
We know how important it is to work with you, communicating all that will help you help us to ensure the best for your child.
If you would like to discuss your child’s education, please call into our office and request an appointment with the relevant member of staff. Or, catch us in the yard if there’s something urgent we need to know before the school day begins.
Twice a year, we’ll host parent’s evenings where we will inform you on your child’s progress and achievements. These meetings offer a great opportunity to discuss how they are doing both academically and emotionally.
We also host Reading and Maths meetings to ensure we work productively with parents and we all know shared methods of strategies used.
Please take a look at our whole school Intent, Implementation and Impact Statement
In July 2024, 100% of our Year 6 children left St. Cuthbert’s being able to swim 25 metres.
During the spring and summer terms, we attend weekly swimming sessions at an outside pool at our neighbouring school.
You will also notice that reading is embedded into everything we do at St. Cuthbert’s.
We RWI as our early reading and phonics scheme.
Our children love sharing books and are encouraged to read daily in school and at home.
We have very well resourced whole school and class libraries and love to visit Windermere library as often as possible too.
Learning through play
Play is an essential part of your child’s development. That’s why we’ve made it an integral part of our Early Years Foundation Stage. We want your child to develop many skills through the power of play including language, emotions, creativity and social skills.
We want to nurture young imaginations and impart a spirit of adventure. Our curriculum dedicates time to learning through play, leading to lots of problem solving, working with others, sharing and much more!
Our curriculum overviews
The Curriculum at St. Cuthbert’s is designed to be knowledge rich, with a strong focus on the local area. We are so fortunate to live within the Lake District National Park & incorporate as much of this beautiful natural resource into our curriculum as we can. Some examples include; regular forest school sessions (building on knowledge from humanities), vital summer water sports lessons on Windermere, local history projects focusing on the ‘Windermere Boys’, fell walking to develop our map reading skills and local wildlife studies…
CURRICULUM OVERVIEWS FOR PARENTS:
We know how important it is for parents to share what their child is learning at school. Therefore, every half term, we send home an overview of topics to be covered with suggested home learning activities, to help to embed knowledge learnt:
Explorers - N/ R / 1 / 2
Curriculum Overview 2023 - Spring 2
Summer One 2023 - Nursery and Reception / Year 1 and Year 2
Summer Two 2023 - Nursery and Reception / Year 1 and Year 2
Autumn One 2023 - Nursery and Reception / Year 1 and Year 2
Autumn Two 2023 - Nursery and Reception / Year 1 and Year 2
Spring One 2024 - Nursery and Reception / Year 1 and Year 2
Spring Two 2024 - Nursery and Reception / Year 1 and Year 2
Summer One 2024 - Nursery and Reception / Year 1 and Year 2
Summer Two 2024 - Nursery and Reception / Year 1 and Year 2
Autumn One 2024 - Nursery and Reception / Year 1 and Year 2
Autumn Two 2024 - Nursery and Reception / Year 1 and Year 2
Spring One 2025 - Nursery and Reception / Year 1 and Year 2
Detectives - 3/ 4
Curriculum Overview 2023 - Spring 2
Summer One 2023 - Year 3 and Year 4
Summer Two 2023 - Year 3 and Year 4
Autumn One 2023 - Year 3 and Year 4
Autumn Two 2023 - Year 3 and Year 4
Spring One 2024 - Year 3 and Year 4
Spring Two 2024 - Year 3 and Year 4
Summer One 2024 - Year 3 and Year 4
Summer Two 2024 - Year 3 and Year 4
Autumn One 2024 - Year 3 and Year 4
Autumn Two 2024 - Year 3 and Year 4
Spring One 2025 - Year 3 and Year 4
Trailblazers - 5 / 6
Curriculum Overview 2023 - Spring 2
Summer One 2023 - Year 5 and Year 6
Summer Two 2023 - Year 5 and Year 6
Autumn One 2023 - Year 5 and Year 6
Autumn Two 2023 - Year 5 and Year 6
Spring One 2024 - Year 5 and Year 6
Spring Two 2024 - Year 5 and Year 6
Summer One 2024 - Year 5 and Year 6
Summer Two 2024 - Year 5 and Year 6
Autumn One 2024 - Year 5 and Year 6
Autumn Two 2024 - Year 5 and Year 6
Spring One 2025 - Year 5 and Year 6
Early Years
For children in their reception year we follow the Government’s 2021 Early Years Foundation Stage Framework. The children’s learning and development is taught through seven areas of learning.
Three Prime areas:
Communication and Language
Physical Development
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Four Specific areas:
Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the World
Expressive Arts and Design
Curriculum maps:
EYFS and KS1 Curriculum Maps-
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Explorers Cycle A 22-23 EYFS & KS1 Mixed Planning Cycle A 22-23
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Key Stage Two
2022-2023:
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KS2 Cycle A 22-23
Our curriculums are reviewed regularly.
RE Curriculum
As a Catholic School, we follow the guidance set out by the Bishops' Conference in 2012. To meet these requirements, we use ‘THE VINES AND THE BRANCHES’ AND ALSO 'The Way the Truth and the Life', which is supplemented by teachers' own planning.
Through our carefully planned RE curriculum, we aim to guide the children to become religiously literate young people who have the knowledge, understanding and skills to think spiritually and theologically, and who are aware of the demands of religious commitment in our everyday lives.
Religious Education Curriculum Directory 2012-2025:
Religious Education is a core subject in our school and is taught for at least 10% of the weekly timetable.
In Years 5 and 6, our Religious Education curriculum is based on the delivery of the RE Curriculum Directory, supported by the 'The way the truth and the life' Catholic Primary Religious Education Programme, which guides the teaching and learning of Religious Education throughout the school. Our RE curriculum enables the children to explore key questions of life from the Christian tradition and how to put what they have learned into context. In September 2024 we are beginning to trial teaching ‘The Vines and Branches#’ in Year 5 6.
Religious Education Directory - To Know You More Clearly 2025:
In line with the Diocese of Lancaster support for planning; our Nursery, Reception and Years 1 - 4 classes now deliver their Religious Education curriculum based on the delivery of the new RED, this will be supported by the 'Vine & Branches' Catholic Education Publication.
All pupils will be invited to encounter Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as the living person at the heart of their study in a way that respects their individual religious identity. As an integral part of our RE curriculum, we also work closely with our local Parish to prepare liturgies and we value the partnership between home, school and parish and the wider community.
We strive to make our lessons and experiences in RE as memorable and enjoyable as possible for our pupils - the children tell us that they love their RE lessons, and this is evident in every classroom and around our school.
If you need any further information on Curriculum RE, please contact our RE Lead, Mrs Lucy Bone, who will be happy to help.
Please click the icons to find out more about our RE Curriculum
In EYFS, R.E. is taught to Nursery and Reception following the Foundation Stage Syllabus.
In Key Stage One & Two, there is a two year cycle between the Year 1 and Year 2 syllabus, Year 3 and Year 4 syllabus for the Detectives, and the Year 5 and Year 6 syllabus for the Trailblazers
Each term, we have an RE theme day, where the children are taught in mixed aged house groups, and focus on an aspect of the church or one of our School Values. We are also working towards our CAFOD Live Simply award and some of our days are spent working towards this.
If you require any further information about the curriculum in a particular year group, please make an appointment to see your child's class teacher.
