Curriculum and Teaching and Learning
Curriculum Annual Overviews
For further information for a specific class visit the class pages under the Pupils section of our website.
Music Development Plan
PSHE at Chesterton
We believe that the purpose of education is to build character and narrow social injustice for our pupils, broadening their horizons by taking them beyond the everyday! Through our curriculum, the children achieve their full potential and acquire the concepts, knowledge, skills and attitudes that equip them for life in a fast changing world. Our curriculum is designed to achieve high standards of teaching and learning, through a relevant, challenging and imaginative program. This includes a range of educational experiences, allowing the children to apply their knowledge in a range of situations. Our child centred curriculum focuses on the development of children; intellectually, emotionally, socially, physically and morally. Enabling them to reach their full potential, both now and in the future.
Our school uses the ‘Essential Letters and Sounds’ phonics programme from Nursery to Year 2. When children are beginning to read, they are provided with books from the school reading scheme. These books enable the children to practise the phonics they are learning in class. As reading skills develop, children are encouraged to read widely across a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Curriculum Enrichment
At Chesterton we believe in providing our children with a wealth of experiences both in and outside the classroom. This ranges from school trips, local visits, organisations visiting school from both the local community and wider area.
Residential trips support to develop their communication and team building, alongside their resilience and confidence in attempting new tasks. We feel that these experience help support the children in stepping outside their comfort zone, in a safe environment, allowing them to develop skills across the curriculum.
Residential Trips
Year 4 Residential – Colomendy February 2019
Om – I loved our residential trip because there were lots of activities that involved team work so I think that that helped our class a lot. My favorite activity was zip lining it was so scary and exciting.
Freja – I enjoyed going on the trip, it is the longest I have been away from my parents but it was really fun. I didn’t like the zip wire, it was scary but I’m glad I’ve tried it. My favorite part of the trip was learning to work with people you would not normally choose to work with.
Cleo – I had never been away before on my own but it was a really great trip because I got to do lots of activities that I probably will not get to do again. I loved the vertical play pen because I reached the top and I didn’t think I would be able to.
Jessica – I am glad I went on the residential trip, it was good fun to be away with my friends and the teachers. I liked caving it was very dark and I am normally scared of the dark so I felt very proud of myself. I loved the zip wire as well, it felt like being on a rollercoaster.
Oliver – I loved the residential trip, I did get a little bit homesick but it didn’t last long because I loved the breathtaking experience of the activities. My favorites were abseiling, caving and the zip wire because I was a bit scared at first but I felt proud of myself after.
Mackenzie – I loved the residential trip. All of the activities were fun and it felt like a once in a life time opportunity. My favorite activities were the caving and the Jacob’s Ladder because I was a little bit scared at first because it was quite high but I overcame my fears and managed to get high up. It made me feel proud that I had done it.
Schoolbeat Officer - Year 6
Schoolbeat Officer Visits
As a school we work with the Police Schoolbeat Officer who comes in to deliver lesson on Internet Safety, Drugs & Peer Influence, Online relationships and The Role of The Police in the Community. The attached leaflet provides more information as well as highlights the works that takes place in the secondary schools.
Climate Change Debate Dec 2019
Year 6 pupils were invited to submit questions for a ‘Climate Change Debate’ which took place on Thursday 5th December 2019 in Tetbury.
The children organised their own class debate to focus on their concerns regarding climate change and environmental concerns. The questions below were submitted to the organisers for inclusion in the debate
- What are you 5 top tips for children to help slow down climate change? – Tia
- Do you have plans to increase the number of rubbish bins on our streets to decrease litter pollution and how many of those will involve recycling points? Om
- What are you currently doing in your everyday life to help reduce plastic? Whole class
- Are we all truly aware of the damage that has been done to our world? Rosie
- What are your plans to reduce the number of cigarette ends that end up on the floor? Om
- What are you plans to reduce plastic pollution? – Lewis
The children were delighted to watch the video to discover that most of their questions were posed to the Parliamentary Candidates on the evening. Please see the link below: