Rooted in our Christian understanding of life in its fullness, NCSF schools are safe aspirational learning communities where all are nurtured and cherished to shine and flourish as lights in the world.
North Cotswolds School Federation
In the North Cotswold Schools Federation our curriculum is the vehicle that enables our vision to be delivered.
Our curriculum aims to develop our pupils by providing:
We follow a broad and balanced curriculum that is rigourous, coherent, sequential, progressive, engaging and fun. We use an enquiry based approach to deliver the statutory skills and knowledge of the National Curriculum. Putting questioning at the heart of the schools’ ethos and culture helps our children to be engaged in their learning, deepen their thinking and empowering them to become lifelong learners who are well prepared for secondary school and their future lives, careers and contributions in our society.
Each class has three ‘Big Questions’, one for each long term. Each question provides a broad range of interesting topics to explore and investigations to carry out, allowing subjects to come alive for the children. The aim of the ‘Big Question’ is that it is not something that is easily answered. It provides a reason for children’s learning opportunities and shapes the lessons that are planned for across the year.
Learning is characterised by the following elements:
The ‘Big Question’ themes provide the framework for the teaching of Computing, Science, Art and Design, Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education, Design and Technology, Geography, History, Languages, Music and PE. Whilst links are made between the subjects learning in each discipline is kept separate. Some subjects need to be taught discretely and this varies depending on the nature of the ‘Biq Question’