Our Curriculum at Robert Peel
What are we trying to achieve at Robert Peel with, and through, our curriculum?
Our curriculum at Robert Peel is the ‘beating heart’ of our school day. We believe great learning opens doors and expands horizons. A love of learning is the greatest gift a school can bestow and should help all its children become the very best they can be; developing a thirst for knowledge and building Learning Behaviours that will last a lifetime.
At Robert Peel we view the design of the curriculum as an evolving and developing process, which takes into consideration: the needs and character of our children; the children’s prior learning; the children’s experiences; the community in which school exists, the statutory curriculum (National Curriculum) and educational research that is evaluated and relevant to our school.
We have created a whole school curriculum of learning which incorporates the teaching of key skills and knowledge, incorporated into rich areas of learning and experiences including the reading and studying of quality texts. Our aim is for the children to experience deep and meaningful learning experiences, that promote the development of our Learning Behaviours and gives them opportunities to explore, practise and question their learning. We have designed a curriculum, which teaches what matters to our children at Robert Peel.
The design of our curriculum has been shaped by our School Vision and Learning Behaviours modelled around the key questions of:
Fostering our Learner’s Learning
Fostering the Character of our Learners
Fostering Behaviours and Habits to Become Effective Learners
Fostering the Moral Compass of our Learners
Our curriculum is accessible to everyone and meets everyone's needs. See our Accessibility Plan.
Robert Peel’s Promise | ||
As a member of the Robert Peel Family, we promise that we will provide the following so that your time at school is memorable. | ||
Tour a zoo and see wild animals | Take part is sporting House Competitions | Put up a tent |
Visit a museum | Watch a theatre company | Handle an animal and groom a farm animal |
Learn a country dance | Swim every year in the Summer | Camp out at school |
Become an evacuee and travel back in time | Sing in a concert | Have chips and an ice cream at the seaside |
Experience eggs hatching and chicks growing | Make a campfire and toast marshmallows | Take a ride on a canal boat |
Handle artefacts | Handle exotic animals | Watch a magician |
Abseil and climb up a wall | Take the train | Watch a pantomime at a theatre |
Make a den | Dress up as a book character | Plant bulbs and see them bloom |
Talk to Fire and Police Officers | Visit London and go on the London Eye | Explore the River Ivel |
Go to the Summer Fayre | Take part in a Street Party | Perform to an audience as a year group |
Ride a bike before leaving Robert Peel | Watch musicians perform | Explore Paxton Pits |
Make and fly a kite | Visit Cambridge | Collect conkers |
Grow your own vegetables and harvest them | Learn First Aid skills | Create a school Garden of Remembrance |
Go bird watching and bug hunting | Learn a musical instrument | Go on an adventure through reading books |
Visit the Sandhills | Undertake a space mission | Find your way with a map and compass |
Go on nature walks | Watch a film and have a hot dog | Have a dance at a disco |
Cook your own meal | Visit the seaside | Take part in a debate |
Watch and create a puppet theatre | Take part in a Carnival | Explore an art gallery |
Perform a Nativity | Go pond dipping | Sing Christmas Carols at a Christingle service |
Have a picnic on the field | Create art work for display in a gallery | Dress up as a historical person |
Release butterflies into the wild | Speak a new language | Go on a residential trip |
Take part in a Harvest Festival | Visit places of worship | Have Afternoon Tea |