Intention

At Beaufront First School, we are passionate about children developing a lifelong love of learning. Through our nurturing and bespoke environment, children can become ambitious, enthusiastic, inspired, outstanding, and unique, with a deep knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of all subjects both within and outside of the National Curriculum.
The Beaufront First School Curriculum has been carefully designed and planned to ensure that all children at Beaufront experience and enjoy teaching and learning of the highest quality across all subject areas. There is a clear progression of skills and knowledge from Nursery and Reception (EYFS) through to the end of Year 4 (Lower Key Stage 2), all of which is achieved through engaging, purposeful, and holistic themes and focuses within each subject area of the curriculum.
Children can experience specific subjects and subject-specific learning, but there are also clear connections between the subjects to enable the children to begin to recognise and understand the interplay between skills, knowledge, and understanding across the curriculum and in their wider lives. This also ensures that Continuous Provision in EYFS and Key Stage 1 is not only matched to the children’s needs, developing skills and abilities, but also to the specific subjects and subject matter throughout the entire curriculum.

Implementation

The Beaufront Curriculum meets the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework and the National Curriculum. It has been designed using guidance and planning from Read Write Inc. (Phonics), Vipers (Guided Reading), Talk for Writing (English), White Rose Maths and NCTEM (Mathematics), the Northumberland Agreed Syllabus (RE), The Hexham Partnership (History and Geogrpahy), and Kapow (PSHE/ RSE, Science, Art, Design Technology, Computing, French, Religion and Worldviews). However, it also encompasses the values and ethos of Beaufront First School and therefore includes bespoke elements to celebrate the natural environment (Forest School) and the history-rich locality in which we are situated. It also features Skills Builder - The Universal Framework, to underpin the lifelong skills of Listening, Speaking, Problem Solving, Creativity, Staying Positive, Aiming High, Leadership, and Teamwork.
Subjects are timetabled to ensure that the curriculum is covered thoroughly and progressively, with careful attention given to all subjects as required and as needed. However, there is some flexibility in the timetables and in the number of lessons taught each half term to allow for support and challenge to enable a deeper approach and to allow for themed weeks during which children can practise and embed key skills, knowledge, and understanding, for example, Project Days/ Weeks (Skills Builder), Art Weeks, and STEM weeks. Enrichment opportunities such as these themed days and weeks are also complemented by visits from outside experts and people of interest, visits to places such as museums, art galleries, places of historical significance, and places of worship, and local walks or experiences on offer. While many of these are planned in advance to ensure high-quality experiences, some are reactive and proactive based on children’s interests, world events, and other opportunities that may arise throughout the year.

Impact
Children are engaged in enjoyable and purposeful learning experiences throughout their time at Beaufront First School. They become fluent in their knowledge and understanding of specific subjects and develop, embed, and master a wide range of skills as a lifelong learner and a global citizen.
Children at Beaufront embody the values and ethos of the school, demonstrating that they are ambitious, enthusiastic, inspired (and inspiring), outstanding, and unique. They are confident and respectful with a mindful and considerate approach, showing care and compassion for themselves and others, for living things, and for the wider world around them. Children leave Beaufront with a solid foundation upon which to build and with a love of learning.