The Wider Curriculum
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Woodland View's wider curriculum includes science, geography, history, art, design technology, physical education, computing, music, religious education, PSHE, outdoor learning and languages. We value the performing arts immensely and encourage our teachers and children to develop their own interests and learning ventures.
Our wider curriculum is underpinned by four highly relevant world issues, known as the four Cs. These are: Culture, Communication, Conflict and Conservation. These Cs are important issues within our school community and create a purposeful and meaningful backdrop to our delivery of the National Curriculum. If you want to see more information on why we have chosen our four Currriculum Cs, please see below.
The Cultural make-up of our school community continues to become evermore diverse. Our families are interested in the beliefs, backgrounds and views, religious or not, of each other and therefore the Culture themes are vital. Our children benefit from understanding the locality in which they live and the wider world, as well as their own sense of place within it.
Technology continues to change at a rapid pace and therefore our focus on Communication enables children to discover how the current technological world we live in came to be, and what the future may hold for them. Many of our families have jobs that directly link to the content in our Communication themes therefore this learning is significant for the children and their aspirations for future employment.
Our school community is very interested in world news and current affairs; this has a positive impact on our children’s interest and awareness in events linked to war and dispute. Therefore we believe passionately that our Conflict themes enable children to learn about the origins of conflicts, why they happen, their impact and how to avoid them. We want our children to have a positive impact on the world around them, and the learning in this theme will help them to do that.
Our children are very aware of the ever-changing condition of our planet and the significant impact climate change is having on it. Our children discuss these issues, also they are eager to find out more about how they, and future generations, can sustain the health and existence of our Earth. Our Conservation themes enable children to learn more about these issues and, hopefully, will help them grow up to have a positive impact on them.
Additionally, we have two Connections themes where the children are encouraged to draw on their learning from across our four Cs. These themes allow children to make connections across their learning.
Please see the documents below that show how each subject has been carefully mapped to ensure progress across year groups and key stages. Additionally, you can find our wider curriculum themes for each year group, see how our Inspire, Enjoy, Achieve approach is demonstrated through these themes and refer to the key knowledge and vocabulary for each theme.
