Overview of Learning Curriculum Wales
At Ysgol Greenhill our aim is to create a curriculum that has kindness and respect at its core and embodies equity for all our learners. We create learning experiences in our classrooms that offer and embrace a wider view of the world and its diversity.
We seek to create a strong, empathetic understanding within our learners of their own identity and of our local community, whilst also developing our learners understanding of other people and their communities. We believe learning should develop our learner’s independence, resourcefulness and resilience. Giving our learners the skills and knowledge needed to manage and succeed in life. Our aim is to create an aspirational learning community, inspiring learners who are motivated to achieve and are proud to be an important part of the Ysgol Greenhill Community.
Our inclusive curriculum
Our curriculum will raise the aspirations for all learners. As a school we have considered how all learners will be supported to realise the four purposes and to progress. We have considered our ALN provision and how we will meet the needs of different groups of learners.
The four purposes are the driver for change at all levels at Ysgol Greenhill, providing the integral vision for our curriculum design and development. We believe all members of the school community should have a shared understanding of why and how the four purposes underpin all learning activities within our school.
Our vision for the Curriculum is:
A curriculum that has kindness and respect at its core and embodies equity for all learners
Learning experiences that embrace a wider view of the world and its diversity
A strong, empathetic understanding of our own identity and local community also that of other people and their communities
Learning that develops independence, resourcefulness, resilience and the skills and knowledge learners need to manage and succeed in life
To create an aspirational community of lifelong learners who are motivated to achieve
At Ysgol Greenhill we aim to provide a carefully planned and structured curriculum that not only develops the understanding, skills and attitudes of every pupil in order to achieve their full potential, but one that also provides experiences that are challenging and exciting so that our students develop a love of learning. All pupils at Ysgol Greenhill have access to a broad, balanced and relevant range of subjects at Key Stage 3 to enable them to make informed choices as they begin Key Stage 4.
Learning, Progression and Assessment
Our curriculum will support learning through designing learning opportunities that draw upon the pedagogical principles.
Our curriculum, supported by effective teaching and learning enables learners to make meaningful progress. Over time our learners will develop and improve their skills and knowledge. Our curriculum focuses on understanding what it means to make progress in a given Area or discipline and how learners should deepen and broaden their knowledge and understanding, skills and capacities, and attributes and dispositions and is informed by the Progression Code. This in turn supports our approach to assessment, the purpose of which is to inform planning for future learning. Assessment will be embedded as an intrinsic part of learning and teaching. All learners will be assessed on entry to the school.
Welsh and English
As an English medium school learning will take place in Welsh and English from the early years onwards.
Cross curricular skills
Our curriculum will develop the mandatory cross-curricular skills of literacy, numeracy and digital competence. Our curriculum will enable learners to develop competence and capability in these skills and to extend and apply them across all Areas. Learners will be given opportunities across the curriculum to:
develop listening, reading, speaking and writing skills
be able to use numbers and solve problems in real-life situations
be confident users of a range of technologies to help them function and communicate effectively and make sense of the world
UNCRC / UNCPRD
Our school will promote knowledge and understanding of Part 1 of the UNCRC, and of the UNCRPD, among those who provide teaching and learning.
CWRE
Our curriculum will incorporate careers and work-related experiences for all of our learners.
RSE
Our school curriculum embraces the guidance in the RSE Code. Our RSE provision will have a positive and empowering role in our learners’ education and will play a vital role in supporting them to realise the four purposes as part of a whole-school approach. Helping learners to form and maintain a range of relationships, all based on mutual trust and respect, is the foundation of RSE. These relationships are critical to the development of emotional well-being, resilience and empathy.
RVE
Religion, values and ethics (RVE) is a statutory requirement of the Curriculum for Wales and is mandatory for all learners from ages 3 to 16.
There is no parental right to request that a child is withdrawn from RVE in the Curriculum for Wales
As RVE is a locally determined subject, the agreed syllabus specifies what should be taught in RVE within the local authority and our curriculum will reflect this guidance.
Review and refinement
Our school curriculum will be kept under review in order to respond to the outputs of professional inquiry, the changing needs of learners and social contexts and needs. The reviews will take into account the views of stakeholders and will be signed off by the Governing Body. We will publish a summary of our curriculum and revise the summary if changes to the curriculum are made during the review process.