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I would like to introduce the team that will be working in class 5M this year.
My name is Mrs Mitchell and I have been teaching for 9 years and I am excited to embark on this new year with your child. I have a passion to show children a love for learning and will encourage them all to reach the potential I can see that they have already.
Mr Shuttleworth has also worked within Key Stage 2 for a few years and enjoys maths lessons in particular.
Outside the classroom, I enjoy escaping the real world by reading a variety of books and as a family person, I also enjoy exploring new places with my little family.
We are both looking forward to a year of learning, growth and discovery.
Throughout the year, we will be covering some fantastic topics, including, The Tudors, Africa and the Victorians. Within these topics we will be participating in lots of exciting activities such as History, Geography and Art and Design. During the Autumn term and as part of the Tudor learning process, the children will have the opportunity to visit Stratford-upon-Avon. This is to give the children opportunities to compare the ‘then and now’ and explore contrasts between Tudor and modern times. Throughout other areas of the curriculum, the children will also engage in a variety of classic and fascinating novels and plays including that of ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’.
The expectation in Year Five is that your child reads or reads to an adult on a daily basis. Your child needs to have their reading diary signed each day and this needs to be brought into school every day to be checked by the class teacher. Reading books will be changed a minimum of once a week and your child will also bring home a library book in addition to this. Library books will be sent out on Tuesdays. You can read other books as well as the ones we send home, it is important your child reads or hears a variety of texts including fiction and non-fiction. Your child will also be given homework to complete and spellings. Homework and spellings are given out on a Thursday. Your child will be tested on their spellings the following Thursday. Homework is expected to be completed and handed in on Tuesdays.
Our PE days this half term will be Tuesday and Wednesday. Please make sure that your child wears appropriate clothing in the colder months by wearing their PE tracksuit rather than shorts. During the warmer spring and summer months, your child will need a white polo neck top, plain black shorts/ tracksuit bottoms and black or white plain trainers.
We are really looking forward to the year ahead and working with your children. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. We hope the children have a great year with us and thrive within our school setting.
Curriculum Overview
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Curriculum Intent
At Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, we intend that our curriculum nurtures and develops the whole child so that each unique individual grows constantly in confidence, and has the skills and knowledge to achieve their true God-given potential. All children will access a rich, ambitious, challenging curriculum that fosters curiosity, creativity and a life-long love of learning. It is designed to provide the children in our care with experiences that will prepare them well academically whilst also enabling them to contribute to creating a better world. Our curriculum is designed to go beyond the statutory content and deliver experiences that take into consideration our children’s varied background and cultures, expanding their life experiences. Driven by this, we have developed, as part of The Romero Catholic Academy, a Romero Child Charter. This charter underpins our hopes and desires for the children in our school, as we seek to give them rich experiences and opportunities that will foster a lifelong love of learning. This is realised through six strands:
The Romero Charter (click here)
This charter goes beyond the requirements of the National Curriculum, as at Corpus Christi we seek to create a narrative that is meaningful to the children. Alongside this, we have developed, as part of The Romero Catholic Academy, a carefully-crafted curriculum to expand the children’s skills and knowledge. High-quality visits and visitors into Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School are also well-designed to enhance our curriculum.
Our curriculum is implemented through quality teaching of knowledge, skills and vocabulary across core and foundation subjects; all children at Corpus Christi will be challenged to be inquisitive, compassionate, courageous and creative learners. They will have opportunities to develop their skills and knowledge through age-appropriate and progressive themes and topics. The aim of the Key Stage One theme curriculum is to develop and enhance children’s basic skills within Geography, History, Art and Design Technology. The theme curriculum will build on the children’s learning and experiences from early years and equip them with the essential knowledge and skills to thrive within Key Stage Two.
In Key Stage One, our theme curriculum has been carefully sequenced to ensure that the children receive several opportunities to secure and embed the knowledge and skills which they are taught. Throughout their Key Stage One journey, the children will be provided with a sequence of work which gradually builds on their understanding and knowledge of the world they live in, while developing their creative and innovative thinking.
In Key Stage Two, themes will run for a term in order to allow sufficient time for children to explore subjects in detail and to give the scope for our more able children to showcase their higher order thinking skills. Explicit drivers have been established for each theme to ensure that the sense of purpose remains clear throughout. Each year group will follow the same central driver so that wider school opportunities can be taken to reinforce learning and for more effective subject leader monitoring. The main drivers are History and Geography -because of their importance in children understanding the world around them- and STEM -due to the ever-changing nature of the world we live. Other subjects will be mapped out to supplement these throughout. These core areas will also be revisited at outlined opportunities throughout the year as best practice of spiraling curricula.
Our aim is for the curriculum to extend beyond academic achievements: we want children at Corpus Christi to go out into the world and make a difference in their own lives and to the lives of others. Through our curriculum, we aspire to prepare our children for the next stage in their lives academically, spiritually and morally.
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