Chol (National) Curriculum – General Information

Our theme for the 2024-25 academic year is: ‘Make it memorable’… ‘Children have only one shot at primary education. It is our job to make it as memorable as possible and learning something new every day makes it a memorable day.’

On this detailed page, you will find links to:
-Our curricula aims -Curriculum accessibility -Chol (Secular) curriculum –  general information -Statements of Intent -Subject Policies -Curriculum Maps -Curriculum & Skills Information Sheets -This Week in the Classrooms -EYFS -Phonics and Reading Schemes -Support for pupils -Cultural Capital -Educational Visits -Life Skills Development Programme -Pause Day -Timetable samples -Remote Education Plan

Our curriculum aims

We aim to deliver an outstanding curriculum that:

  • is creative, fun, enjoyable and memorable;
  • is underpinned by aims, values and purpose;
  • develops the whole child and every child;
  • is broad and balanced;
  • has clear progression in subject knowledge and skills;
  • offers purposeful experiences;
  • is flexible and responsive to needs and interests;
  • has an eye on the future;
  • makes strong cross curricular links;
  • has a local, national and international dimension.

Curriculum Accessibility

Pardes House Primary School is committed to providing a fully accessible environment which values and includes all pupils, staff, parents and visitors regardless of their education, physical, sensory, social, spiritual, emotional and cultural needs. Our aim is not only for the physical environment to be accessible to all, but also for every pupil to have access to all aspects of our Curriculum and to improve the delivery of information to pupils, staff, parents and visitors with disabilities. We are committed to challenging negative attitudes about disability and accessibility and to further developing a culture of awareness, tolerance and inclusion. To support our achievement of these aims we are required to review and produce an Accessibility Plan. Please click here to view our Accessibility Plan.

Chol (Secular) Curriculum

As a Local Authority maintained school (voluntary aided), we follow the National Curriculum and provide a curriculum that is balanced and broadly based. This is the webpage to find out all about it… Curriculum Statements, Subject Statements and Policies, Long Term Curriculum Maps, Subject Maps, Curriculum and Skills Information Sheets, details about EYFS and more, for all subjects and year groups are available on this web page. We ensure that we focus on all children and at both ends of the academic spectrum: for those with Special Educational Needs and those deemed high achievers. All of these are supported by a varying degree of homework, according to the year group. Children are set challenging targets, progress is monitored closely and the need for interventions and/or communication with parents are acted on quickly. There are also links below to what the children have been learning ‘This Week in the Classrooms‘, to the school’s ‘Cultural Capital map‘ and to our ‘Outings/Enrichment map‘. Parents can learn more about their child’s curriculum by contacting the class teacher via the school office: office@pardeshouse.com.

*** Enjoy – our boys and staff certainly do! ***

Statements of Intent

Click here to read our ‘Statement of Intent’ for the School Curriculum Click here to read our ‘Statement of Intent’ for the Early Years Foundation Stage Click on these links to read the individual subjects ‘Statements of Intent’: English     Maths     Science     Computing     History     Geography     Art     Music       PSHE     Physical Education
Subject Policies
English    Maths     Science      Computing     History      Geography     Art     Music      PSHE      Physical Education

CURRICULUM MAPS  being updated presently!

Click here to see our Whole School Long Term Plan. Click here to see our EYFS Long Term Plan. Click on the links below to see our Whole School Subject Curriculum Maps. English    Maths     Science      Computing     Humanities     Art     Music        PSHE     Physical Education Click here to see EYFS links to the National Curriculum subjects.

CURRICULUM AND SKILLS INFORMATION SHEETS (as shared with parents at the start of each term)

AUTUMN TERM CURRICULUM 2024 To see each year group’s ‘Curriculum and Skills Information Sheet’, please click on the links below. Reception          Year 1          Year 2          Year 3          Year 4          Year 5          Year 6

‘This week in the classrooms’  –  An exciting weekly report to parents on what their children have been learning that week in school. Also gives a great flavour for the school as a whole!

AUTUMN TERM 2024 20 December        13 December        6 December        29 November        22 November        15 November        8 November        1 November        27 September        20 September        13 September

2023-24 ACADEMIC YEAR 12 July        5 July 2024        28 June        21 June        7 June        31 May        17 May        10 May        15 March        8 March        1 March        23 February        9 February        2 February        26 January         19 January        2 January        15 December        8 December        1 December        24 November        10 November        3 November       27 October        20 October        13 October        22 September         8 September

Early Years Foundation Stage – Reception

The children follow curriculum based on the seven areas of learning:
  1. Communication and language
  2. Physical development
  3. Personal, social and emotional development
  4. Mathematics
  5. Literacy
  6. Understanding the world
  7. Expressive arts and design
Teachers and other staff carry out focused observations of children in order to assess their progress and achievements. The results of these observations have a direct impact on the planning process. Click here to see our EYFS Long Term Plan. Click here to see how the 7 areas of the EYFS link to Key Stage 1. Click here to see EYFS links to the National Curriculum subjects; by term.

Phonics and Reading Schemes

Main Phonics scheme – Twinkl. Reading schemes:  Main scheme – Twinkl. Other supplementary schemes such as Oxford and Pearson.

Support for pupils

Significant financial investment, particularly over the last few years has ensured that there is a wide range of support for pupils with different abilities and needs across the school and for both sides of the school’s dual curricula. This has included a partnership with Legadel’s early interventions therapists, a permanent Interventions Specialist on the staff body, working with other other therapists and agencies and a new Sensory Room. All of this has been done with the school’s constant aim in mind of ensuring that there are no gaps and that all children are supported. This also includes specialist teaching for pupils at the higher end of the academic range. After all, we want to do our best to meet the needs of all pupils in the school.

Cultural Capital

During their time at Pardes House, our pupils accumulate cultural capital by being exposed to the vital background knowledge and range of cultural experiences required to become active, informed, thoughtful citizens. Pupils benefit from the great opportunities that living in London offers, including access to museums, galleries, and exhibitions. Special visitors to the school enhance this still further for any and all year groups. Assemblies are often themed around national events and figures, both present and past. In addition to the formal curriculum, there are also special days and special weeks to enhance pupils’ school experience, while developing further important skills and depth of knowledge about their lives in school, outside school and beyond school. All these wider opportunities for pupils are aligned with our ethos and mission so we can prepare our pupils for their journey through secondary school and beyond. To get the full picture, click here to see our extensive Cultural Capital map

Educational visits

Our school believes very much in the importance of enhancing our pupils’ school experience through outings to places of interest in our rich and diverse capital city, as well as visitors and workshops in school. Parents are often asked for a voluntary contribution towards the cost of these visits and the parents association also helps to fund the cost of outings and curriculum-linked school workshops. In Year 6, the children participate in a residential  trip in addition to other special post-SATs outings and undergoing Safe Cycling Training. To get the full picture, click here to see our Outings / Enrichment Opportunities Map; 2022-23.

Spring Term Pupil Life Skills Development Programme

More information coming in Autumn 2024. Click here for background information to the programme.

The Pardes House ‘Pause Day

This annual event, started in 2023 takes the whole school off curriculum for the day. We switch from curriculum subjects to a day of active learning, personal development, creativity and other skills in a more fun, relaxed way. Click here to see what this looks like in our school.

Timetables

Key Stage 1 Timetable Outline Key Stage 2 Timetable Outline – short Fridays Key Stage 2 Timetable Outline – long Fridays

Remote Education Plan

Click here to read the school’s Remote Education Plan, implemented in the event of a school closure.