Whole School Curriculum Model

Judgemeadow is building toward a coherent and seamless five year curriculum, creating an environment that is enabling subject leaders and subject teachers to explore what they believe are the experiences and values that are crucial in their subject areas; to lead not only to positive outcomes but positive experiences which enrich cultural capital and engender interest. We believe in a knowledge engaged and enabling curriculum, teaching knowledge in order to allow students to apply skills and to demonstrate changes to long term memory and learning over time. The development of the knowledge based aspects of the curriculum going forward are based very clearly around the research of ‘The Learning Scientists’ and the advocacy of the ‘effective learning strategies,’ with Rosenshine’s ‘Principles of Instruction’ underpinning our pedagogy.

Options and Curriculum Diet

At KS3 students follow a broad and balanced diet of subjects. They study the core subjects of English, Mathematics and Science, the humanities, RE and a language. They will also study the creative subjects of Art, Drama and Music, along with the technology based subjects of Design Technology, Food Technology and Computer Science. All students will also have two hours of Physical Education a week. Students will also experience our bespoke Personal Development Curriculum (PDC). During PDC lessons students develop their confidence regarding staying safe in different situations, their understanding of fundamental values and their understanding of other cultures and beliefs.

Throughout Year 7 all pupils are expected to complete a soft skills passport, which is called ‘Polished Judgemeadow.’ Being ‘Polished’ is about being able to successfully present yourself to others. This combines: confidence, the ability to speak formally, finding your own voice and knowing how to behave appropriately in different situations.

In Year 9 students choose their option subjects for GCSE

The curriculum diet is designed to open doors for students and increase aspiration. The core subjects of English, Maths and Science are the fundamental bedrocks of learning, with significant cross-curricular and life opportunity importance and this is broadly reflected in curriculum time, a particularly important focus in Year 11 as they will increase life chances and social mobility.

The Implementation of the Curriculum

In order to promote an environment where the successful implementation of the curriculum leads to an exceptional quality of education for all learners, at Judgemeadow we offer teaching staff a range of suggested models and activities for lessons within well structured, planned and thought out scheme of work and curriculum designs. These models are very much based on the effective learning strategies and Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction.

Connecting our Ideas Together

Before planning individual lessons, we need to think about the structure and the shape of our scheme of work, within the big picture of our curriculum. What is the scheme of work aiming to achieve? What are the starting points and where do we want to get to? Then, we can begin thinking about the individual lessons along that journey from beginning to end. Within the lessons of that journey we should be looking to use Rosenshine's Principles as a way of underpinning lessons and the Effective Learning Strategies as the granular activities within lessons.

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