Our Curriculum
“A place to grow, a place to shine” underpins our vision at Diamond Wood Community Academy for all children to develop a love of learning in a safe and nurturing environment where inclusion and the community are at the heart.
Early Years - Where little diamonds grow and shine.
Year 1 - Where our pupils continue to shine.
Year 2 - Time to prepare for moving on...They did it! They grew and they shone!
Our Curriculum Vision
We will provide children with a rich, vocabulary based, broad curriculum where language, early reading development and experiences are at the heart of everything we do.
Click here to read our whole school curriculum vision and intent statement.
Our Curriculum Breadth
When we talk about our curriculum breadth we mean the range of subjects we teach here at Diamond Wood, and the span of knowledge within each subject. Our broad and balanced curriculum focuses on all subjects, not just the core subjects.
For more information about our programme of study within both the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage One please view this page.
Our Core Values
At Diamond Wood Community Academy we have designed a meaningful yet ambitious curriculum which provides all pupils with a broad range of opportunities and experiences which are underpinned by our five core values. These are;
- Friendship
- Respect
- Honesty
- Co-operation
- Responsibility
For more information about our core values and how they are interwoven throughout our curriculum please click here.
Click here to view our core values progression of knowledge and attributes map.
Our Topics
The curriculum is topic based, however subjects are explicitly taught. Overarching whole school topics have been planned to ensure progression of knowledge and skills, allowing pupils to develop strong connections. In turn, this ensures they ‘remember more’, ‘know more’ and can ‘do more’. Topics are launched with an exciting “hook”, where children are immersed into new learning opportunities and culminate with a celebratory showcase event, where families are encouraged to join us and share the knowledge that our children have acquired.
Additional Information
Please access all of the other pages within this section of the website for more information. Our curriculum leaders in school are also always happy to help. Please contact them via the school office email or telephone number.
To download this information click here.
Take a look at our 'Tree of Triumph' below to see how our curriculum has been developed.
To download our 'Tree of Triumph' click here.
Our experiences help to shape us into the people we are. We will make them count for all of our pupils!
Our Position Statement
We are continually reviewing the impact of our curriculum to ensure we are proving pupils with the best possible learning offer.
Click here to read our curriculum position statement.
Our Curriculum Depth
This refers to how deeply specific topics within each subject are studied. Our curriculum has been carefully designed to ensure a clear progression of the knowledge, skills, experiences and vocabulary pupils will acquire across school. This ensures children are able to 'know more' and 'remember more'.
To look at our year group overviews please view this page.
Our Key Themes
A primary intention for our curriculum is to ensure that we encourage and enable pupils to develop their strength of character and own personal development. We have therefore designed our curriculum to be based around specific key themes that support pupils overall global development and increasing sense of self. All of our whole school overarching topics are linked to certain key themes which are progressive across school. These are;
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Peace and Conflict
- Discovery
- Identity and Community
- Sustainable Development
- Good Health and Wellbeing
For information about our key themes and how they are interwoven throughout our curriculum please click here.
Click here to view our key themes progression of knowledge and attributes map.
Statutory Guidance
At Diamond Wood Community Academy we develop children’s knowledge and understanding through rich, connected learning opportunities and experiences. This ensures that pupils are able to make links, joins and connections between new knowledge and existing knowledge. We use the statutory guidance outlined in the EYFS Framework and National Curriculum and plan ‘backwards’ from these 'end point' objectives. This is through planning clear, consistent and progressive teaching sequences, allowing our pupils to master knowledge, skills and understanding within each curriculum area.
To find out more about the EYFS Framework and National Curriculum or look at our year group overviews please view this page.
When OFSTED last visited our school in 2019 they said...
