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Curriculum & Learning

At Hughenden Primary School, we are unwavering in our ambition for every child to thrive. By the end of Year 6, we aspire for all pupils to not only meet but exceed age-related expectations, regardless of their starting points. This vision is underpinned by a rich, inclusive, and well-sequenced curriculum that empowers every learner to be successful.

If you would like further information about our curriculum, please contact the school office, where our team will be delighted to assist you. Further information is described on this website and on linked pages.  

At Hughenden Primary School we follow the National Curriculum and Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Framework for all areas of the curriculum. The children are taught in year groups with one teacher per class.  

The National Curriculum covers the three ‘core’ subjects of English, Maths and Science, as well as the ‘foundation’ subjects of Design Technology (DT), Computing, History, Geography, Art and Design, Physical Education (PE), Foreign Languages (MFL) and Music. Teachers make ongoing assessments of all children in order to help them better plan the next unit of work.

Children are assessed at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage (Reception class) against the Early Learning Goals. We also report on assessments achieved in other year groups. Teacher Assessment levels indicate a more rounded view of your child ’s progress over the year.

 All children in Year 1 sit a phonics screening check. Year 4 sit a national times table test and Year 6 children sit the Key Stage 2 SATS in May.

Curriculum Intent, Implementation and Impact 

Curriculum Intent
  
At Hughenden Primary, we are developing a curriculum that is nurturing, progressive and connected.
 
Our school values an integrated, cross-curricular, creative curriculum, which allows children to develop emotionally, socially and academically. We take the values of the Hughenden C.H.E.E.R (Cooperation, Honesty, Enthusiasm, Empathy and Respect) and make sure that they feature in every aspect of our learning, as we are committed to developing the whole child. It is because of this, that we ensure our children have the opportunity to be creative, to be physically active as well as academically challenged.
 
Children are given regular opportunities to promote our core values across the school setting and demonstrate them in the wider community. We want our curriculum to be one that is accountable for not only the academic progress of our pupils but their emotional growth as well.
 
We use the National Curriculum as a valuable starting point to help develop inclusive and diverse learning experiences for all of our children. Each subject that we teach has clearly defined, incremental skills that both provide links and next steps for children not only within a given academic year, but across key stages as well.
 
Whilst valuing the individual skills that each subject area provides, our Hughenden Values Curriculum is designed to reflect real life, where the more connections between ideas are made, the more complete a person’s long-term understanding will become. We are continually reviewing and improving the learning opportunities we offer to our pupils. Our emphasis continues to be on developing a nurturing and inclusive curriculum that has high expectations for all our pupils, regardless of their starting point.
 
Hughenden Primary strives to be at the heart of our community, developing links with residents, organisations, businesses and schools to enrich the learning experiences of our pupils. We endeavour to create a flexible and inclusive curriculum that demonstrates the value of everyone in our community, forging links and promoting lasting cooperation from one academic year to another. At Hughenden Primary, we also value the environment, and we aim, through our curriculum, to teach respect and understanding for our world. We seek to teach how we should care for the environment for future generations, as well as our own.
 
We value the efforts and relationship we have with our families and work in partnership with them to enrich our curriculum. Families are informed about the curriculum through our regular Dojo feed, curriculum overviews, homework and workshops, and are positively encouraged to become involved. We believe we can make that difference, when we are working together, nurturing minds and empowering lives.
 
Curriculum Implementation
  
At Hughenden, we celebrate the ways in which all of our children are unique. Through a well-structured, joined up and inclusive curriculum, we use our Hughenden C.H.E.E.R to promote the views of everyone in our school. We believe that the development of children’s moral and spiritual development goes hand-in-hand with their academic, physical and mental health.
 
Our aim is to not only ensure the requirements of the national curriculum are taught, but to ensure our pupils understand their place within our diverse local community and the wider world. To ensure this, we actively seek opportunities to embed ourselves in community life and make enriching connections both nationally and internationally, through trips, visitors and projects that promote learning and empathy at a local and world level.
 
We aim to ensure that learning is cohesive and purposeful at all points. We plan our curriculum across three phrases: Foundation, Keystage 1 and Keystage 2. Within each subject area, subject co-ordinators work with practitioners to develop long term plans that reach across all three phases.
 
Subject Coordinators agree an overview for the whole school with each year group, which indicates what topics are to be taught in each term. Teachers, whilst following the prescribed topic areas and literature, are then free to adapt and modify the overarching plan to meet the needs of their class and substitute resources to enhance the children’s learning. Using their medium term plans, teachers find opportunities to make cross-curricular links across all subjects and plan for out of classroom learning opportunities. Our short-term plans are those that our teachers develop on a weekly basis, instilling our core C.H.E.E.R values throughout them.
 
Curriculum Impact
 
At Hughenden Primary, we have LAC's linked to all curriculum areas that understand our values and vision and support us by being robust and critical friends of the school. Our Head teacher is responsible for the overarching organisation and provision of our school’s curriculum. Working with our staff team, she and other members of SLT monitor our curriculum through classroom learning walks and coordinating with the subject leaders.
 
Senior Leaders monitor the way their subject area is taught throughout the school. They examine long-term and medium-term planning and ensure that it encompass our cross curricular approach. We have high expectations of children, regardless of their starting points when we work together, we can nurture minds and empower lives.

 Curriculum Coverage 

As part of the teaching and learning monitoring cycle, as a staff team, we share and discuss the planning, delivery, and outcomes of the curriculum coverage. Running alongside this, we have observations and learning walks to identify strengths and next steps across the teaching team.  

The curriculum leader, Erica Horrocks, is working with the teachers to ensure appropriate curriculum progression both in terms of attainment coverage and skills progression.  

Planning Aids for Curriculum Subjects  

Maths 

English  

Phonics 

Science 

History  

Geography 

White Rose Curriculum  

Planned sequence liked to key classroom text 

Read, Write Inc. 

Planned/ mapped topics supported by Oak National Academy 

Planned/ mapped topics supported by Oak National Academy  

Planned/ mapped topics supported by Oak National Academy 

Art and Design Technology  

Language - French  

Music 

Physical Education  

Religious Education  

PSHE  

Kapow  

Language Angels  

Planned in line with peripatetic  

music teacher  

Planned in line with PE co-ordinator and outside provider  

Kapow  

(aligned with Buckinghamshire agreed syllabus)  

Kapow 

 
Curriculum Overviews
 
The curriculum overviews for each year group indicate the taught subjects for each term. Please follow this link to the curriculum maps.
If you required further For information on our curriculum, then please contact the school office by emailing: office@hughendenprimary.co.uk
 
If parents/carers have any concerns over the content of the curriculum or wish to withdraw their child from any particular lesson, for example, RE, SRE or PSHE, then please do so by contacting your child's class teacher. 
National Curriculum Programmes of Study