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The curriculum at Oystermouth is based on our motto, vision and ethos. Oystermouth’s curriculum is broad, balanced and inclusive – ensuring that all learners succeed. It introduces pupils to a wide range of experiences, knowledge skills and understanding. Our curriculum promotes pupils’ spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences for adult life.
At Oystermouth Primary School, we can all shine bright if we believe and achieve. We want to empower everyone to be STARS!
The School Governing Body has adopted the Local Authority’s policy on the curriculum and its provision. The underlying principles are as follows:
The aims which arise from these principles are:
At Oystermouth we strive to develop the whole person and to foster independence within each learner. The content of the curriculum is broad, balanced and relevant and all pupils follow the National Curriculum. Teachers plan the content together to ensure that it is stimulating, interesting and up-to-date. There is a great emphasis placed on the teaching and acquisition of skills which are transferable across all areas of the curriculum.
Oystermouth Community Primary School promotes equality and inclusion positively in all aspects of school life and is firmly committed to addressing prejudice, discrimination and harassment concerning race, gender, disability, sexuality and age. The school aims to achieve equality and equity for all including those with Additional Learning Needs.
Oystermouth Community Primary School is committed to making a positive contribution to the development of the Welsh language and will:
The four purposes are the starting point and aspiration for our school curriculum design. Our school aims to support all learners to become:
Our curriculum will provide rich opportunities and authentic learning experiences to develop the key concepts, knowledge and skills as described in the statements of what matters and in line with the Statements of What matters Code.
The curriculum is structured around six Areas of Learning and Experience, ensuring a holistic education:
For detailed information on each Area of Learning and Experience at Oystermouth, please select the relevant button below. For more information on the Curriculum for Wales please visit the Curriculum for Wales website.
Our curriculum will support learning through learning opportunities that draw upon the 12 pedagogical principles. Our curriculum enables learners to make meaningful progress. Over time our learners will develop and improve their skills and knowledge. Our curriculum focuses on understanding what it means to make progress in a given AoLE and how learners should deepen and broaden their knowledge and understanding, skills and concepts, attributes and dispositions – informed by the Progression Code. This in turn supports our approach to assessment, the purpose of which is to inform planning for future learning. Assessment will be embedded as an intrinsic part of learning and teaching. Continuous formative assessment ensures progress and well-being are monitored. Teachers use a range of assessment strategies rather than relying solely on standardised testing, in line with the Curriculum for Wales ethos.
Our curriculum will develop the mandatory cross-curricular skills of literacy, numeracy and digital competence. Our curriculum will enable learners to develop competence and capability in these skills and to extend and apply them across all AoLEs. Learners will be given opportunities across the curriculum to:
Our school curriculum embraces the RSE guidance and mandatory RSE Code. Our RSE provision will have a positive and empowering role in our learners’ education and will play a vital role in supporting them to realise the four purposes as part of a whole-school approach. Helping learners to form and maintain a range of relationships, all based on mutual trust and respect, is the foundation of RSE. These relationships are critical to the development of emotional well-being, resilience and empathy. As such, there is no parental right to request that a child is withdrawn from RSE.
RVE is a statutory requirement of the Curriculum for Wales and is mandatory for all learners from ages 3 to 16. There is no parental right to request that a child is withdrawn from RVE in the Curriculum for Wales. As RVE is a locally determined subject, the agreed syllabus specifies what should be taught in RVE within the local authority and our curriculum will reflect this guidance.
Our school will promote knowledge and understanding of Part 1 of the UNCRC, and of the UNCRPD, among those who provide learning and teaching.
Our curriculum will incorporate careers and work-related experiences for all of our learners.
Our school curriculum will be kept under review in order to respond to the outcomes of professional inquiry, the changing needs of learners and social contexts and needs. This will ensure our curriculum is both inclusive and responsive, meeting the needs of all learners. Reviews will consider the views of stakeholders and will be ratified by the Governing Body. We will publish a summary of our curriculum and revise the summary if changes to the curriculum are made during the review process.
