Curriculum Design - Highwood’s school curriculum has been designed to make sure our children are able to meet the school’s vision using the concept that we collectively refer to as our 3D curriculum (based on the work completed by Clare Sealy.)

This concept is planned through:

Vertical links - planned links between topics, concepts,                                                                      vocabulary etc in each year group.                                                              

Horizontal links - planned links between topics, concepts, vocabulary etc in subjects across the whole school.  

Diagonal Links - planned links between topics, concepts, vocabulary etc in multiple subjects areas in multiple year groups.

                                                       

As a school we have established the composite knowledge required for each subject area (The Big Ideas).  This has then been organised into a progressive model of developing the multiple component parts through and across the whole school curriculum (Schemes of Work). 

We have styled this as our 3D curriculum so that knowledge is built on in: year groups (horizontal links); subjects (vertical links) and between topics in a variety of year groups (diagonal links) thus developing a 3D curriculum to aid knowing more and remembering more.

 

Curriculum Area	Curriculum Lead
Art	Mrs Jo Richards
Assessment	Mr Matt Hickey
Computing	Mr Nick Allaway
Curriculum Lead	Mrs Claire Vaux
DT	Miss Sarah Majer
English	Mr Steve Pearce
Geography	Mrs Debbie Schofield
History	Miss Becky Amor
Maths	Miss Shakira Wright
Mental Arithmetic	Mrs Cath Inwards
MFL	Mrs Faye Parker
Music	Mrs Rosy Raines
Outdoor Learning	Miss Lisa Nunn
PE	Mr Alan Edwards
PSHE	Mrs Lisa Perrott & Mrs Lizzie Stroud
RE	Mr Nick Allaway
Science	Mrs Jodene Weir