Curriculum Overview

Curriculum can be described as:

All … school experiences relating to the improvement of skills and strategies in thinking critically and creatively, solving problems, working collaboratively with others, communicating well, writing more effectively, reading more analytically, and conducting research to solve problems. Brown, D. F. (2006).

It is not just what you learn but how you learn; children need to become learners for life to reach their full potential and to be successful in the future. At Forge Wood we have an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum to ensure that all our pupils make progress in their knowledge and skills during their time with us.

Our pupils’ rich and varied learning is based on the National Curriculum and is supported by a range of thoughtfully chosen research-led programmes of study. These use real-life experiences and contexts to fully engage the pupils in their learning which is revisited and built upon from term to term and year to year, to ensure that our pupils can retain their prior learning and build on strong foundations for new learning.

Teachers and Learning Assistants impact positively on the pupils’ learning through their expert use of knowledge and skill to make a difference to every child.

The pupils’ curriculum experience also extends beyond the classroom at Forge Wood, and we make full use of our newly developed outdoor learning area to not only promote learning about the environment and sustainability, but also to bring a creative element to other areas of the curriculum such as maths and science.

The school’s exciting curriculum takes pupils on a journey of discovery and learning. As a result, they are highly engaged and motivated to learn.

(Ofsted June 2019)