Powerful Knowledge

• A mastery approach, whereby knowledge and skills are carefully sequenced through vertical concepts so that each time they are revisited the children can deepen this further
• Subject specific lessons are built on prior learning to enable children to make connections and build schemata. Progress is determined by pupils knowing more and remembering more
• Children master subject specific substantive knowledge (key knowledge- the ‘what’) and disciplinary knowledge (key knowledge- the how) through deliberate practise and careful planning
• Our curriculum promotes the mastery of language through structured teaching of vocabulary
• Reading is at the heart of our curriculum and used a starting point to access new learning both now and at later stages within their education
• Acquiring powerful knowledge and broadening children’s experiences to build cultural capital

Education with Character

• Explicit links are made to allow children to question the world around them and form moral opinions
• Experiences both link to the curriculum and beyond allow children to develop confidence and an understanding of the wider world
• Our school family and class family ethos is at the centre of our ‘hidden curriculum’ teaching children our core values
• Links with the local community are interwoven to ensure that children better understand the community that they live in
• Learning through collaboration is a key strategy to allow pupils to learn from each other as well as learning teamwork, co-operation and resilience
• The school is committed to providing Silverdale’s Top 20 prior to a child leaving Year Six

 The Best from Everyone

• It is every child’s entitlement to be taught the whole curriculum
• High expectations and aiming for excellence bring out the best in everyone
• An inclusive curriculum that allows all pupils to learn
• Challenge is at the heart of our curriculum, seeing children develop resilience to overcome challenge and achieve their best
• A focus on ‘the little big things’ enables even the smallest of challenges to bring about an ethos of continuous improvement
• Children having respect for themselves, each other and those around them is of great importance to our school community

 Leadership in Every Role

• Job roles for children develop a sense of ownership and responsibility across the school
• Teachers develop expertise through the development and fine tuning of a stable curriculum
• Curriculum leaders are developed through high quality CPD, including new learning that is subject specific
• A pupil Leadership Team that impact positively upon pupils voice and the school’s provision and ethos