St Mary's RC Primary School

St Mary's Fundamental Principles for Teaching and Learning

Please select the document below.

St Mary's Fundamental Principles for Teaching and Learning [pdf 156KB]

Teacher Feedback to Improve Pupil Learning

All school leaders understand the importance of providing meaningful feedback. Done well, it supports pupil progress, building learning, addressing misunderstandings, and thereby closing the gap between where a pupil is and where the teacher wants them to be.

This guidance report aims to focus on what really matters: the principles of good feedback.

The guidance report is based on the best available international evidence, in addition to a review of current practice, and refined through consultation with teachers and other experts. We have used the findings of this report to inform the development of our Curriculum. Please use the link to find out more.

Metacognition and Self-regulated Learning

Evidence suggests the use of metacognitive strategies which get pupils to think about their own learning can be worth the equivalent of an additional +7 months progress when used well. This guidance report reviews the best available research to offer teachers and senior leaders practical advice on how to develop their pupils’ metacognitive skills and knowledge. We have used the findings of this report to inform the development of our Curriculum. Please use the link to find out more.

Annual Curriculum Planning Overviews

Please select from the links below to find out more about the curriculum taught at St Mary's school by year group and subject.

	Nursery Long Term Planning Curriculum Overview
	Reception Long Term Planning Curriculum Overview
	Year 1 Long Term Planning Curriculum Overview
	Year 2 Long Term Planning Curriculum Overview
	Year 3 Long Term Planning Curriculum Overview
	Year 4 Long Term Planning Curriculum Overview
	Year 5 Long Term Planning Curriculum Overview
	Year 6 Long Term Planning Curriculum Overview

A Parent's Guide to the National Curriculum

English, Maths and Science remain very important and are considered the core subjects in both primary and secondary education. The National Curriculum sets out in some detail what must be taught in each of these subjects, and they will take up a substantial part of your child’s learning week. Alongside these are the familiar foundation subjects: Art, Computing, Design & Technology, Foreign Languages (age 7+ only), Geography, History, Music, and Physical Education. For these foundation subjects, the details in the curriculum are significantly briefer: schools have much more flexibility regarding what they cover in these subjects. Much of the publicity about the changes to the curriculum has focussed on ‘higher expectations’ in various subjects, and it is certainly the case that in some areas the content of the new primary curriculum is significantly more demanding than in the past. For example, in mathematics there is now much greater focus on the skills of arithmetic and also on working with fractions. In science, a new unit of work on evolution is introduced for Year 6; work which would have previously been studied in secondary school. In English lessons there will now be more attention paid to the study of grammar and spelling; an area which was far less notable in previous curricula.