Curriculum Statement
At WILLOW TREE Academy we have designed a curriculum that ensures a profound primary experience for all our pupils. This is underpinned by a spiritual, moral, social and cultural education that encourages personal growth and a development of core British Values in our children. Our curriculum engages and enthuses them through first hand-experiences. It is well planned to build knowledge and skills in a continuous and progressive way.
Willow Tree schools maintain a relentless and rigorous focus on raising standards through the learning skills curriculum also, which is explicitly taught so that these skills can be applied to gain knowledge and understanding across a wide range of subjects.
Our schools operate the same creative and vibrant, cross-curricular approach which aims to give every child the opportunity to fulfil their potential. First-hand experiences are fundamental to our Cultural Offer and this defines the high expectations we have within our planning; ensuring connections that are coherent and manageable are made across the primary curriculum.
We are totally committed to providing memorable experiences that last a lifetime.
Aims
We are proud that our schools are centres of excellence for Enterprise, Sport, the Arts and ICT; these all have equal status in our desire to educate the whole child. This is because Willow Tree schools are non-selective, learning communities that value the abilities our children bring and their many achievements. Recognising the entitlement of all pupils to a creative, cohesive curriculum, reinforces the need for teaching that is fully inclusive.
Willow Tree schools promote the behaviour and attitudes that enable learning within a curriculum that ensures academic success, creativity and problem solving, reliability, responsibility and resilience, as well as physical development, well-being and mental health. These are the key elements that support the development of the whole child and promote a positive attitude to learning.
Our curriculum also celebrates the diversity of our pupils and utilises the skills, knowledge and cultural wealth of the community.
