Curriculum
Learning is the purpose of the whole school and is a shared commitment. At Hertford Primary School we recognise that education involves children, parents, staff, governors, the community and the local authority, and that for optimum benefit all should work closely together to support the process of learning. Working in partnership, we aim to:
- provide a compassionate, supportive, positive, healthy, caring and safe environment, in which children can develop their sense of self, make mistakes and explore and have access to the support they need to succeed.
- support children’s wellbeing through teaching emotional literacy and self-regulation, and understanding of how they work and how to manage the emotions they experience enabling them to develop self-esteem, self-worth, positive emotional well-being and be empathetic to other people.
- create a school culture which has high expectations and values all members of the school community; where everyone is compassionate, shows respect for others, values difference and diversity, has a sense of belonging and is able to work collaboratively
- recognise the needs and aspirations of all individuals and provide opportunities for all pupils to make the best possible progress and attain the highest personal achievements; so that all pupils are aspirational for themselves, have a sense of their own potential and know how they can succeed in what they want to achieve
- challenge and overcome barriers caused by inequality through a culturally expansive curriculum; that promotes children developing a love of the arts and finding pleasure in creating and experiencing different art forms and provides opportunities to build cultural capital through multiple and diverse experiences of museums, galleries, theatres, concerts and exhibitions;
- ensure children can develop as competent learners, who are literate and numerate, digitally and technologically literate, are able to think critically and creatively and have the skills to find things out, ask questions, solve problems, reason, analyse and debate within a broad, balanced, exciting and challenging curriculum, that is relevant to their lives, reflects and celebrates their cultural background, broadens their horizons and is rooted in first hand experiences.