Exciting curriculum for Ashfield school

Skegby Junior Academy has introduced a new curriculum which focuses on providing entertaining and engaging lessons for its pupils.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Oct 2014, 19:05 BST

Under this new system, children are asked what they already know and what interests them.

This enables teachers to focus learning so that pupils are more engaged.

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An example of this has been Year 3 and 4 pupils learning about the Stone Age by building structures that would transport large items just like the people at that time would have needed to build Stonehenge.

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Pupils’ opinions are considered through their weekly ‘Voices for sharing’ meetings.

The Academy has also purchased new resources to support the curriculum, including a mathematics resource called Numicon is helping pupils to understand how numbers work and a flock of six chickens are supporting the teaching of science and food technology...each class is deciding what to name them!