Curriculum
At St Anthony’s we are rightly proud of our curriculum. Our vision is that we are an inspirational school, remaining true to our spiritual mission:
"Learning, Growing and Living with Jesus"
We work hard to ensure all our children become lovers of learning by developing secure, high standards in the basics – speaking and listening; reading; writing mathematics and science.
Throughout the school our Religious Education lessons build a solid foundation for the Christian values which form the bedrock of St. Anthony’s. We celebrate the diversity of modern British life through our respect for other faiths and for people with no faith, linked to our explicit teaching of British Values.
As a Rights Respecting school we feel that it is important to create a partnership between the school and the parents. This is why under each year group you will find a curriculum leaflet, which outlines what your child is learning over the half term. It will give you some ideas on how you can support your child with their education, linking to Article 18: Both parents share a responsibility for bringing up their child and should always consider what is best for the child. Governments must support parents by giving them the help they need, especially if the child’s parents work.
We are a Centre of Excellence for New Arrivals, with our highly skilled bi-lingual staff and class teachers ensuring that our young people with English as an Additional Language (EAL) are given every opportunity to succeed and excel.
Through our inspirational Creative Curriculum (CC), the children explore a whole breadth of topics, from ‘All about me’ in Year 1 to ‘Shakespeare’ and 'Freedom' in Year 6. Our vision for CC is ‘innovative and imaginative teaching and learning of knowledge, skills and understanding’, and the cross curricula books produced by each child every half term show just how much progress they make as we enrich their lives across the school.
The use of Creative Partners, in depth enjoyment of books, year group performances, global links with Sri Lanka and China, exciting and relevant outings and residential trips, focused subject weeks and a whole host of other enjoyable learning experiences ensure all our children experience the breadth of the National Curriculum subjects - in a way that allows them to apply their learning in a way that truly makes sense to them.