Ludgvan School provides a rich, varied, adventurous curriculum that is broad and balanced. It includes links to our local Cornish context helping the children to acquire the knowledge and skills to fully prepare them for the next stage in their education and life. It reflects our children’s interests and what is important in their lives. It endeavours to raise the children’s aspirations and broaden their horizons so that all pupils develop to their full potential. It creates an environment and atmosphere in which pupils are invited to explore issues for themselves, reflect upon and learn from their experiences and those of others and develop sensitivity and a sense of wonder for the world of which they are part. It helps develop resilience so the children can cope well when things are difficult and have the perseverance to overcome barriers to their own learning and to make positive choices. But most of all to develop a love and passion for learning, where they are engaged and excited.
Ludgvan school curriculum is based on preparing the next stages of their lives and how to become citizens who actively contribute to their communities. We believe that our curriculum helps pupils make sense of the world in which they live and allows them to think of solutions to problems they currently face.
Our school values are embedded across our curriculum, enabling pupils to think critically about their contribution to the world and to develop an awareness of the impact their own actions can have on others.
Overarching the curriculum are six themes children which the children are exposed to in all year groups:
● Wellbeing
● Diversity and Inclusion
● Being a local citizen
● Being a global citizen
● Looking after the environment
● Aspirations
These six overarching themes are explored through relevant areas of the curriculum and actively seek opportunities to not only develop our children’s understanding of global issues and the wider world, but to enthuse, encourage and empower them to take action.
We recognise the importance of providing real life experiences and actively create a wide range of opportunities for children to discover what could become lifelong passions, interests and talents. Through our developed partnerships with a range of organisations, as well as informative and exciting school trips and workshops both in and outside of school, our school provides a rich, meaningful curriculum. This allows our children to develop the confidence and awareness to connect with the opportunities and experiences in their locality and beyond, enabling them to become contributors and influencers of their environment.
Teaching our children to be effective communicators is at the heart of all of our lessons. We integrate key oracy skills across the curriculum through well planned discussions, debates, role-play, enquiry and dialogue, to build confidence in our children to become persuasive speakers, critical listeners and analytic thinkers.
We are a school that celebrates diversity. Our children learn and develop the skills and understanding of being empathetic and respectful towards everyone. Every effort is made to ensure our curriculum is accessible to all
learners in our school.
Reading is at the heart of our curriculum - learning to read being one of the most important things we will ever do. We love reading here at Ludgvan School and make sure that we read high-quality texts by diverse, excellent authors . Our children are immersed in high quality texts and are inspired by the characters and adventures that they find within them. Here at Ludgvan School, we have seen this immersive approach to reading transform the way children feel about writing.
Mathematical teaching and learning at Ludgvan School reflect the fact that maths happens all around us in real life. We understand the importance of providing plentiful opportunities to increase pupils’ fluency and varied fluency, to equip them with the mathematical skills and knowledge to complete reasoning and problem-solving challenges.
Our Curriculum
