Curriculum Overview

At Bickley, the curriculum is designed to enable children to develop the skills and gain the knowledge and understanding needed to become enthusiastic and successful learners.

The curriculum is broad and balanced and includes the following subjects:

Art and Design Technology (DT)

Computing

English

Geography

History

Mathematics

Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)

Music

Physical Education (PE)

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE)

Well-Being

Religious Education (RE)

Science

Thinking Schools

Bickley is working to become a ‘Thinking School.’ This is to enable children to become more active participants in their learning with the ultimate goal of becoming more independent and resilient.

We believe that the best way to transform life chances is to actively shape the minds, attitudes and habits of young people through a framework of cognitive education that enables them to become the master of their own destiny.

“We are what we habitually do” (Aristotle); to transform life chances we have to transform habits.

The ultimate goal is that every individual, child or adult, in the organisation consciously recognises their own habits, strengths and areas for development and actively seeks to improve themselves, thereby creating transformational change in each individual. (The Thinking Schools Trust)

To thrive in the 21st century and beyond will require us all to be able to adapt and to do so quickly. We will all need a ‘tool kit’ of learning strategies to make fast improvements. To choose the right tool we will need to be able to reflect on what’s working for us and what isn’t. This metacognitive skill is crucial for future proofing students beyond the school gates. It also has significant benefits for attainment, behaviour and well-being in the classroom

Staff work hard at Bickley to make sure that the curriculum:

Is engaging / fun / interesting
Is relevant for children growing up in the 2020s and beyond
Develops key learning skills (see below)
Challenges thinking and promotes questions
Includes real and purposeful contexts for learning
Gives children opportunities to follow their own lines of enquiry

The curriculum is underpinned by opportunities to develop the key learning skills of

Resilience
Curiosity
Collaboration and communication
Reflection
Creativity and imagination
The ability to take safe risks

Outdoor Learning and Caring for the Environment - both at school, locally and globally - are key features of every topic, and we have developed a team of school Eco Warriors to lead on this

National Curriculum Subject Programmes of Study

Click on the links below to see an outline of the curriculum taught in each year group.