{"id":585,"date":"2022-11-04T11:21:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T11:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/northqueensferryprimary\/?page_id=585"},"modified":"2022-11-04T11:21:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T11:21:28","slug":"curriculum-rationale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/northqueensferryprimary\/school-information-and-policies\/policies\/curriculum-rationale\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum Rationale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>North Queensferry Primary School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Learning Together, Bridging to Success\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We are Respectful, Determined and Ambitious<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What makes us unique?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We have a nurturing ethos with a family environment<\/li>\n<li>We build strong and positive relationships across our school<\/li>\n<li>We have multi-composite classes<\/li>\n<li>We are inclusive and value individuals<\/li>\n<li>We offer personalisation and choice throughout curriculum and school day<\/li>\n<li>We develop and support emotional wellbeing in our learners<\/li>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>A curriculum which values and supports the well-being of our pupils. This is the core of our school ethos<\/li>\n<li>A curriculum that supports Literacy and Numeracy progression<\/li>\n<li>A curriculum which celebrates and shows interest in our pupils beyond the classroom<\/li>\n<li>A curriculum enhanced by our local community partnerships<\/li>\n<li>A curriculum to develop learning skills for life and the world of work<\/li>\n<li>A curriculum which meets the needs of all by supporting children to:<\/li>\n<li><strong>Respectfu<\/strong>l of others learning, situations, interests, and abilities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ambitious<\/strong>: ensuring pupils are equipped with the knowledge of what they can achieve and how to set targets to achieve it<\/li>\n<li><strong>Determined<\/strong>: Equip pupils with the toolkits to understand what is required to achieve and the positive mental agility to keep goingWe have a voice in our school and our local community\n<figure id=\"attachment_586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-586\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/northqueensferryprimary\/uploads\/sites\/13372\/2022\/11\/04111857\/rationale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"586\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/northqueensferryprimary\/school-information-and-policies\/policies\/curriculum-rationale\/rationale\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/northqueensferryprimary\/uploads\/sites\/13372\/2022\/11\/04111857\/rationale.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"420,276\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rationale\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/northqueensferryprimary\/uploads\/sites\/13372\/2022\/11\/04111857\/rationale-300x197.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/northqueensferryprimary\/uploads\/sites\/13372\/2022\/11\/04111857\/rationale.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-586 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/northqueensferryprimary\/uploads\/sites\/13372\/2022\/11\/04111857\/rationale-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our curriculum is organised under the 4 contexts for learning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What we want from our curriculum<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>At North Queensferry we aim to<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>provide a positive, inclusive, and respectful learning environment where children are encouraged to be determined and ambitious in their learning<\/li>\n<li>to be committed to improving all aspects of our school, through self-evaluation and continuing professional development<\/li>\n<li>to provide a learning environment where children are engaged and motivated in their learning<\/li>\n<li>to develop relevant skills and attitudes required of our children as they progress through school and beyond<\/li>\n<li>to build positive relationships with children, families, colleagues and partners, ensuring children are able to maximise their capacity to learn and achieve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Queensferry Primary School \u2018Learning Together, Bridging to Success\u2019 We are Respectful, Determined and Ambitious What makes us unique? We have a nurturing ethos with a family environment We build strong and positive relationships across our school We have multi-composite classes We are inclusive and value individuals We offer personalisation and choice throughout curriculum and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/northqueensferryprimary\/school-information-and-policies\/policies\/curriculum-rationale\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Curriculum Rationale<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22894,"featured_media":0,"parent":114,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-585","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/northqueensferryprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/northqueensferryprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/northqueensferryprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/northqueensferryprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/northqueensferryprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/northqueensferryprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":587,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/northqueensferryprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585\/revisions\/587"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/northqueensferryprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/northqueensferryprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}