Ranvilles Curriculum: ‘Exploring the World…Exploring Me…’ through SMSC
The Ranvilles curriculum is a body of knowledge that enables pupils to function, grow and contribute to the society they live in. Subject disciplines identify a line of progression and range of skills. Pupils learn – they practise. Pupils prove – they develop accuracy and fluency. Pupils perfect – they generalise and adapt to make rich connections. Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) learning is the golden thread in the curriculum, underpinning the school’s fundamental beliefs and linking all learning purposefully in the Big Debate.
Every half term poses a debate question for every year group. Subjects are linked to the debate. Knowledge is explored with a sense of enjoyment and fascination as pupils learn about themselves, others and the word around them. They are encouraged to be reflective and open-minded to live the school vision:
Be You: Be bold, Be brave, Be open-minded
Explore: Be an ambitious, life-long learner
Excel: Be a positive change in the world
Children ‘live’ the curriculum intention by deliberating an SMSC line of enquiry that leads to the debate. They draw on the knowledge and skills explored over the half-term to inform their thinking. Articulating opinions, they communicate using ambitious vocabulary to extend thinking and construct viewpoints, deliberating over right and wrong and the complexities involved. Children listen with care and intent to alternate perspectives, drawing independent and well-rounded conclusions from a range of sources. The ‘Big Debate’, enables pupils to live the school values and foster their own, appreciating and respecting British Values (democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs).
Pupils connect learning in debates, practically employing a wide range of skills to ‘walk in someone else’s shoes’ to understand and appreciate the range of different cultures in Britain and in the world. Curriculum knowledge is used to think and evidence from alternate perspectives, to appreciate diversity. Pupils are learning today for the challenges of tomorrow, confidently living the school motto, ‘Be You…Explore…Excel!’ to make a difference in the world they live in.
