Ranvilles Curriculum: ‘Exploring the World…Exploring Me…’
– connecting subject disciplines through Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) lines of inquiry
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 progressive lines of knowledge and skills. The curriculum is planned and sequenced. It identifes the daily purpose for learning and then connects specific subject discplines enabling learners to purposefully secure critical knowledge. Pupils think critically, develop oracy skills and interact in our Big Debates.
Pupils learn – they practise discipline skills regularly. Pupils prove – they develop accuracy and fluency. Pupils perfect – they generalise and adapt to make rich connections, demonstrating a depth of knowledge and understanding. SMSC connects subject disciplines underpinning the school’s fundamental values, linking all learning purposefully through a commitment to oracy and developing one’s self, mindful of responsibilities and future roles.
Every half term poses a line of inquiry for debate. Debates link directly to our school values. Subject disciplines 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. Children 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 inquiry 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 build oracy skills. They 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 both 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 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.
