Curriculum Overview

At Seaton Academy our curriculum has been designed for the context of our setting. Our curriculum has a focus on substantive and disciplinary knowledge with a wider rich curriculum that is as ambitious as the scope and depth of the National Curriculum.

We further extend our curriculum offer by building our learning around 10 fundamental ‘big ideas’ through Cornerstones ‘Curriculum Maestro’, they are:

Humankind – Understanding what it means to be human and how human behaviour has shaped the world

Nature – Understanding the complexities of the plan and animal species that inhabit the world

Processes – Understanding the many dynamic and physical processes that shape the world

Place and Space – Understanding the visual cultural, social and environmental aspects of places around the world

Creativity – Understanding the creative process and how everyday and exceptional creativity can shape the world.

Comparison – Understanding how and why things are the same or different.

Investigation – Understanding the importance of investigation and how this has led to significant change in the world.

Significance – Understanding why significant people, places, events and inventions matter and how they have shaped the world.

Materials – Understanding the properties of all matter, living and non-living.

Change – Understanding why and how things have changed over time.

These ‘Big ideas’ enhance the experience, challenge and enjoyment of their education and allow children to see clear links between aspects of their learning. Children develop knowledge to understand the purpose and value of their erudition and see its relevance to their past, present and future.

We provide a highly inclusive, coherent and progressive curriculum framework whereby children can develop and demonstrate their creativity and develop new skills through a variety of interesting contexts. Our curriculum provides pupils with diverse and rich opportunities from which children can learn and develop a range of transferable skills with an aim to raise aspirations, instil a sense of personal pride in achievement and provide a purpose and relevance for learning.