Our Curriculum Intent
At Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy, we strive to create a 'love of learning' as our vision suggests and deliver outstanding learning opportunities through a carefully sequenced and thematic curriculum.
Our curriculum is constructed with the key knowledge that we want children to learn as a starting point and has been designed to ensure a clear sequence and progression of learning in all subjects, ensuring that the National Curriculum is covered.
Our thematic approach to link geography, history, art, design and technology and sometimes science places a strong emphasis on community links, first hand experiences and local learning because we believe that creating cohesion through themes makes learning more meaningful for children and prepares them for later learning and life.
In addition to this, we are immensely proud of our outdoor classroom, used regularly for learning opportunities across the curriculum and forest school activities. This enables our children to be active, value and appreciate being outdoors and learn in different ways.