We aim to put our children at the centre of their own learning and place great emphasis on nurturing skills and attitudes such as resourcefulness, resilience and

co-operation. Our teachers bring the National Curriculum alive by making links between the individual subjects and applying them to topics.

The National Curriculum divides programmes of study for children into Key Stages.  At Mawgan-in-Pydar we have three Key Stages.

                    Foundation Stage   4+                        Year R

                                                      5+                       Year 1

                     Key Stage 1           6+                        Year 2

                    Key Stage 2            7+                        Year 3

                                                     8+                        Year 4

                                                     9+                        Year 5

                                                     10+                      Year 6

Early Years Foundation Stage

The National Curriculum lays down what should be taught by every school during compulsory schooling from Y1 to Y13 (ages 5yrs – 16yrs).  

The following subjects are known as the ‘core’ subjects and will have more time devoted to them than the others. 

• English: this includes speaking and listening and drama. Reading and writing is based on the National Literacy Strategy.
• Mathematics: based on the National Numeracy Strategy.
• Science

The following subjects are known as ‘foundation’ subjects. 

Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Design Technology (DT), History, Geography, Art & Design, Music, Physical Education (P.E.), Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) and Citizenship. 

The National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies are non-statutory Government schemes that set out what children should learn in reading and writing, and mathematics each term. This begins in Reception year and continues into the first year of secondary school. We use these schemes as a basis when planning our lessons.

The school has policies and schemes of work in all subjects. These are available to parents on request

Religious Education

The school conforms to the syllabus agreed by the Cornwall standing advisory committee for religious education. The syllabus is mainly Christian in approach but treats all denominations equally. In addition, aspects of Judaism, Islam and Hinduism are studied.

Parents have the right to remove their children from religious education and the act of worship, which must be part of the daily assembly. Please discuss this with the head teacher first if you wish to exercise this right.

Sex Education

Sex education is considered to be part of the school’s Personal and Social Education programme.  It is fully integrated into the school curriculum so that it is not taught out of context or over-emphasised.  It concentrates on growth and development taught in the context of loving family relationships.  The content of the curriculum is based on factual information, responsibility and caring as well as values and attitudes.