At Greasley Beauvale Primary School, we aim to provide an enriching and challenging curriculum that exposes children to wider world issues and experiences. As a school, we endeavor to help our children become well-rounded individuals who leave Greasley Beauvale Primary School ready to make a positive impact on the world in which we live.
Our curriculum is knowledge and skills-based, encouraging our children to become independent thinkers by being self-motivated, self-reflective, and self-regulated. It encompasses and celebrates all curriculum areas, designed so that subjects complement and build on one another to provide a coherent and enriching learning experience.
At Greasley Beauvale, we use Thinking Frames, Thinking Routines, and Thinking Moves throughout our curriculum to empower children as critical and creative thinkers. We do this by embedding these approaches:
By fostering metacognition, we help children become resilient, adaptable learners who are equipped to tackle challenges both in school and beyond. These strategies are seamlessly integrated across all subjects, ensuring children not only acquire knowledge but also develop the cognitive skills to apply it meaningfully in diverse contexts.
Our Rainbow Values
Woven throughout our curriculum are our Rainbow Values, which underpin everything we do:
The learning is designed with clear progression and links so that, in subsequent year groups, children can explore concepts more deeply, applying their knowledge in different and increasingly complex contexts.
We are committed to working in partnership with all our stakeholders, including parents, governors, and our local community, to provide the best experiences possible to enhance the learning and development of each child.
For more information about the curriculum at Greasley Beauvale, please contact your child's class teacher or Rachel Bailey, the Curriculum Lead.
Phonics At Greasley Beauvale
Phonics is a way of teaching children to read and write. It helps children to hearing, understand and use the different sounds that distinguish one word from another.
Understanding phonics also helps writing, as children learn which letters to use, and is seen as important for developing early skills in reading and writing.
At Greasley Beauvale Primary School, the children are taught using the Little Wandle Revised programme. The children participate in a 20 minutes phonics lesson each day. The lessons are structured so that there is opportunity for teaching modelling, guided learning tasks and independent tasks.
Taking this approach allows us to engage the children, regardless of ability, on a journey where learning phonics has a real purpose. By using phonics we give children the skills and knowledge to develop their reading and writing over time.