Goudhurst & Kilndown

Curriculum Matrix

Class Curriculum - Knowledge, Skills & Vocabulary

EYFS - Hippos

Year 1 - Elephants

Year 2 - Kudus

Year 3 - Leopards

Year 4 - Giraffes


Year 5 - Zebras

Year 6 - Lions

Curriculum Intent

Our Christian values - curiosity, compassion, courage and commitment - underpin all that we do at school. We follow the National Curriculum and through the embodiment of our values, children develop the necessary skills and knowledge and experience a wide range of opportunities through our broad and enriched school and outdoor curriculum. Our curriculum and values develop children's character, encourage good mental health and enable them to live life in all its fullness now and in the future.

Wellbeing

Promoting happiness at school and at home. Being mindful and maintaining a positive attitude.

Developing specific skills to improve wellbeing.

Supporting children whose circumstances or wellbeing is a challenge.

Developing Character

Through our enriched curriculum, including the Happy Minds programme, children develop character in a personal, reflective and meaningful way.

We appreciate differences, embrace challenge and change, taking risks and learn from failure.


Adventure

Whether in the classroom or outdoors we actively encourage children to acquire skills and knowledge through experimentation, mistakes and learning collaboratively - being brave and bold with bags of grit.

Activities range from forest school and a competitive sports programme to performing on stage.

Promoting Inclusivity

We recognise that many children require extra support & provision in one or more of the following areas:

  • Cognition & Learning

  • Communication & Interaction

  • Behaviour, Social & Emotional

  • Sensory & Physical


The list of current interventions that we regularly run that support these areas are:

  • Sensory Circuits

  • Magpie Group (SEN focused group at Forest School -developing speech, social & language.

  • ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support)

  • Speech & language (including external SALT support)

  • Cued articulation (specifically trained TAs)

  • Better Reading Partner & Dancing Bears Reading Interventions (specifically trained TAs/Parents)

  • Beanstalk Reading (external readers) & reading to the Dog

  • Accelerated Reader (reading fluency & comprehension)

  • 1-2-3 Maths

  • Auditory Processing intervention

  • Clever Fingers (fine motor control

  • BEAM

  • Social Communication & Speech Bubbles

  • Drawing & Talking

  • DILP

  • Pupil mentoring (Teacher & TA)

  • Well-being/emotional counselling - Weald Family Hub

Enrichment & Extra-Curricular Opportunities

Enrichment

Forest School:

Our Forest School is run on a rolling programme throughout the school year. Each pupil in the school receives 10-12 sessions (usually 6 whole days, once a week) over the course of the school year. Each year group receives their sessions at different times of year, so that all children, as they progress through the school, have access to regular Forest School, in a woodland setting, at different times of year.


School Trips:

Whole School: Kilndown Christchurch & Millenium Walk, Kidenza Concert, Pantomime (Tonbridge School),

Class: Bedgebury Arboretum, Shakespeare Schools Festival, Kent Life, Whitstable, RNLI, Rare Breeds Centre, Marden Indian Restaurant, Virtual Beijing, Hever Castle, Scotney Castle, Kino Cinema, St Ronan's School (Art & DT), High Weald Academy, British Museum, V & A, Science Museum, Houses of Parliament.


Extra-Curricular/Clubs

Extended Day School Care

Breakfast Club (Premier Sports) - daily (inc breakfast)

Afterschool Care - daily (inc supper)

Sport Clubs

Karate

Running & Cross Country

Athletics

Football (KS1/KS2)

Netball

Hockey

Gymnastics (Premier Sports)

Judo

Girl's football


Arts

Dance

Art / Chinese Art

Choir

Brass club

Maypole

Drawing (fine motor skills)

Film Club

Languages

Spanish

French

Mandarin (G & T - Bethany School)

Religious

Trinity Lights

Godly Play

Others

Chess

Computing/Coding

Debating

Healthy Brains/Talk Club

Gardening

Chatterbooks (Love to Read)

Small World Play (Lego/Playmobile etc)

Storybox

Number Crunch