Our philosophy
Hamford Primary Academy ensures that children get the very best opportunities to achieve the highest possible outcomes and that high quality learning is at the heart of everything we do. We aim to provide a broad, balanced and creative curriculum that allows all young learners to exceed their personal and academic potential, broaden their horizons and become active, prosperous and successful citizens in the local community and the world around them.
Academic
Learning Areas
At Hamford, we believe learning in life is not compartmentalised, therefore we endeavour to reflect this through the way we present our academic curriculum to the children.
In Reception, children begin learning through the integrated Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum with its three prime and four specific areas of learning and development:
Communication and language
Physical development
Personal, social and emotional development
Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the world
Expressive arts and design
As they progress through Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 learning in English and maths is based around the centrally created AET curriculums, whereas in all other areas we have devised our own school skills overview. This consists of a set of core skills identified by both primary and secondary specialist teachers that children should develop through the learning stages of accuracy, fluency and mastery as they progress through Hamford.
Teachers plan creative and imaginative half-termly learning experiences which promote engaging opportunities and act as a vehicle for developing the academic skills. These experiences may take their inspirations from books, films, periods of history, geographical locations, works of arts, famous people, the children’s own interests or drama based simulations e.g. Mantle of the Expert.