Our curriculum at Leigh Academy Cherry Orchard (LACO) has been designed to ensure all children develop the basic skills in reading, writing and number as quickly as possible, so that they are able to become independent inquirers, whilst taking full advantage of a broad, engaging curriculum, which more ambitious than the National Curriculum, delivered through the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP)*Â
(*Leigh Academy Cherry Orchard is an IB World School)
The Primary Years Programme (PYP) is a transdisciplinary curriculum framework that offers authentic learning experiences. The PYP encourages students to learn to appreciate knowledge, conceptual understandings, skills and personal attributes as a connected whole. For further information - click here
This is mainly accessed via Google Classroom. Most children will be set a range of Reading and Maths to complete weekly and Inquiry based tasks stretching over a term. The class teachers will provide further information.