At South Bank Primary School, we are passionate about motivating our children to develop a love of learning which is both meaningful and relevant.  Our curriculum is designed to allow our children to develop all important human qualities and character. We offer children an exemplary education in a safe, calm and purposeful environment.  Our aim is to nurture well-rounded, respectful and resilient children who will develop skills for life-long learning. We openly encourage all our children to be respectful of themselves and of others in our school, our local community and the wider world. 

We champion a knowledge-based curriculum which is broad and balanced, and which builds on the knowledge, understanding and skills of all children.  We aspire to equip pupils to have the requisite knowledge, skills and wider understanding to be successful, independent and motivated learners in readiness for their next stage of education. Within this curriculum the children will develop their learning of key facts, important events and will develop their understanding of the world around us. This is underpinned by evidence-informed practice. 

Our framework is well embedded with a focus on ensuring our children develop a strong and secure understanding of the curriculum content relevant to their age. This enables us to gain a clear picture of each child’s educational journey – focusing on what they already know and what they need to know to ensure they make good progress.  Our teachers demonstrate a high level of ambition for their pupils and the ongoing use of questioning, breaking down learning into chunks to help our pupils know, recall and remember. This allows our pupils to transfer knowledge in order to complete more complex tasks and maximise children’s working memory. Repetition and reinforcement is used to secure learning into our pupils’ long-term memory.  This is part of our agreed shared pedagogy. Rosenshine’s 10 Principles of Instruction plays a pivotal role in this. 

We strongly believe that focusing on fewer things in greater depth enables our pupils to learn and apply knowledge in a much wider range of contexts; developing secure, deep understanding and skills.  Our intent is on secure learning of the real content of the curriculum.  

Early Phonics and Reading are a priority at South Bank Primary School and we place great importance on fostering a deep love of language and literature.  Pupils enjoy reading the high-quality novels which form the basis for English and texts which classes read together both in story time and shared reading aloud.  Phonics is a priority in teaching reading and our language-rich environment is one in which the adults in school talk with children throughout the day.

Please contact us if you require more information regarding our school curriculum. 

SMSC

At South Bank Primary School, we know that the personal development of pupils, spiritually, morally, socially and culturally (SMSC) plays a significant part in their ability to learn and achieve.  We therefore aim to provide an education that provides pupils with opportunities to explore and develop their own values and beliefs and spiritual awareness. This results in high standards of personal behaviour, a positive, caring attitude towards other people, an understanding of social and cultural traditions and an appreciation of the diversity and richness of all cultures. This is achieved through our rich and varied curriculum where SMSC principles form the foundations.  Visits into the local community and further afield broaden our children’s understanding of the wider world and make meaningful links with their learning in the classroom. 

Pupil Voice

Pupil voice is given a real status at South Bank Primary School; our children have amazing ideas and suggestions and they play a very important role within school.  We have a number of pupil leader groups including; Wellbeing Ambassadors, Sports Leaders and Right Respecting Leaders.  We believe that children need to be active in their own learning and to feel that their opinions will be heard and acted upon within our school and the wider community. At South Bank Primary School, we seek ways to listen to the views of our pupils and involve them in decision-making so that they are engaged as partners in the life of the school. We believe that this will make a positive contribution to the school environment and ethos.  Pupil voice is embedded into the curriculum with teaching and learning activities being used to enable pupils to focus on how to make informed decisions about their lives, their health and well-being and the environment.