At Ballasalla Primary we provide a broad and balanced curriculum based around a range of Curriculum Schemes to deliver outstanding learning opportunities for children. We use a scheme approach to allow staff to focus upon planning delivery rather than content to support our children's learning.
In Numeracy we use the White Rose Scheme of Study.
For Reading and Writing we use Literacy counts,
PSHE we use JIGSAW
For Science and topic based subjects we use the Cornerstones Curriculum.
Further information on our curriculum can be found below and by clicking on the links on this page.
What is the Cornerstones Curriculum?
The Cornerstones Curriculum is a creative and thematic approach to learning that is mapped to
the 2014 primary national curriculum to ensure comprehensive coverage of national expectations.
It is based on a child-centred pedagogy called The Four Cornerstones and is delivered through Imaginative Learning Projects (ILPs) and Knowledge Rich Projects (KRPs), which provide a rich menu of exciting and motivating learning activities that make creative links between all aspects of children’s learning. We believe children learn better when they are encouraged to use their imagination
and apply their learning to engaging contexts. Our curriculum provides many learning challenges throughout the academic year that require children to solve problems, apply themselves creatively and express their knowledge and understanding effectively. Cornerstones also provide a rigorous skills and knowledge framework that outlines the end of year expectations in all subjects. These skills and knowledge are tied to activities and are age-related so that staff can track children’s progress and identify their individual learning needs.