Our Curriculum

At St Chad’s we provide a transformational curriculum which supports the formation of our children and school communities.

With schools in our cluster - Caritas Christi in Urbe schools - we have designed our Building the Kingdom curriculum to fulfil our shared vision that in our Catholic schools –

• Children will develop knowledge and skills to equip them to make a difference; and a desire to know more.
• Children assimilate knowledge through a coherent development of teaching sequences, which promote basics skills and build on prior learning.
• Children are prepared for not only the next stage of their education, but also equipped to take their place in a world that is rapidly changing –giving them skills as thinkers and problem solvers.
• Children can go beyond their lived experiences by learning to read and developing a love of reading in order to question, listen, discern and act.
• Children will understand, promote and maintain their own well-being and demonstrate concern, consideration and support for others

To deliver our vision we have taken the principles of Catholic Social teaching to underpin our curriculum –

• The Dignity of the Human Person
• Option for the Poor and Vulnerable
• Stewardship
• Call to Family and Community
• The Dignity of Work
• Solidarity and the Common Good
• Rights and Responsibilities

The delivery of these principles is in the context of our human rights and their consequent     responsibilities.

They are brought to life through the use of carefully considered, high quality age-related books which develop the children’s understanding, provoke dialogue and challenge thinking.

Where possible the principles are explored through National Curriculum subjects. For example, in History, which is closely matched to the principles, we have identified areas of study which are relevant to our school communities. We have created for each subject a teaching sequence which builds on prior knowledge and develops core concepts over time.