Art and Design

Children will leave Denton CP School with an awareness of artists, craftspeople and designers and how these have influenced our culture. They will acquire a range of techniques and skills through first hand experiences. They will develop artistic creativity, engage in the creative process and be inspired and challenged by art. They will be able to express the world around them through creativity in many forms.

Computing

Children will leave Denton CP School with an understanding and ability to apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation. They can analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems. They can evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems. Children are responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology.

Design Technology

Children will leave Denton CP School with the skills to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems. They take risks and are resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens. They have a critical understanding of the impact of technology on daily life and the wider world.

Geography

Pupils will leave Denton CP School with a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Pupils will have a knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes.

History

Children will leave Denton CP School with an understanding of how their lives are affected by the events of the past; a knowledge of the sequence of key events; an understanding of historical concepts; an ability to question sources and accounts and an enjoyment of history.

Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)

Children will leave Denton CP School understanding and responding to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources. They speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation. They can write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt. Pupils discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in Spanish.

Music

Children will leave Denton CP School engaged and inspired with a developing love of music. They will have performed, listened to, reviewed and evaluated music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions. They will have learned the enjoyment of singing and using their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, will have had the opportunity to learn a musical instrument and use technology appropriately. They will understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations. In Year 4, pupils learn to play the recorder and the ukulele.

Physical Education (PE)

Children will leave Denton CP School with the competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities; they will be physically active for sustained periods of time; engage in competitive sports and activities; and lead healthy, active lives. Physical Education includes a programme of gymnastics, games, dance, outdoor and adventurous activities every year. All of our pupils go swimming at Seahaven Pool for 12 sessions in Year 4, and we have a dedicated PE teacher ('Coach') who teaches all classes over 2 days per week.

Relationships and Health Education (RHE)

Our Vision is that Denton children leave our school with the vital knowledge and tools they need to build safe, enriching relationships, to confidently embrace changes, challenges and opportunities ahead of them. 

Our spiral curriculum has been developed in consultation with our parents and carers. The curriculum is designed to be relevant to the age and stage of the learners in each class; it will address traditional and emerging issues. In an ever changing world, lessons and activities will be adapted to meet the needs of our students. Parents will be given appropriate notice when/if our curriculum content is adapted.   

We include a strong emphasis on respect and an understanding of Cultural Diversity, with well-developed links to Arts subjects such as music, story telling, dance, drama and art. 

Parents/carers are able to withdraw their child from all, or part, of the Sex and Relationship Education provided, if they so wish - other than those elements which are required by the National Curriculum Science Order. A Parents/carers’ Guide to the school's Sex and Relationship Education Policy which gives greater detail about what the children will learn is available on our website and on request from the office.

Religious Education (RE)
Children will leave Denton CP School with a coherent framework to allow for deeper levels of knowledge and understanding of religious and non-religious life stances. Children will develop respect and sensitivity, so that, as future citizens, they will value and celebrate cultural and religious diversity, in peaceful co-existence. Opportunities will be provided for pupils to explore their own beliefs, values and traditions through study, visitors to our school and with visits to related places of worship.