Curriculum

Intent

At Swillington Primary School, our mission is to provide a transformative cradle to career education that allows our children to enjoy lives of choice and opportunity.

Our flexible and exciting curriculum allows us to find the talent in all children. Our curriculum offers a broad range of opportunities to ensure that our children are:

  • Being tolerant
  • Respecting their environment
  • Imaging the possibilities
  • Keeping safe

Implementation

  • Our drivers are at the heart of everything that we teach so that we can nurture well-rounded individuals with a wider understanding of the world that they live in.
  • We use White Rose Maths to support our teaching and learning of mathematics. We use Talk 4 Writing to support our teaching and learning of writing.
  • All lessons are planned with hooks and real life, practical learning so that the children can see what is in it for them.
  • We immerse our children in high-level, subject specific vocabulary so that they develop a rich vocabulary and become confident, literal individuals.
  • We explicitly teach the skills of a geographer, scientist, historian and artist so that children can identify their own talent and imagine the possibilities for themselves as individuals.
  • Our curriculum is organised coherently so that children can build on previous learning.

Impact

Children will know more, remember more and be able to articulate this clearly. Their learning opportunities will allow them to understand the world that they live in more clearly. They will be tolerant, respect their environment, keep safe and imagine the possibilities.

Additional information about our curriculum can be obtained by contacting the school office.

Leadership

Term dates 2022-23

Holiday Dates

Term Dates

Autumn Term 1

Tuesday 6 September to Friday 21 October

Autumn Term 2

Spring Term 1

Monday 20 Feb to Friday 31 March

Wednesday 4 January to Friday 10 February

Monday 31 October to Friday 16 December

Monday 17 April to Friday 26 May

Spring Term 2

Christmas Holidays

Monday 19 December to Monday 2 January

Half Term

Monday 24 October to Friday 28 October

Half Term

Monday 13 February to Friday 17 February

Summer Term 1

Easter Holidays

Monday 3 April to Friday 14 April

Summer Term 2

Half Term

Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June

Summer Holidays

Wednesday 26 July to Friday 1 September

Monday 5 June to Tuesday 25 July

Our Aims & Values

Success and Respect for All.

We exist to provide a cradle-to-career education that allows our children to enjoy lives of choice and opportunity.

Our pupils uphold our values by:

Stay Safe

  • Follow school rules
  • Wash our hands regularly
  • Helping others in need
  • Crossing roads carefully
  • Reporting things online we do not like
  • Don't talk to strangers

Respect our environment

  • Keeping our classrooms/ work spaces tidy
  • We don't ignore it, e.g. untidy lockers
  • Using the correct bins for recycling
  • Looking after our school chickens
  • Helping our parents at home to keep the house tidy

Imagine the possibilities

  • Ask questions
  • Think about what job/career I want when I am older
  • Take part in a range of school clubs
  • If we work hard... anything is possible
  • Taking part in visits

Tolerance

  • Be kind to others
  • Positive language
  • Equality for all
  • Understand change may happen
  • Welcome new friends to our school
  • Positive mindset
  • Being kind to our siblings at home

Application timetable

The below timetable applies to applications made to Leeds City Council. If you apply to another local authority, they may have different dates

Admissions Timetable (2023 start)
Applications Open
1 November 2022
Deadline date for applications for Reception places in September 2022
15 January 2023
Late applications
12 February 2023
National Offers Day
17 April 2023
Deadline date for parents wishing to lodge an appeal (please return appeal forms to the academy)
16 May 2023
Date on which Year Reception appeal hearings will be held
June – July 2023
Appeal decision letters to be sent
Within 5 working days from date of hearing wherever possible

We would love to hear from you.

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