Intent     

At Fairisle Infant and Nursery School, we value every child as an individual and agree with the United Nations that ‘Every child has the right to an education.’ Article 28.  United Nations Conventions on the rights of the Child Our curriculum aims to motivate and engage children, promoting the spiritual,  moral, social, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils. Communication, literacy and mathematics have a high priority, however we recognise the importance of foundation subjects in providing a broad and balanced curriculum.

We offer children a skills based curriculum taught through topic themes providing children with opportunities to link their learning as they secure core knowledge.  Basic life skills such as reading and communicating are interwoven in all subjects, allowing pupils as much opportunity as possible to hone their skills. We use a range of teaching strategies to ensure the curriculum provides many first-hand experiences, including educational visits, visitors such as artist and musicians and extra- curricular activities.

Here at Fairisle our vision is ‘Expect Success’, this means we have high expectations of both our pupils and staff.  Our aim is to provide our pupils with the tools they need to become educated citizens who tolerate, respect and have positive attitudes towards their own and others education.  We are a Rights Respecting School and aim to promote these values in every area of learning, linking articles to all of them.  Rights Rhino and Respect Rex are key figures in the everyday lives of our pupils, and their principles weave through all areas of the curriculum.

Year 1 and Year 2 follow the National Curriculum National Curriculum.

Year N and Year R follow the Early Year Foundation Stage Curriculum Statutory Framework

All years follow Living Difference IV for Religious Education.