Our Curriculum

All children in school are taught through a ‘Creative Curriculum’ approach, which focuses on key skills. Children are taught skills through a cross-curricular approach within a relevant context.
The curriculum is also designed to ensure that all children are given the opportunity to meet the five outcomes from the ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda:

- Being Healthy
- Staying safe
- Enjoying and achieving
- Making a positive contribution
- Achieving economic wellbeing

Children starting school in Reception follow the Foundation Stage curriculum, which is play centred and includes the following six areas of learning: Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Communication, Language and Learning; mathematical Development ; Knowledge and Understanding about the World; Physical Development and Creative Development. The childrens’ progress in recorded in a Foundation Stage Profile.

At the end of the Reception Year children follow the National Curriculum. This stage of their education is known as Key Stage 1 and at the end of this Key stage, at the age of seven, the children are assessed against national standards by the class teacher, to give a level of attainment.

The children then enter Key Stage 2 and at the end of this Key Stage the children take KS2 tests to measure their attainment again, before they go on to secondary school.

Extra Curricular Activities

Pupils at St Marie’s are given the opportunity to join a wide variety of extra-curricular clubs, including:
Badminton Club
Football Club
Marathon Club
Eco-Club
Theatre Club
Newspaper Club
Rugby Club
Cross Country Club
Book Club
Lego Club

There is also the opportunity for children to learn a variety of musical instruments through the Sheffield Music Service, which provides in-school tuition.