We have adopted the Opening Worlds humanities curriculum for history, geography and RE. 

The Opening Worlds curriculum, and its associated teaching approaches, secure the highest possible quality of education for pupils. The curriculum follows ten clear pedagogical principles which reflect our best current understanding of how children learn, and in particular, uses the strength of storytelling to ensure that the deep subject content is learnt and remembered. The material is organised so that pupils use earlier material to access to later material and so that pupils start to see how everything connects within a subject.

The Opening Worlds' team has strongly recommended that the material is taught in sequence because each part makes the next part much more understandable.  Numerous words that are explicitly taught and practised in Year 3 are then taken for granted in lessons in Year 4-6.  If children do not have the secure knowledge of the content and vocabulary of the Year 3 curriculum this is likely to slow progress and limit enjoyment.

All key stage 2 children, therefore, started with the Year 3 Opening Worlds curriculum in the 2023/24 academic year.  In 2024/25, Year 3 children will follow the Year 3 Opening Worlds' curriculum, whilst children in years 4, 5 and 6 will all follow the Year 4 curriculum.

As a result of moving from the school’s previous curriculum to Opening Worlds, the school has identified a small number of content gaps.  These have been noted and will be addressed through our choice of books that are used in English and read to children, field trips and acts of collective worship.