We are delighted to be able to welcome prospective parents, for children due to start in September 2024, into our school for a tour. Open days will take place on:
Open day 1 – 6th October 9.30am and 1.30pm Open day 1 – 6th October 2023
Open day 2 – 21st November 9.30am and 1.30pm Open day 2 – 21st November 2023
Please contact the school on 01525 373019 or email office@beaudesert.school with the time you wish to attend.
At Beaudesert we aim to develop children’s natural curiosity about the world around them. They are encouraged to ask questions and investigate in order to acquire scientific knowledge, understanding and skills. Science is explored through observing, researching, measuring, questioning, recording and predicting. Using these skills, children will explore a range of different topics including plants, materials and living things. We believe thinking scientifically and problem solving can help children access learning across all subjects, not just science!
Curriculum Intent
We aim to provide pupils with the knowledge, understanding, attitudes, values and skills they need in order to reach their potential as individuals and within the community. Pupils are encouraged to take part in a wide range of activities and experiences across the curriculum, contributing fully to the life of their school and communities. In doing so they learn to recognise their own worth, work well with others and become increasingly responsible for their own learning. We encourage our children to reflect on their experiences and understand how they are developing personally and socially, tackling many of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up.
We intend for our children to learn to understand and respect our common humanity; diversity and differences so that they can go on to form the effective, fulfilling relationships that are an essential part of life and learning. At Beaudesert, we choose to deliver Personal, Social, Health Education (including Relationships Education) using three main themes: ‘Health and Wellbeing’, ‘Relationships’ and ‘Living in the Wider World’. These themes cover the statutory guidance outlined by the Department for Education and support our school values.
Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education is a subject through which pupils develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to manage their lives, now and in the future. It helps children and young people to stay healthy and safe, while preparing them to make the most of life and work. PSHE education also helps pupils to achieve their academic potential.
Most of PSHE education became statutory for all schools from September 2020 under the Children and Social Work Act 2017. This includes Relationships Education at Key Stages 1 and 2, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) at key stages 3 and 4, and Health Education in both primary and secondary phases.
The Department for Education published Statutory Guidance for Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education in June 2019. This sets out what schools must cover from September 2020 (though not all they should cover as part of broader PSHE education).
Curriculum Implementation
Having the PSHE Association programme of study, ‘programme builders’ and access to their wealth of resources, helps guide and support teachers whilst teaching topics which may create debate or answering difficult questions from pupils. Having this resource allows teachers to plan and prepare for any questions which may arise and have a quality assured resource in place to refer to, to ensure personal beliefs and attitudes do not influence teaching.
At Beaudesert Lower School we benefit from being a member of the PSHE Association. Therefore, if any teachers are unsure about their ability to teach certain areas of the PSHE curriculum, they have access to up to date key guidance, the ability to exchange ideas within a community of dedicated practitioners and most importantly, can get support from subject experts via phone or email.
Please click on the links below to view our comprehensive programme of study and model lesson plans.
Impact
Our pupils leave school with a good understanding about how to stay safe, how to be healthy and how to develop positive relationships. Our pupils are well behaved, polite and respectful members of the school community who try hard to model our key school values: kindness, positivity, perseverance, compassion, respect and community spirit. They understand what it means to belong to to a multi-cultural and diverse society.
Our curriculum is driven to prepare our children for life long learning. At Beaudesert, we offer a aspirational and vibrant curriculum for all learners. We develop essential knowledge skills and understanding to ensure children have the skillset for later life. We encourage the development of new skills and experiences to broaden the children resilience, determination and integrity.
All curriculum areas are designed around the requirements of the national curriculum and provide a challenging and balanced education.
Geography
The children have a sense of wonder and curiosity about places and features of the world. The range and depth of the geographical knowledge and understanding of each child will increase. The children will ask questions, and develop geographical skills to find answers to these using a range of sources. The children will develop their geographical vocabulary and communicate their knowledge and understanding in a variety of ways.
History
The children have a passion and curiosity about the past. The range and depth of historical knowledge of each child will increase, they will grow their chronological understanding. The children will ask questions about the past and will find answers to these from a range of sources. They will increasingly evaluate the reliability of historical courses and will communicate their knowledge and understanding in a variety of ways.
Physical Education
At Beaudesert we aim to provide high quality physical education curriculum that develops physically literate children and inspires all pupils to succeed, enjoy and take part in sport and physical activity for life. We recognise the importance of physically active and the benefits this has in supporting children’s learning and developing in all areas of the curriculum, as well as enhancing wellbeing. Physical activity is embedded within our curriculum to have a positive effect on behaviour, concentration, self-esteem and the ability to form relationships.
We are committed to developing a positive growth mindset towards physical activity as well as promoting the core values of perseverance, determination, respect and tolerance. Our vision is that children’s experience of physical activity will be positive, motivating and have a lasting impact.
Music
Music teaching at Beaudesert aims to follow the specification of the National Curriculum: providing a broad, balanced and differentiated curriculum and ensuring the progressive development of musical concepts, knowledge and skills. We believe that music plays and integral role in helping children to feel part of a community, therefore, providing opportunities for all children to create, play, perform and enjoy music both in class and to an audience. Through assemblies and key stage performances, children showcase their talent and understanding of performing with awareness of others. Lessons enable children to develop their skills, appreciate a wide variety of music and begin to appraise a range of musical genres.
Music Knowledge and Skills – Year R
Music Knowledge and Skills – Year 1
Music Knowledge and Skills – Year 2
Music Knowledge and Skills – Year 3
Music Knowledge and Skills – Year 4
Modern Foreign Languages
Our aim is for all pupil’s to be immersed in high quality language lessons that focus on communication and foster’s pupil’s curiosity and understanding of the world.
We aim to build strong foundations for learning a second language that will offer pupils the opportunity to explore relationships between language, identity and all other cultures in the world. As part of this study, the focus will be upon providing opportunities for pupils to communicate for practical purposes through song, rhyme, stories or poems, whilst learning new ways of thinking about the wilder world and their place within it.
At Beaudesert Lower School we use the Herts for Learning Essential to deliver the Maths curriculum from reception to Year 4. We have also been working with the NCETM for the past 5 years to deliver a mastery maths experience.
Intent
Implication
In the classroom
Pupils are taught through whole-class interactive teaching, enabling all to master the concepts necessary for the next part of the curriculum sequence, in a typical lesson the teacher leads back and forth interaction, including questioning, short tasks, explanation, demonstration, and discussion, enabling pupils to think, reason and apply their knowledge to solve problems.
The use of precise mathematical language enables all pupils to communicate their reasoning and thinking effectively and if a pupil fails to grasp a concept or procedure, this is identified quickly, and gaps in understanding are addressed systematically to prevent them falling behind.
Significant time is spent developing deep understanding of the key ideas that are needed to underpin future learning with Key number facts which are learnt to automaticity, and other key mathematical facts are learned deeply and practised regularly, to avoid cognitive overload in working memory and enable pupils to focus on new learning.
Each Year group have a maths trolley with lots of manipulatives and all classes have a concrete, pictorial and abstract approach to learning.
Lesson studies are take place during the year, where staff gather in one classroom and observe a member of staff and then talk through the lesson focusing on the 5 big ideas.
Impact
Through discussion and feedback with the children, the majority of children agreed that they enjoyed maths lesson, that they used mathematics outside of school. Children demonstrated a positive attitude towards their maths learning and agreed that maths displays and resources on the maths trollies helped their learning. Children also said that they were proud of their maths learning.
Pupils are able to discuss different methods that they use with their talking partners and others. With continued support from Herts for Learning and regular meetings with the NCETM and other subject leaders we ensure that staff are regularly updated and kept informed about a mastery approach to learning
Behind all NCETM and Maths Hubs’ work in the field of teaching for mastery are the Five Big Ideas in Teaching for Mastery.
Progression Maps:
1. Number: Number and Place Value
2. Number: Addition and Subtraction
3. Number: Multiplication and Division
8. Geometry: Properties of Shapes
9. Geometry: Position and Movement
Maths Overview – Reception to Year 4
Beaudesert Lower School
Appenine Way, Leighton Buzzard
Beds, LU7 3DX
01525 373019
Head Teacher: Mrs V Pearce
Office Manager: Miss C Brunton
