St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

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Learning in the Forest Blog

Learning in the Forest Blog

Poplar Class Outdoor Learning Adventures

In Poplar Class this week, we have been on an exciting outdoor learning adventure! The children have embraced the wonders of God’s creation, exploring nature and deepening their understanding of...

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Poplar Class in the Forest

This week, Poplar class once again enjoyed an adventurous morning in the forest, where they engaged in a variety of exciting activities. children eagerly built huts from branches and leaves,...

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Year 5 Forest School

In the heart of nature lies a classroom unlike any other, where the rustle of leaves and the chirping of birds serve as the backdrop to learning. This is the...

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Games in the forest

This afternoon, Sycamore Class have been making games in the forest. Groups have designed games to be evaluated and ‘judged’ by each other. The games include a sensory trail, a...

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Poplar Class in the Forest

Today, Poplar Class enjoyed another exciting trip to the forest. This week’s session began with a letter hunt. In small groups, the children were given the challenge of going around...

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Teamwork Makes The Dream Work!

This week in the forest, Mr McKaye taught UKS2 the important message that when we work together, we can achieve more. He set up an obstacle course and gave pairs...

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First Attempt In Learning

In UKS2 our autumn project is titled ‘In what practical ways can we learn from our mistakes?’ During our first lesson in the forest this year, Mr McKaye explored the...

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LKS2 Outdoor Learning

Lower Key Stage 2 enjoyed our forest learning experience. We completed our project entry event, exploring sound and how sound travels over distance. We were able to talk about how...

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UKS2’s Final Forest Trip

Yesterday, children in Year 5 and 6 had their final trip to the forest of the year. It was a particularly special morning as the children were able to recognise...

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Curriculum Intent

At St Vincent’s it is our INTENT is to enable ALL children to thrive through the opportunities we provide them with, in order to:

  • Live their lives by the Gospel and Vincentian values instilled in them at school.
  • Understand that everyone has the right and responsibility to live in our world constructively and ensure that we leave it in a better state than when we entered it by living and working through the principles of Catholic Social Teaching in line with the UNCRC (United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child)
  • Experience creativity across the curriculum through specialist art and dance lessons and opportunities to take part in art, music, dance and creative writing competitions.
  • Know the joy of outdoor learning, the rich biodiversity within our school grounds and locality and develop a responsibility for the environment we share as stewards.
  • Understand their place in the world, globally and locally, knowing the history of our school, Mill Hill and the Daughters of Charity and knowing where our diverse community members have their roots across the world.
  • Be ready and well-prepared for their next steps in life, having high aspirations for themselves and for others because they have experienced success and a belief in learning from mistakes.
  • Have a life-long curiosity, stimulated by the driving questions of Project Based Learning approach to the curriculum fostering inquiry and independent learning skills, which give confidence to ask big questions about the world.
  • Be literate and numerate having experienced a rich variety of texts to stimulate and excite the mind while developing skills in investigating and problem solving to enable them to excel in their future passions.
  • Be confident and happy young people that have a broad understanding and tolerance of the world and others around them with excellent communication skills honed by their experience of Restorative Justice and respect of the dignity and wishes of the individual.

Curriculum Context

St Vincent’s is a 1.5 form entry school with 285 children ranging from 4 -11. Children come predominantly from the parishes of Sacred Heart in Mill Hill and St Anthony’s in Edgware.

Children come from a diverse range of socio-economic backgrounds, speak 17 different languages and hail from 26 different ethnic groups. The curriculum we present, and promote, to the children is an endeavour to reflect these differences by providing opportunities to explore the different countries, languages and customs our children are part of through the projects they investigate. We have looked closely at the context of our school, the backgrounds of the children and how life is for a child growing up in North London today. We have used the underlying principles of our Catholic Faith and the example of our namesake St Vincent to create a set of values which lie at the heart of our curriculum.

We are aware of the changing nature of society and the pressures faced by young children as they enter the next stage of their education. The rise in Mental Health related issues has been widely documented across the media. Therefore, issues such as internet safety and the enormous impact across society of social media are at the forefront of our minds when planning our curriculum. With the current worldwide concerns relating to Covid 19, racial justice, equality and diversity, as well as gender and economic background, we feel it is our duty to prepare the children through a concerted focus on building independence, resilience and communication skills linked to our Vincentian Values.