St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

“Caritas Christi Urget Nos –

The love of Christ urges us to care for each other and strive for excellence in everything we do.”

International work with the Connect Service

Congratulations on 25 years of the Connect Service: The Network for Global Learning in Education!

Those who have been involved for a while,  or used the services of Connect (and prior to this NLSIN) will be, like us, sad to see the end of Connect. NLSIN started way back in 1997 as a collaboration between five London Local Authorities and, in 2017, rebranded as Connect in order to continue to support schools in developing and maintaining a global dimension to their curriculum and forging international links. Many of those international links have continued to this day.

NLSIN/Connect leaves behind a strong legacy of partnership working, internationalism, globalisation, professional development and enjoyment and we hope schools continue to ensure these elements remain strong in their provision even without the support of Connect.

Sadly Connect has come to an end. All at St Vincent’s wish Anne Roots all the best in her new part-time role as Director of Oval Learning, managing a network of schools in South London. Thank you for all your support & help over the years!

The last Connect Newsletter (Final Newsletter 2023) celebrating all the fantastic work that member schools have done over the past 25 years can be found below or downloaded from our web address: www.connectgloballearning.co.uk  in the Newsletters tab.

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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:

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.