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.”

UKS2 Marching into PBL

Upper Key Stage 2 began their new project last week based on the Vincentian Value, ‘We are compassionate, caring and loving’ and their driving question, ‘How can we be more compassionate, caring and loving towards others?’

The children were marched outside where drills were shouted out to them. Children were doing a variety of exercises such as burpees, push ups and squats whilst in lines in their classes.

We got the children to reflect on why they maybe did this. Tommy said, “I think we were like soldiers.”

Aiden responded, “Like soldiers in the war so we could see how they were feeling.”.

Tommy and Aiden were not wrong! We wanted the children to try and experience life as a solider for a short period of time and start the conversation about World War II. The entry event definitely triggered a huge conversation!

We are using the book, ‘Letters from the Lighthouse’ where there have been bombing raids in London for months and siblings are evacuated. Keep an eye out on our blog posts to see where our project takes us next…

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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.