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School Curriculum

During 2024, we evaluated our Petersfield curriculum during autumn 2024 and spring 2025, we completed the implementing stage of our new curriculum.

The curriculum journey at Petersfield starts the minute the pupils walk through our school gates and continues throughout the entire day.

Our Vision, Intent, Implementation and Impact statement are currently being updated to reflect our new curriculum and these will be declare our aspirations for our pupils, along with our Petersfield Pledge.

Our aim continues to be to ensure that our children leave our school ready for the next stage of their educational career with the skills and values to equip them for life.

We continue to revise our curriculum offer by mapping out the key knowledge and skill we plan for our pupils to learn.

We have revised and improved our skills progression for all foundation subjects so that different expectations for each year group are explicitly clear.

Subject leaders are monitor the provision and where possible, cross curricular links are being made.

During 2025, we are adapting the diagnostic assessments and 'cold task' at the beginning of each topic to help teachers shape their teaching.

Learning cumulates in a “hot write” or assessment opportunity to show the progression of skills and knowledge acquired over the topic.

We have also focused on explicitly identifying and teaching the vocabulary needed for the subject areas.

We are able to use our beautiful school grounds as much as possible, where relevant.

We are delighted to have previously achieved the Silver Artsmark. We strongly believe the arts provide a foundation for learning to enable children to achieve their full potential. We firmly believe that children of all abilities learn best when they are inspired and their creativity can take them in many directions!

We have reviewed our programme of extra events and kept those which make a significant contribution to the wider needs of the school. We now have more extra-curricular clubs and activities before school, during lunchtimes and after school to give our pupils a wider range of learning opportunities. These include friendship club. choir, code club, drama club and sports clubs. We also actively encourage our wider community to come into school to share their expertise and talents with the pupils, for example through careers week, the Lent challenge and historical digs.

Our new Curriculum Information

Subject Curriculum Overviews

These documents will continue to be updated as they are published during 2025.

Science
Bikeability
Botanical Gardens
Genr8
Home challenge
Active church
Headteacher awards
Playtime
Sports day
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Latest News

23rd Jul - School is now closed for the summer holiday. During this time, wellbeing information can be found on the 'Pupil Welfare' page under the Safeguarding menu above. We look forward to welcoming our pupils, parents and visitors back to school on Wednesday 3rd September. Happy summer!

23rd Jul - We are so proud of you year 6! Thank you for leading our Leavers' Assembly so well as your final act at Petersfield. Good Luck! We know you will shine brightly at secondary school as you have always done at Petersfield.

23rd Jul - Thank you to a parent and her company for the kind donation of a scientific calculator, presented today to each pupil in year 6 ready for secondary school.

23rd Jul - Our pupils and staff enjoyed signing our year 6 leavers' shirts during our picnic, providing a treasured memory for years to come!

23rd Jul - A whole school picnic was enjoyed by all this lunchtime. Our thanks to our catering team both for today and for a whole year of catering for our pupils.

23rd Jul - Thank you to Rev Felicity and organist John for today's Leavers' service. Thank you to the parents and secondary siblings who were able to join us. The choir sang 'This is me' as we reflected on our amazing year 6 and enjoyed their memories from their 7 year journey at Petersfield.

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Notices

Mental Health support, including crisis support:
YOUnited offers support to children and young people aged 5 to 17 with their emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Click here to access their resources including a link to 'Help in a Crisis' info.


Is your child due to start school in September 2025? If so, click here to visit our admissions page.


Have you visited our 'Reading for Pleasure' page where local published author Ute Maria is adding stories regularly? Click on the 'Curriculum' tab to enjoy the stories.


Have you tried any of the experiments in the science magazines you can find on the 'Science is Fun' webpage? Click on the 'Curriculum' tab to find out more.


Save yourself time naming uniform and raise money for school. Visit www.stikins.co.uk. Quote code 15787


As per County and national guidance, Petersfield will only close in exceptional circumstances or where instructed to do so. The decision will be made ASAP and displayed first on our school website in the 'Latest News' above.


Funding for Petersfield - As you may have read in the media, school funding is under threat. Please click here to see the information about how you can continue to help.


As we explained in a newsletter, we have updates our policies and privacy notice about how we process data in line with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations). Click here for the updated policies.


Please see our vacancies page for an opportunity for a Playworker.


Are you interested in being a Governor? Do you have HR or Finance skills? If so, please do visit our Governors' webpage to find out more about the strategic role of our Governors.

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Petersfield Church of England Aided
Primary School,
Hurdleditch Rd,
Orwell,
Near Royston.
SG8 5QG

office@petersfield.cambs.sch.uk
Telephone 01223 207382

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